📍 8300 Pleasant Plains Rd, Towson, Baltimore County, 21286
Pleasant Plains Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Towson, Baltimore County. The school has 527 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 13% of students are proficient in reading. 6% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pleasant Plains Elementary enrolls 527 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 12% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 283 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 138 | 26% |
| White | 65 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
360 of the school's 527 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 335 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pleasant Plains Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-20, state senate district 42.
Pleasant Plains Elementary is one of 178 schools in Baltimore County Public Schools, based in Towson, Maryland. The district serves 110,024 students district-wide and employs 7,651 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 527 students, Pleasant Plains Elementary is close to the district average of about 618 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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