Pleasant Hill Elem School, Pleasant Hill IL

Original Research by School Decision on Pleasant Hill Elem School

Pleasant Hill Elementary School serves pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in a small rural village in Pike County, Illinois. The school enrolls a modest number of students across its full K-8 span, with enrollment distributed fairly evenly across grade bands. The student body is predominantly white, with small numbers of students of other races. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available.

The school's recent state assessment results show low proficiency rates across tested subjects and grades. In math, third grade showed the strongest performance, while proficiency declined notably in the upper grades, with sixth, seventh, and eighth graders at roughly a tenth of state proficiency standards. English language arts results follow a similar pattern: third grade started low, fourth and fifth grades improved somewhat, then sixth through eighth grades fell into the low teens. Science testing, available for fifth and eighth grades only, showed fifth grade at a moderate level but eighth grade substantially lower.

Across the tested grade bands, Pleasant Hill's overall proficiency index falls above the midpoint among the four districts in Pike County, though proficiency rates remain low in absolute terms. Students advance through elementary grades and transition into middle grades within the same building. The school participates fully in state testing, with near-complete participation rates across subjects.

Pleasant Hill sits within a small, slowly declining rural village built on farmland and surrounded by agricultural economy. The school is housed on the village's main street, integrated into community life rather than set apart on a campus. Housing in the area is older, built primarily in the 1960s or 1940s, and median home values are low compared to state and national benchmarks. The region experienced a tornado in April 2026, which prompted repair work at the district's high school alongside scheduled summer maintenance.

No recent major curriculum changes, referendums, or tax shifts affecting the district were documented. The school environment data, including staffing, discipline, special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, and attendance metrics, was not available in the records reviewed. A parent considering this school may want to reach out directly to discuss academic support structures, special services, and specific instructional approaches in the classrooms their child would enter.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 46%

even with state median

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 613%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 711%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 811%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 12 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 31 pts below state median

Grade 715%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 36 pts below state median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 37 pts below state median

Science

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 6 pts below state median

This schoolPleasant Hill CUSD 3, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.