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What's the biggest difference between Pleasant View Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550483000523
Pleasant View Elementary
4601 W Marquette Ave, Franklin, WI 53132 · (414) 423-4650 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Wisconsin 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.
- BBeats 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 Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
104 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 41 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pleasant View Elementary→Forest Park Middle
Based on grade levels within Franklin Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.8%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
74.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 75.0% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin's top nor bottom 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 Pleasant View Elementary
Pleasant View Elementary's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View Elementary this school | 422 | 24.6% | 68.7% |
| Robinwood Elementary Franklin | 437 | 22.2% | 69.4% |
| Country Dale Elementary Franklin | 437 | 20.1% | 67.9% |
| Olson Elementary Verona | 462 | 23.2% | 62.1% |
| Eagle Bluff Elementary Onalaska | 471 | 24.0% | 70.5% |
| Horizon Elementary Sun Prairie | 345 | 25.5% | 68.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Pleasant View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #214 of 982 | #16 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #136 of 992 ▼ 5 | #11 of 174 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #138 of 992 ▲ 105 | #18 of 174 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #298 of 1,157 | #56 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #739 of 901 | #76 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #253 of 901 | #63 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.6% | #816 of 1,064 | #156 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #312 of 664 | #66 of 133 |
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
422
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 422 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 25% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 27.3 | 15.3:1 | 23% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 22% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 24 | 18.5:1 | 22% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 29.7 | 16.9:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 28 | 17.7:1 | 15% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 423 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 10% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 24 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (500 to 422); teachers down 9% (29.7 to 27).
About Pleasant View Elementary
Pleasant View Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Franklin, Wisconsin. The school had 422 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Wisconsin) has about 323 students.
Pleasant View Elementary is in Franklin Public School District, a district with 4,666 students across 8 schools.
At Pleasant View Elementary, White students make up 63% of the student body. It is also 17% Asian, 12% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Milwaukee County is roughly 51% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 27 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.6:1. That is higher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. Eligible students account for 25% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Milwaukee County average 64%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Pleasant View Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Pleasant View Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 68.7%, compared with a predicted 62.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
Milwaukee County has about 926,331 residents, and the median household income is $64,435, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. In all, Milwaukee County has 284 public schools and roughly 122,496 students.
The nearest public school is Franklin High, at about 0.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 61.4%, lower than Pleasant View Elementary's 68.7%.
For locale, NCES codes Pleasant View Elementary as Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 422, a 5% decrease from 444 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.5 to 15.6 over 4 years.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Public School District
- Franklin HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Forest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,056 students
- Country Dale ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Robinwood ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Southwood Glen ElementaryElementary · 370 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryElementary · 308 students
Other schools in Franklin
- Franklin HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Forest Park MiddleMiddle · 1,056 students
- Country Dale ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Robinwood ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Southwood Glen ElementaryElementary · 370 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryElementary · 308 students
Other Pleasant View Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Pleasant View Elementary. Pleasant View Elementary is the 8th largest of the 13.
- PLEASANT VIEW ELEMENTARYMERIDIAN, ID · 747 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolBettendorf, IA · 621 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolYorktown, IN · 618 students
- Pleasant View ElementaryPleasant View, TN · 566 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolJOSHUA, TX · 536 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin High0.9 mi · 1,605
- Forest Ridge Elementary1.5 mi · 435
- College Park Elementary1.6 mi · 273
- Cedar Hills Elementary1.9 mi · 295
- Highland View Elementary2.0 mi · 336
- Time 4 Learning Charter School2.0 mi · 88
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant View Elementary?
Pleasant View Elementary enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pleasant View Elementary serve?
Pleasant View Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant View Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Pleasant View Elementary.
How diverse is Pleasant View Elementary?
Pleasant View Elementary reports a student body of 63% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Pleasant View Elementary?
Pleasant View Elementary is overseen by Franklin Public School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.