Pleasant View Elementary

As an average-sized primary school in Franklin, Wisconsin, Pleasant View Elementary hosts 422 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Franklin Public School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Pleasant View Elementary sits 31% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in Franklin Public School District (4,666 students total), Pleasant View Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pleasant View Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 17% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Pleasant View Elementary lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Milwaukee County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Pleasant View Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Milwaukee County put median household income runs about $64,435, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Milwaukee County runs 284 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,496 students), of which Pleasant View Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin High, around 0.9 miles off. 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 Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Pleasant View Elementary's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 500 (now 422). White enrollment moved from 69% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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