Pleasantville Elementary School

Set in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, Pleasantville Elementary School is a close-knit elementary school, operated by Titusville Area SD. It teaches 201 students across grades 1 through 5. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 443 students each, so Pleasantville Elementary School sits 55% below that benchmark.

Titusville Area SD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,802 students; Pleasantville Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Pleasantville Elementary School reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Pleasantville Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Venango County (around 90%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pleasantville Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Venango County put the typical household earns roughly $61,522 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Venango County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,704 students), of which Pleasantville Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Titusville Middle School, roughly 4.9 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasantville Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 52.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Pleasantville Elementary School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 231 (now 201). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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