Pleasant View School

Pleasant View School is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Providence, Rhode Island, run under Providence, with 433 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 332 students per school, that is 30% larger than typical.

Providence runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 20,645 students. Pleasant View School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pleasant View School lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 9% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Pleasant View School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Providence County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Providence County shows median household income runs about $78,787, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pleasant View School is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

Mount Pleasant High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 455 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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