Mt Pleasant High School

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Mt Pleasant, Tennessee

Mt Pleasant High School in Mt Pleasant, Tennessee enrolled 374 students in 2024-25. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 15% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 75-79% (Tennessee: 87.3%).

Enrollment fell 9% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers rose 10%

428 students in 2022-23, 390 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 34.2 to 37.5.

Students enrolled at Mt Pleasant High School by school year2022-23: 428, 2023-24: 39002004006002022-234282023-24390
Students enrolled at Mt Pleasant High School by school year2022-23: 428, 2023-24: 39002004006002022-234282023-24390
Students enrolled at Mt Pleasant High School by school year2022-23: 428, 2023-24: 39002004006002022-234282023-24390
Students enrolled at Mt Pleasant High School by school year2022-23: 428, 2023-24: 39002004006002022-234282023-24390
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2342834.212.5
2023-2439037.510.4

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

One counselor per 295 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Mt Pleasant High School enrolled 443 students and had 1.5 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 31 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)1.5, one per 295 of the 443 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions31
  • Chronically absent34.1% (2022-23)

Who attends

70.1% of students were White, 18.7% Black, 6.1% Hispanic in 2024-25.

  1. White70.1%
  2. Black18.7%
  3. Hispanic6.1%
  4. Two or more races4.5%
  5. Asian0.5%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2022-23

In 2022-23, the students tested at Mt Pleasant High School scored proficient or above: 15% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2022-23
SubjectThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Math15%26% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

75-79% of the 95 students in Mt Pleasant High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtTennessee
Four-year graduation rate75‑79%81%87.3%
Students in the class9584471,510

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

What to look at next about Mt Pleasant High School

  1. Columbia Central High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 8.8 miles away: 1,401 students, 20.2 per teacher (2024-25).8.8 mi
  2. Summertown High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 9.5 miles away: 367 students, 16.3 per teacher (2024-25).9.5 mi
  3. Compare Mt Pleasant High School with Columbia Central High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Maury County Public Schools spends per student$11,129 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$11,129
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeMt Pleasant High School is the number 278 by size of 384 Tennessee high schools open in 2024-25.#278 of 384
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Mt Pleasant High School

  1. How many students attend Mt Pleasant High School?
    374 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 428 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Mt Pleasant, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Mt Pleasant High School?
    12.5 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Mt Pleasant High School a Title I school?
    Mt Pleasant High School was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).
  4. How do students at Mt Pleasant High School do on state tests?
    In 2022-23, the students tested at Mt Pleasant High School scored proficient or above: 15% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Mt Pleasant High School?
    75-79% of the 95 students in Mt Pleasant High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Mt Pleasant High School in?
    Maury County Public Schools, NCES district ID 4702760. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470276000974 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22