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Pleasant Valley Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 3

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
250 E Mc Murray Rd
Mc Murray, PA 15317
Phone
(724) 941-6260
District
Peters Township SD
County
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
472
Classroom Teachers
27

* Pleasant Valley Elementary School is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Pennsylvania

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.9% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.9% of all U.S. schools.


Pleasant Valley Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
97%
53%
96%
54%
97%
52%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 123 26.1%
Grade 1 106 22.5%
Grade 2 138 29.2%
Grade 3 105 22.2%
Total 472 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.2% 93.3% 64.5%
Black 0.4% 0.7% 15.4%
Hispanic 2.8% 2.6% 15.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.9% 3.1% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 11.2% 10.7% 53.0%
Free lunch eligible 11.0% 10.2% 51.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.2% 0.5% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,928 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,175.7 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.0% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.7% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.2% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 18.6% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,111 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 3.0% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.6% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 62.2% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 48.4% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.2% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.1% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.2% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.6% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 2.8% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 1.7% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,344 $40,664,000 39.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $819 $3,219,000 3.1%
Staff $424 $1,667,000 1.6%
General Administration $283 $1,112,000 1.1%
School Administration $648 $2,547,000 2.5%
Operation $1,414 $5,559,000 5.4%
Transportation $635 $2,496,000 2.4%
Other $425 $1,669,000 1.6%
Total Support $4,647 $18,269,000 17.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $11,191 $43,990,000 42.7%
Total Expenditures $26,182 $102,923,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,819 $18,319,893,000 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,093 $1,850,572,000 4.8%
Staff $669 $1,132,122,000 2.9%
General Administration $477 $808,056,000 2.1%
School Administration $816 $1,382,117,000 3.6%
Operation $1,589 $2,691,467,000 7.0%
Transportation $709 $1,201,390,000 3.1%
Other $722 $1,223,280,000 3.2%
Total Support $6,076 $10,289,004,000 26.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,887 $9,968,592,000 25.8%
Total Expenditures $22,782 $38,577,489,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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