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Pleasant Plains High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

500 N Cartwright St, Pleasant Plains, IL 62677 · (217) 626-1044 · Part of Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8

Cartwright Township’s School Grade B better than 56% of Illinois school districts

Directions
Students
416
Students per teacher
13:1
Setting
Rural
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Pleasant Plains High School

  • Its own letter, A−: reading and math results near the top of Illinois’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 11 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 11 pts above the state

On the path

Where Cartwright Township kids come from and go next. The whole path →

5–8Pleasant Plains Middle Schoolin Pleasant Plains
9–12Pleasant Plains High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency37%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts42%
State average 30.7%

Its own letter, A−, places these results among Illinois’s 3,406 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

500 N Cartwright St, Pleasant Plains

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 998
Grade 10103
Grade 11104
Grade 12111
Enrollment over time
415’20
418’21
403’22
421’23
416’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 93%Two or more races 3%Black 2%Hispanic 1%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Pleasant Plains High School from Cartwright Township families.

Other schools in Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8

The district →
Farmingdale Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Pleasant Plains
A−
485 students14:1
Pleasant Plains Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Pleasant Plains
B−
393 students15:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Illinois’s other public schools; Cartwright Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.