Pleasant Plains High School
Pleasant Plains · IL · Pleasant Plains CUSD 8 · Public
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A-C Central High School → Porta High School → New Berlin High School → Athens Sr High School → Calvary Academy → Springfield Learning Academy → Sacred Heart Griffin High School → Douglas School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 4 calculus classes · 2 physics · 4 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 64th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 48% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Pleasant Plains High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 64th percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyIL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: A-C Central High School, Porta High School, New Berlin High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
64th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 48% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 416 students:
≈ 3 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $19,904 per student in district revenue, the 3 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $59,712/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-C Central High School Ashland |
Public | 5.1 | 96 | -17.2% |
| Porta High School Petersburg |
Public | 9.9 | 279 | +4.1% |
| New Berlin High School New Berlin |
Public | 10.3 | 256 | -0.4% |
| Athens Sr High School Athens |
Public | 12.2 | 299 | -10.2% |
| Calvary Academy Springfield |
Private | 13.4 | 280 | +2.2% |
| Springfield Learning Academy Springfield |
Public | 13.7 | — | — |
| Sacred Heart Griffin High School Springfield |
Private | 14.0 | 510 | -20.9% |
| Douglas School Springfield |
Public | 14.5 | — | — |