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Schools in Pleasant Plains

Pleasant Plains’s public schools

Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pleasant Plains. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 97% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
25%
2020–21
Math proficiency
29%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.7K
▼ 32% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.3
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,294 students on the public path
In brief

Pleasant Plains’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Pleasant Plains’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Pleasant Plains High School places highest (better than 80%); Pleasant Plains Middle School lowest (48%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, 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 Plains, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Farmingdale Elem SchoolPleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8A−
5–8Pleasant Plains Middle SchoolPleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8B−
9–12Pleasant Plains High SchoolPleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8A−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8.

The district

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

Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,294 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 14.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,708IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading25%
State average 29.9% · 641 students tested
Math29%
State average 25.8% · 642 students tested

Pleasant Plains vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Pleasant Plains’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pleasant Plains—Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8

Every school in Pleasant Plains

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

Also serving Pleasant Plainsin other towns
Farmingdale Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–4
A−
485 students14:1Rate it →
Pleasant Plains Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8
B−
393 students15:1Rate it →
Pleasant Plains High School
High · Grades 9–12
A−
416 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Pleasant Plains’s schools

Are Pleasant Plains’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pleasant Plains. Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pleasant Plains. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Pleasant Plains in?

Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8.

Where do Pleasant Plains kids go to high school?

Pleasant Plains High School.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, 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.