Summary:
Pleasant Grove Middle is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Rescue, CA, part of the Rescue Union Elementary District, which is ranked 162 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating. With 476 students and a student-teacher ratio of 19.5, Pleasant Grove Middle has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, ranking between 123 and 686 out of around 2,700-2,800 California middle schools.
While Pleasant Grove Middle's test scores are generally above the state average, they fall below the district average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. In 2023-2024, the school's ELA proficiency rates ranged from 53.15% to 73.68% across grade levels, compared to the district's 62.6% to 73.98% and the state's 45.82% to 47.19%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 31.03% to 47.86%, compared to the district's 50.79% to 60.16% and the state's 31.57% to 34.31%. The school's Science proficiency rates, as measured by the CAST exam, were also below the district and state averages. Additionally, Pleasant Grove Middle has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 6.0% in 2018-2019 to 23.8% in 2021-2022, before dropping to 13.5% in 2022-2023.
Interestingly, nearby schools like Marina Village Middle, another school in the Rescue Union Elementary District, consistently outperform Pleasant Grove Middle in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates, ranking in the top 7-10% of California middle schools. Other nearby schools, such as Willma Cavitt Junior High and Folsom Middle, also significantly outperform Pleasant Grove Middle in academic achievement. These comparisons suggest that Pleasant Grove Middle may have room for improvement in providing a high-quality education to its students.
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Detail:
Public 6-8
District:
Rescue Union Elementary
SchoolDigger Rank:
686th of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,953
Students who attend Pleasant Grove Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Pleasant Grove Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 17.7
Number of students: 465
Racial breakdown:
White:
69.2%
Hispanic:
20.9%
Two or more races:
4.5%
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Asian:
2.8%
American Indian:
1.1%
African American:
0.9%
Pacific Islander:
0.4%
Not Specified:
0.2%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 23.2%
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