Elementary school (grades K-5) · Pleasantville, PA

Pleasantville El Sch

Federal NCES profile for Pleasantville El Sch, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 56/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 422349006168
0/100100/10056/100
👥 S:T ratio
55
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
60
📋 Attendance
39
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Pleasantville El Sch earns 56/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 82% of Pennsylvania schools.

56
Resource Index · Higher
11.2:1
small classes for Pennsylvania
68.9%
free-lunch eligible
201
students enrolled

Pleasantville El Sch has class sizes smaller than 82% of Pennsylvania schools. Computed live against every Pennsylvania school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

201

Pennsylvania · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

18.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.2:1

vs 13.6:1 Pennsylvania avg

-18% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

68.9%

vs 58.1% Pennsylvania avg

+19% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Pleasantville El Sch compares with Pennsylvania and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Pleasantville El Sch

Pleasantville El Sch is a higher-need, small elementary school in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, enrolling 201 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 11.2:1 puts it in the smaller third of Pennsylvania schools by student-teacher ratio.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 68.9% of students eligible for free meals.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 91% of Pennsylvania schools, with 201 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 2,889 scored Pennsylvania schools.

Against 67 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #14.

Its student body is predominantly White (91% of enrollment) (diversity index 17/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 201 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 24.4% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 15.7% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Titusville Area Sd also operates Titusville Shs (565 students) and Titusville Ms (411 students) alongside Pleasantville El Sch.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Pleasantville El Sch compares

Pleasantville El Sch on the metrics families compare, against Pennsylvania and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Pennsylvania Pennsylvania avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 11.2:1 ▼ 18% 13.6:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 68.9% ▲ 19% 58.1% 51.7%
Enrollment 201 top 91% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

11.2:1
Leaner classes than 82% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
201
Bigger than 20% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
68.9%
free-lunch eligible - 19% above the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
11.2:1
students per teacher - 18% below state mean
Top 18% in Pennsylvania - lower ratio than 82% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
24.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$17,182
per pupil, district-wide - below Pennsylvania avg of $17,970
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 201 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
3
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 1.5 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 1.5 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 91.0%
Two or More 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino 4.0%
African American 0.5%

Largest group: White at 91.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 16.8/100

Simpson diversity index - at 16.8, Pleasantville El Sch is less mixed than the Pennsylvania school average of 37.3.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Titusville Area Sd, which includes Pleasantville El Sch.

$17,182
Per student
-4%
vs Pennsylvania
Avg $17,970
+4%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 26.0%
State 58.2%
Federal 15.7%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Pleasantville El Sch Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Titusville Shs Larger Lower economic need Higher S:T ratio
Titusville Ms Larger Similar economic need Similar S:T ratio
Main Street El Sch Similar size Similar economic need Similar S:T ratio
Hydetown El Sch Similar size Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Early Childhood Lc Similar size Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Pleasantville El Sch's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Titusville Area Sd · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Pennsylvania, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Pleasantville El Sch's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Pleasantville El Sch

How many students attend Pleasantville El Sch?

Pleasantville El Sch has 201 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Pleasantville, PA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasantville El Sch?

The student-teacher ratio at Pleasantville El Sch is 11.2:1, which is 18% lower than the Pennsylvania average of 13.6:1 and 29% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Pleasantville El Sch?

68.9% of students at Pleasantville El Sch are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Pleasantville El Sch?

The largest demographic group at Pleasantville El Sch is White at 91.0% of enrollment, in Pleasantville, PA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Pleasantville El Sch?

Pleasantville El Sch has a Resource Investment Index of 56/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Pleasantville El Sch a good school?

Pleasantville El Sch earns 56/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 82% of Pennsylvania schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Titusville Area Sd?

Besides Pleasantville El Sch, Titusville Area Sd also operates Titusville Shs (565 students), Titusville Ms (411 students), and Main Street El Sch (219 students). See the Titusville Area Sd district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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