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PLEASANT VIEW EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 18 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
About PLEASANT VIEW EL
PLEASANT VIEW EL, a moderately sized elementary-level community in JOSHUA, Texas, operated by GODLEY ISD, teaches 536 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Within GODLEY ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 3,195 students, PLEASANT VIEW EL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, PLEASANT VIEW EL lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 45% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PLEASANT VIEW EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.9%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Johnson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $84,859, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Johnson County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), PLEASANT VIEW EL is one campus in the mix.
R C LOFLIN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PLEASANT VIEW EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.9%.
PLEASANT VIEW EL operates from an outlying location.
On the community side, members of the PLEASANT VIEW EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Johnson County at a glance
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