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Pleasant Valley MS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Pleasant Valley MS
Set in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, Pleasant Valley MS is a well-populated 6-8 campus, run under Pleasant Valley SD. It enrolls 908 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 53% bigger than the state mean of about 594.
Within Pleasant Valley SD, which oversees 4 schools and 3,989 students, Pleasant Valley MS is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Pleasant Valley MS shows that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. Compared to Monroe County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average.
Around the school, census data for Monroe County shows median household earnings sit near $83,565, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,752 students), of which Pleasant Valley MS is one.
The closest other public school is Pleasant Valley HS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.
Pleasant Valley MS operates from a rural location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 24%: 733 students in 2018 compared to 908 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.
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- Pleasant Valley HSHigh · 1,276 students
- Pleasant Valley Intermediate SchElementary · 906 students
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- Pleasant Valley HS0.3 mi · 1,276
- Pleasant Valley El Sch3.4 mi · 899
- Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch3.5 mi · 906
- Hamilton Twp El Sch5.1 mi · 305
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- Wind Gap MS8.8 mi · 510