Pleasant Valley El Sch

Set in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Pleasant Valley El Sch is an average-sized elementary campus, run under Altoona Area SD. It serves 439 students across grades K through 5.

Altoona Area SD runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,852 students. Pleasant Valley El Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Pleasant Valley El Sch shows that White students make up the majority at 77%. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pleasant Valley El Sch has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Blair County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pleasant Valley El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 50.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Blair County) records that median household income runs about $62,382, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Blair County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,692 students), of which Pleasant Valley El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Baker El Sch, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pleasant Valley El Sch. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Valley El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Pleasant Valley El Sch's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 582 (now 439). White enrollment moved from 82% to 77% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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