PLEASANT VALLEY EL

PLEASANT VALLEY EL is an elementary-level community of rural-scale scale in AMARILLO, Texas, overseen by AMARILLO ISD, educateing 195 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 62% smaller than typical.

Within AMARILLO ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 29,321 students, PLEASANT VALLEY EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, PLEASANT VALLEY EL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 43% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PLEASANT VALLEY EL has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at PLEASANT VALLEY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Potter County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PLEASANT VALLEY EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 36.7%; actual is 52.0%, +15.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Potter County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,249 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Potter County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,501 students), of which PLEASANT VALLEY EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HAMLET EL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLEASANT VALLEY EL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. PLEASANT VALLEY EL's enrollment has fell 41% since 2018, when it stood at 331 (now 195). Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.