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Pleasant Plains Middle School

PublicMiddleGrades 5–8

2455 N Farmingdale Rd, Pleasant Plains, IL 62677 · (217) 626-1061 · Part of Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8

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

Directions
Students
393
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
11%
Setting
Rural
Grades
5–8
The gist

What stands out about Pleasant Plains Middle School

  • Its own letter, B−: better results than 48% of Illinois’s public schools
  • Reading / language arts 9 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Gardner Township kids: Pleasant Plains High School

On the path

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

PK–4Farmingdale Elem Schoolin Pleasant Plains
5–8Pleasant Plains Middle SchoolYou are here
9–12Pleasant Plains High Schoolin Pleasant Plains

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency21%
State average 25.9%
Reading / language arts22%
State average 30.7%

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

Location

Directions ↗

2455 N Farmingdale Rd, Pleasant Plains

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 598
Grade 696
Grade 7100
Grade 899
Enrollment over time
377’20
383’21
379’22
385’23
393’24

Up 4.2% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 91%Two or more races 4%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 2%Hispanic 2%Black 2%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Pleasant Plains Middle School from Gardner 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 High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Pleasant Plains
A−
416 students13:1

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; Gardner Township’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.