Is Pleasant Hill Elementary School a good school?

Pleasant Hill Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.3% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Pleasant Hill Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 162 students attended Pleasant Hill Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Pleasant Hill Elementary School?

Students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School are 44% White, 38% African American, 17% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Pleasant Hill Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Pleasant Hill Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Limestone Community High School

Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Summary:

Pleasant Hill Elementary School is a public school in Peoria, Illinois that serves grades PK-8 with 174 students. The school is part of the Pleasant Hill School District 69, which is ranked 781 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pleasant Hill Elementary School faces significant challenges in improving student outcomes. The school has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 26% to 40.9%, which is much higher than the state average. Its test scores are also consistently low across all grade levels and subjects compared to the state and district averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 27.6% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 41.2% statewide. The school also has a very high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 93.68% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Monroe Elementary School, which is located just 1.51 miles away, Pleasant Hill Elementary School performs significantly worse across a range of metrics, including test scores, chronic absenteeism, and socioeconomic status. Despite the school's low performance, it spends a relatively high amount per student, with $12,769 spent per student in 2022-2023, suggesting that the issue may not be solely a lack of resources, but rather how those resources are being utilized.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

3717 W Malone St
Peoria, IL 61605-1263

(309) 637-6829

District: Pleasant Hill School District 69

SchoolDigger Rank:
1875^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,532

Students who attend Pleasant Hill Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Limestone Community High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.5

Number of students: 162

Racial breakdown:

White:

44.4%

African American:

37.7%

Hispanic:

16.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 93.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Pleasant Hill Elementary School ranks worse than 90.7% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.28. (See more...)

Compare Details Pleasant Hill Elementary School ranks worse than 71.6% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.21. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Pleasant Hill Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (44.4%), African American (37.7%), Hispanic (16.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 93.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pleasant Hill Elementary School is 11.5. (See more...)

Compare Pleasant Hill Elementary School employs 14 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pleasant Hill Elementary School is $12,532.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pleasant Hill Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Pleasant Hill Elementary School 1875^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Pleasant Hill Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

SchoolDigger ranks Pleasant Hill Elementary School 976^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Pleasant Hill Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Pleasant Hill School District 69:

SchoolDigger ranks Pleasant Hill School District 69 781^st of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Pleasant Hill Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	70.45	685^th	2020	66.1%
2004	25.36	1650^th	2030	18.7%
2005	34.33	1507^th	2022	25.5%
2006	35.88	1581^st	2086	24.2%
2007	32.79	1644^th	2095	21.5%
2008	30.12	1612^th	2092	22.9%
2009	26.02	1700^th	2120	19.8%
2010	28.27	1676^th	2139	21.6%
2011	57.55	1111^th	2147	48.3%
2012	59.22	1057^th	2166	51.2%
2013	30.74	1578^th	2167	27.2%
2014	45.19	1208^th	2093	42.3%
2015	12.12	1942^nd	2052	5.4%
2016	17.39	1776^th	2046	13.2%
2017	18.32	1738^th	2044	15.0%
2018	16.60	1771^st	2037	13.1%
2019	16.17	1837^th	2086	11.9%
2021	29.41	1300^th	1948	33.3%
2022	32.06	1342^nd	2082	35.5%
2023	11.38	1990^th	2077	4.2%
2024	14.28	1875^th	2067	9.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.63	1376^th	1765	22.0%
2019	26.01	1486^th	1816	18.2%
2021	38.36	895^th	1514	40.9%
2022	49.64	785^th	1763	55.5%
2023	16.50	1706^th	1808	5.6%
2024	19.28	1623^rd	1793	9.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	14.97	1757^th	1964	10.5%
2019	17.20	1769^th	2019	12.4%
2021	33.72	1068^th	1680	36.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.42	1624^th	1972	17.6%
2019	18.36	1725^th	2019	14.6%
2023	7.58	1983^rd	1984	0.1%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	6.68	1442^nd	1463	1.4%
2019	6.72	1432^nd	1462	2.1%
2021	21.04	1122^nd	1308	14.2%
2022	24.93	1152^nd	1425	19.2%
2023	6.09	1394^th	1419	1.8%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Pleasant Hill Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	27.00	894^th	1185	24.6%
2004	35.28	835^th	1204	30.6%
2005	39.84	810^th	1209	33.0%
2006	47.59	779^th	1272	38.8%
2007	16.90	1096^th	1287	14.8%
2008	40.92	867^th	1293	32.9%
2009	39.47	920^th	1318	30.2%
2010	33.60	990^th	1327	25.4%
2011	42.31	896^th	1344	33.3%
2012	31.77	1028^th	1365	24.7%
2013	32.91	980^th	1367	28.3%
2014	48.49	710^th	1322	46.3%
2015	20.19	1071^st	1302	17.7%
2016	17.09	1148^th	1294	11.3%
2017	17.91	1091^st	1293	15.6%
2018	25.21	967^th	1293	25.2%
2019	20.51	1100^th	1356	18.9%
2021	18.45	1054^th	1241	15.1%
2022	24.75	1007^th	1369	26.4%
2023	26.96	965^th	1367	29.4%
2024	26.21	976^th	1363	28.4%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.41	719^th	1161	38.1%
2019	31.12	886^th	1217	27.2%
2021	20.94	907^th	1019	11.0%
2022	38.20	702^nd	1221	42.5%
2023	32.24	860^th	1234	30.3%
2024	34.47	796^th	1219	34.7%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.21	908^th	1226	25.9%
2019	22.33	1006^th	1276	21.2%
2021	17.48	891^st	1017	12.4%
2022	30.52	850^th	1286	33.9%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	24.06	986^th	1296	23.9%
2021	18.59	907^th	1048	13.5%
2023	29.11	880^th	1292	31.9%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	7.48	867^th	889	2.5%
2019	5.34	897^th	905	0.9%
2021	10.72	782^nd	813	3.8%
2022	15.43	810^th	898	9.8%
2023	25.33	717^th	895	19.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Pleasant Hill Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	183	22	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	208
1990	185	33	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	221
1991	190	23	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	217
1992	188	36	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	231
1993	192	24	6	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	224
1994	212	34	4	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	254
1995	202	30	6	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	239
1996	202	30	6	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	239
1997	206	21	5	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	236
1998	208	23	4	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	239
1999	202	38	2	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	246
2000	193	30	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	227
2001	208	32	1	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	247
2002	184	29	1	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	229
2003	184	29	1	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	229
2004	186	26	1	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	229
2005	179	25	1	13	1	n/a	n/a	0	219
2006	189	30	0	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	235
2007	165	29	1	14	0	n/a	n/a	22	231
2008	159	35	2	16	0	n/a	n/a	16	228
2009	151	33	2	17	0	n/a	n/a	19	222
2010	153	35	1	14	0	n/a	n/a	23	226
2011	171	25	2	14	1	0	24	0	237
2012	173	52	2	13	1	1	1	0	243
2013	172	51	2	13	0	1	2	0	241
2014	170	52	3	15	0	1	0	0	241
2015	170	59	4	17	1	1	2	0	254
2016	166	53	5	17	2	1	2	0	246
2017	153	50	6	17	0	1	1	0	228
2018	141	51	5	26	0	0	0	0	223
2019	145	48	4	26	0	1	1	0	225
2020	138	60	3	26	0	0	3	0	230
2021	111	52	1	17	0	0	0	0	181
2022	104	57	1	21	0	0	0	0	183
2023	91	60	1	22	0	0	0	0	174
2024	72	61	1	27	0	0	1	0	162

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Pleasant Hill Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	208	10.1	20.5	n/a
1990	221	10.1	21.8	n/a
1991	217	10.4	20.8	n/a
1992	231	10.4	22.2	n/a
1993	224	10.4	21.5	n/a
1994	254	12.4	20.5	n/a
1995	239	11.3	21.2	n/a
1996	239	11.3	21.2	n/a
1997	236	12.0	19.7	n/a
1998	239	11.4	21.0	n/a
1999	246	11.4	21.6	n/a
2000	227	12.4	18.3	n/a
2001	247	12.4	19.9	n/a
2002	229	11.4	20.1	75.5
2003	229	11.4	20.1	75.5
2004	229	13.2	17.3	60.3
2005	219	12.4	17.7	64.8
2006	235	13.4	17.5	74
2007	231	12.0	19.3	77
2008	228	12.0	19.0	87.3
2009	222	14.7	15.1	77.3
2010	226	16.4	13.7	87.7
2011	237	13.5	17.5	77.6
2012	243	12.9	18.7	72.8
2013	241	13.3	18.0	75.1
2014	241	9.0	26.7	75.9
2015	254	15.0	16.9	79.1
2016	246	16.0	15.3	82.1
2017	228	12.8	17.7	81.1
2018	223	16.9	13.1	99.1
2019	225	15.2	14.8	98.7
2020	230	14.2	16.1	91.3
2021	181	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	183	16.0	11.4	93.4
2023	174	15.0	11.6	93.7
2024	162	14.0	11.5	93.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Pleasant Hill Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	208	10.1	20.5	n/a
1990	221	10.1	21.8	n/a
1991	217	10.4	20.8	n/a
1992	231	10.4	22.2	n/a
1993	224	10.4	21.5	n/a
1994	254	12.4	20.5	n/a
1995	239	11.3	21.2	n/a
1996	239	11.3	21.2	n/a
1997	236	12.0	19.7	n/a
1998	239	11.4	21.0	n/a
1999	246	11.4	21.6	n/a
2000	227	12.4	18.3	n/a
2001	247	12.4	19.9	n/a
2002	229	11.4	20.1	75.5
2003	229	11.4	20.1	75.5
2004	229	13.2	17.3	60.3
2005	219	12.4	17.7	64.8
2006	235	13.4	17.5	74
2007	231	12.0	19.3	77
2008	228	12.0	19.0	87.3
2009	222	14.7	15.1	77.3
2010	226	16.4	13.7	87.7
2011	237	13.5	17.5	77.6
2012	243	12.9	18.7	72.8
2013	241	13.3	18.0	75.1
2014	241	9.0	26.7	75.9
2015	254	15.0	16.9	79.1
2016	246	16.0	15.3	82.1
2017	228	12.8	17.7	81.1
2018	223	16.9	13.1	99.1
2019	225	15.2	14.8	98.7
2020	230	14.2	16.1	91.3
2021	181	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	183	16.0	11.4	93.4
2023	174	15.0	11.6	93.7
2024	162	14.0	11.5	93.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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