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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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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
479
Classroom Teachers
26

* 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 100.0% of all PA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

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

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
93%
50%
94%
53%
91%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
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 107 22.3%
Grade 1 138 28.8%
Grade 2 102 21.3%
Grade 3 132 27.6%
Total 479 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.8% 93.4% 65.3%
Black 1.5% 0.6% 15.4%
Hispanic 3.0% 2.6% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.3% 2.9% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 2.7% 5.1% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 2.5% 4.6% 49.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.2% 0.5% 1.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,728 12,972,008
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,153.8 289
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.9% 18.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.5% 31.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.3% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 17.8% 18.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,087 5,193,727
Single Parent Households With Children 3.1% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.6% 91.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 61.9% 33.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 45.4% 18.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.0% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.3% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.3% 16.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.2% 14.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 2.5% 11.3%
$15,000 or less 2.3% 8.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,606 $38,222,274 34.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $807 $3,211,053 2.9%
Staff $425 $1,691,075 1.5%
General Administration $337 $1,340,923 1.2%
School Administration $623 $2,478,917 2.2%
Operation $1,347 $5,359,713 4.8%
Transportation $623 $2,478,917 2.2%
Other $395 $1,571,705 1.4%
Total Support $4,557 $18,132,303 16.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $14,131 $56,227,249 49.9%
Total Expenditures $28,294 $112,581,826 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,006 $16,857,473,639 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $915 $1,540,804,362 4.3%
Staff $559 $941,119,817 2.7%
General Administration $453 $763,583,738 2.2%
School Administration $797 $1,342,574,952 3.8%
Operation $1,549 $2,610,029,822 7.4%
Transportation $679 $1,143,614,918 3.2%
Other $594 $1,001,139,811 2.8%
Total Support $5,546 $9,342,992,236 26.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,515 $9,290,980,100 26.2%
Total Expenditures $21,066 $35,491,307,545 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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