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PLEASANT GROVE INT
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PLEASANT GROVE INT
Set in TEXARKANA, Texas, PLEASANT GROVE INT is a mid-tier elementary campus, one of the schools within PLEASANT GROVE ISD. It works with 514 students across grades 3 through 5.
Across the 4 schools in PLEASANT GROVE ISD (2,366 students total), PLEASANT GROVE INT accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, PLEASANT GROVE INT logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Bowie County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PLEASANT GROVE INT higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 44% of students at PLEASANT GROVE INT qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bowie County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, PLEASANT GROVE INT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 54.5%, a residual of +0.0 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bowie County) reports that median household earnings sit near $59,803, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. PLEASANT GROVE INT is one of 46 public schools in Bowie County (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students).
PLEASANT GROVE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PLEASANT GROVE INT. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLEASANT GROVE INT at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 62.6%.
PLEASANT GROVE INT operates from a bedroom-community location.
Trend over the last 7 years. PLEASANT GROVE INT's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 514). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 19% to 14%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PLEASANT GROVE INT typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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