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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PETERS TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 421896004255
Pleasant Valley Elementary School
250 E McMurray Rd, McMurray, PA 15317 · (724) 941-6260 · Washington County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
57 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 125 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 21% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pleasant Valley Elementary School→McMurray Elementary School→Peters Twp Middle School→Peters Twp High School
Based on grade levels within Peters Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
95.2%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
96.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.2% | 96.2% |
| 2023-24 | 93.8% | 93.8% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
94.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 95% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 73% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pleasant Valley Elementary School
Pleasant Valley Elementary School's state test result (94.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School this school | 495 | 11.5% | 94.8% |
| Central Elementary School Allison Park | 456 | 12.1% | 83.0% |
| Mars Area Primary Center Mars | 506 | 11.5% | N/A |
| Churchville Elementary School Churchville | 558 | 15.1% | 62.3% |
| Whitemarsh Elementary School Lafayette Hill | 511 | 12.7% | 82.5% |
| Kutz Elementary School Doylestown | 436 | 8.3% | 78.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pleasant Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 94.8% | #2 of 1,396 | #1 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.2% | #1 of 1,511 ▲ 2 | #1 of 25 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.2% | #1 of 1,511 ▲ 2 | #1 of 25 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #547 of 1,638 | #9 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,462 of 1,528 | #22 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #1,250 of 1,531 | #21 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.5% | #1,546 of 1,600 | #25 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.6% | #80 of 450 | #3 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
495
+30 (+6%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 18.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 495 | 29.1 | 17.0:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 28.4 | 17.4:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 27.2 | 17.4:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 23.7 | 17.2:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 23 | 16.2:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 29 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (407 to 495); teachers up 23% (23.7 to 29.1).
About Pleasant Valley Elementary School
Pleasant Valley Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in McMurray, Pennsylvania. Enrolled students number 495 students, in kindergarten through 3.
Pleasant Valley Elementary School belongs to Peters Township SD, a district of 5 schools and 4,011 students.
About 91% of the student body at Pleasant Valley Elementary School is White. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Hispanic. The White share in Washington County as a whole is similar, at about 90%. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.0:1, with 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Pleasant Valley Elementary School is 12%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washington County is 49%.
allk12 grades Pleasant Valley Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 72.7% for Pleasant Valley Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 94.8%. The 22.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census estimates describe Washington County this way: the median household income is $78,958, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Washington County has 56 public schools and roughly 26,079 students.
Peters Twp Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Pleasant Valley Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Pleasant Valley Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment at Pleasant Valley Elementary School grew 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 465 to 495 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.0:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Pleasant Valley Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,042
Census ACS
Median income
$78,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
26,079 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Peters Township SD
- Peters Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,267 students
- Peters Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- Bower Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- McMurray Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
Other schools in McMurray
- Peters Twp High SchoolHigh · 1,267 students
- Peters Twp Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- McMurray Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
Other Pleasant Valley Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Pleasant Valley Elementary. Pleasant Valley Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 16.
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolKunkletown, PA · 899 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolAltoona, PA · 439 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolParma, OH · 971 students
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryNovato, CA · 464 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolJacksonville, AL · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Peters Twp Middle School0.1 mi · 952
- Peters Twp High School1.0 mi · 1,267
- McMurray Elementary School2.4 mi · 608
- North Strabane Intrmd School2.5 mi · 415
- Borland Manor Elementary School2.5 mi · 273
- Hills-Hendersonville Elementary School2.9 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Valley Elementary School?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 495 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Pleasant Valley Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Pleasant Valley Elementary School?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Pleasant Valley Elementary School?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School is overseen by Peters Township SD in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.