Mount Pleasant School

Mount Pleasant School, a minimally staffed elementary school in Washougal, Washington, part of Mount Pleasant School District, hosts 69 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 82% leaner than typical.

Mount Pleasant School sits inside Mount Pleasant School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Mount Pleasant School reports that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Skamania County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mount Pleasant School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.8%, the actual is 56.1%, a residual of -3.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Skamania County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,265, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Skamania County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,794 students), of which Mount Pleasant School is one.

Cape Horn Skye Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Mount Pleasant School.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 65 students in 2018 compared to 69 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 12% to 6%.

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