Enrollment
246
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROANOKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510333001464
Mount Pleasant Elementary
3216 Mt Pleasant Blvd, Roanoke, VA 24014 · (540) 427-1879 · Roanoke County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
206 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 66%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
81.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 84.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Virginia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mount Pleasant Elementary
Mount Pleasant Elementary's state test result (83.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Elementary this school | 246 | 83.7% | 83.5% |
| Glade Hill Elementary Glade Hill | 227 | 87.2% | 72.1% |
| North River Elementary Mount Solon | 222 | 88.3% | 61.4% |
| Snow Creek Elementary Penhook | 226 | 86.7% | 83.4% |
| Berkeley Elementary Spotsylvania | 275 | 77.5% | 67.5% |
| Fairfield Elementary Fairfield | 241 | 79.7% | 67.3% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mount Pleasant Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Roanoke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #217 of 1,101 | #8 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #385 of 1,111 ▼ 338 | #13 of 16 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #367 of 1,111 ▼ 162 | #13 of 16 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #1,051 of 1,176 | #15 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #72 of 1,105 | #2 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #866 of 1,106 | #11 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #444 of 1,157 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #140 of 759 | #1 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
246
-29 (-11%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 246 | 22.5 | 10.9:1 | 84% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 21.5 | 12.0:1 | 80% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 21.5 | 11.6:1 | 81% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 22 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 21.5 | 14.6:1 | 43% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 39% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 21 | 15.6:1 | 37% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 28 | 11.9:1 | 21% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Pleasant Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (315 to 246); teachers up 5% (21.5 to 22.5).
About Mount Pleasant Elementary
Mount Pleasant Elementary is a small elementary school in Roanoke County Public Schools, located in Roanoke, Virginia. It enrolled 246 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students each.
Mount Pleasant Elementary is in Roanoke County Public Schools, a district with 13,735 students across 26 schools.
White students are the majority at Mount Pleasant Elementary, with 74% of enrollment. Other groups make up 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Roanoke County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school's share is lower. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mount Pleasant Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.9:1. That is 2.9 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 84%. Public schools in Roanoke County average 49%.
Mount Pleasant Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in Virginia with Mount Pleasant Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 65.3%. Mount Pleasant Elementary scores 83.5%.
Census estimates describe Roanoke County this way: the median household income is $83,709, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Mount Pleasant Elementary, Roanoke County has 25 other public schools.
Garden City Elementary is located about 1.4 miles from Mount Pleasant Elementary. The five-mile area around Mount Pleasant Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 83.5% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Mount Pleasant Elementary's enrollment dropped from 275 in 2020-21 to 246 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.9:1.
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Roanoke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,023
Census ACS
Median income
$83,709
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,154 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roanoke County Public Schools
- William Byrd HighHigh · 1,134 students
- Cave Spring HighHigh · 1,046 students
- Northside HighHigh · 919 students
- Hidden Valley HighHigh · 832 students
- William Byrd MiddleMiddle · 802 students
- Cave Spring MiddleMiddle · 746 students
Other schools in Roanoke
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 2,030 students
- William Fleming HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Cave Spring HighHigh · 1,046 students
- Northside HighHigh · 919 students
- Hidden Valley HighHigh · 832 students
- Cave Spring MiddleMiddle · 746 students
Other Mount Pleasant Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Mount Pleasant Elementary. Mount Pleasant Elementary is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Mount Pleasant ElementaryMount Pleasant, NC · 679 students
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolWilmington, DE · 674 students
- MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSMITHTOWN, NY · 479 students
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolLIVINGSTON, NJ · 407 students
- Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolWEST ORANGE, NJ · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Garden City Elementary1.4 mi · 302
- Morningside Elementary1.8 mi · 278
- John P. Fishwick Middle2.3 mi · 456
- Crystal Spring Elementary2.6 mi · 323
- Fallon Park Elementary2.7 mi · 591
- Highland Park Elementary3.0 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Pleasant ElementaryHow many students attend Mount Pleasant Elementary?
Mount Pleasant Elementary enrolls approximately 246 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mount Pleasant Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Pleasant Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mount Pleasant Elementary have?
Mount Pleasant Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mount Pleasant Elementary?
At Mount Pleasant Elementary, the student body is approximately 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Mount Pleasant Elementary in?
Mount Pleasant Elementary is part of Roanoke County Public Schools.
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