PLEASANT GROVE H S

PLEASANT GROVE H S is one of the mid-tier senior highs in TEXARKANA, Texas, overseen by PLEASANT GROVE ISD, with 821 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Across the 4 schools in PLEASANT GROVE ISD (2,366 students total), PLEASANT GROVE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PLEASANT GROVE H S shows that White students make up the majority at 67%; the rest comes out to 17% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Bowie County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, PLEASANT GROVE H S lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bowie County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PLEASANT GROVE H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 57.3%; actual is 72.0%, +14.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bowie County) reports that median household earnings sit near $59,803, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Bowie County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students), of which PLEASANT GROVE H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PLEASANT GROVE H S comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. PLEASANT GROVE H S's enrollment has grew 22% since 2018, when it stood at 671 (now 821). The White share of enrollment shrank from 74% to 67% over that span.

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