Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Pleasant Valley

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Pleasant Valley General Store, Pleasant Valley CTPhoto: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Schools in Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley’s public schools

Barkhamsted School District and Regional School District 07 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pleasant Valley. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools above Connecticut’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Connecticut’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
62%
2021–22
Math proficiency
52%
2021–22
Spent per student
$29.4K
▲ 14% vs CT $25.9K
FY2024 · Regional School District 07
Students per teacher
9.7
CT 12.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
959 students on the public path
In brief

Pleasant Valley’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Pleasant Valley’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Connecticut’s 920 public schools. Northwestern Regional High School places highest (better than 79%); Northwestern Regional Middle School lowest (50%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Pleasant Valley, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Barkhamsted Elementary Schoolin BarkhamstedB+
7–8Northwestern Regional Middle Schoolin WinstedB−
9–12Northwestern Regional High Schoolin WinstedA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Barkhamsted School District.

Two districts serve Pleasant Valley

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Barkhamsted School DistrictGrades PK–6 · 1 schools · 205 students, up 12% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (CT 12.2)
$23,344CT $25,892 · FY2024
B
Regional School District 07Grades 7–12 · 2 schools · 754 students, down 17% since 2020–21 · 9.3 per teacher (CT 12.2)
$29,415CT $25,892 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–6, Barkhamsted School District62%
State average 50.5% · 112 students tested
Math · PK–6, Barkhamsted School District52%
State average 39.8% · 112 students tested
Reading · 7–12, Regional School District 0764%
State average 50.5% · 382 students tested
Math · 7–12, Regional School District 0746%
State average 39.8% · 379 students tested

Pleasant Valley vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Connecticut towns that share Pleasant Valley’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pleasant Valley—Barkhamsted PK–6 · Regional School District 07 7–12

Every school in Pleasant Valley

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Connecticut’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Pleasant Valleyin other towns
Barkhamsted Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Barkhamsted
B+
205 students11:1Rate it →
Northwestern Regional Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Winsted
B−
218 students8:1Rate it →
Northwestern Regional High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Winsted
A−
536 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Pleasant Valley’s schools

Are Pleasant Valley’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pleasant Valley. Barkhamsted School District and Regional School District 07 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pleasant Valley. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Connecticut’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Pleasant Valley in?

Barkhamsted School District and Regional School District 07.

Where do Pleasant Valley kids go to high school?

Northwestern Regional High School.

Parents talk

What Pleasant Valley families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Pleasant Valley → They have their own page.

School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.