Pleasant Valley Elementary

Located at 215 Pleasant Valley Rd, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Pleasant Valley Elementary is a modestly sized elementary campus that instructs 282 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Rockingham County Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 43% below typical.

Across the 23 schools in Rockingham County Public Schools (11,679 students total), Pleasant Valley Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Valley Elementary reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 32% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Pleasant Valley Elementary lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harrisonburg city runs at roughly 87%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Pleasant Valley Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.7%, the actual is 59.0%, a residual of -8.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harrisonburg city) records that the typical household earns roughly $62,254 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harrisonburg city's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,934 students), Pleasant Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rocktown High, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pleasant Valley Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Valley Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 61.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pleasant Valley Elementary has grew 37%, going from 206 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 65% to 53% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.