State/Public Middle Open

Pleasant Plains Middle School

๐Ÿ“ 2455 N Farmingdale Rd, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County, 62677

379
Pupils
14.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Pleasant Plains Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County. The school has 379 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Joby Crum. It is part of the Pleasant Plains CUSD 8 school district. It serves grades 5โ€“8 in a rural setting. The school employs 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Joby Crum
School district
Pleasant Plains CUSD 8

Enrollment & staffing

Pleasant Plains Middle School enrolls 379 students across grades 5โ€“8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.

Male students
180 (47%)
Female students
199 (53%)
Teachers (FTE)
26.1
Student-teacher ratio
14.5:1
Grade span
5โ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 3.7% Two or more races and 1.6% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White35493%
Two or more races143.7%
Black or African American61.6%
Hispanic or Latino41.1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

47 of the school's 379 students (12%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, FringeGrades 5โ€“8

Pleasant Plains Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 50, state house district 99.

School district: Pleasant Plains CUSD 8

Pleasant Plains Middle School is one of 3 schools in Pleasant Plains CUSD 8, based in Pleasant Plains, Illinois. The district serves 1,294 students district-wide and employs 88 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 379 students, Pleasant Plains Middle School is close to the district average of about 431 students per school.

1,294
District students
3
Schools
88
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

22%
Reading proficient
21%
Math proficient
5%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Rural - Fringe

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