Pleasant Valley Middle School

Summary:

Pleasant Valley Middle School is a public middle school located in Wichita, Kansas, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 595 students. The school is part of the Wichita school district, which is ranked 252 out of 266 districts in Kansas and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pleasant Valley Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom tier of Kansas middle schools, with a ranking between 302-363 out of 362-368 schools over the past 10 years. The school has received a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of this period, indicating very poor performance compared to other middle schools in the state. Proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly lower than the Wichita district and state averages across all grade levels. The school also struggles to serve its diverse student population effectively, with low rankings for subgroups like African American, Hispanic, and Special Education students.

While the school's per-student spending and student-teacher ratio are relatively high, these factors alone do not seem to be driving the poor performance. The high concentration of students from low-income families at Pleasant Valley Middle School is likely a significant contributor to the school's challenges. However, the success of some magnet schools in the Wichita district suggests that a more targeted, specialized approach to education may be beneficial for students at Pleasant Valley Middle School. Addressing the socioeconomic challenges faced by the school's student population and leveraging effective practices from other schools could be crucial steps in improving academic outcomes.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 2220 W 29th N
       Wichita, KS  67204


(316) 973-8000

District: Wichita

SchoolDigger Rank:
302nd of 362 Kansas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,396 Help


Students who attend Pleasant Valley Middle School usually attend:

High:    Chisholm Life Skills Center
    Heights High
    Sowers Alternative High School
    Wichita Alternative High

Feeder schools for Pleasant Valley Middle School:

Elementary:    Cloud Elementary
    Earhart Environ Magnet Elementary
    Ortiz Elementary School
    Pleasant Valley Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.0 Help
Number of students:  595

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
73.6%
White:
14.1%
African American:
8.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  94.5% Help


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Compare Details Pleasant Valley Middle School ranks worse than 83.4% of middle schools in Kansas. It also ranks 6th among 15 ranked middle schools in the Wichita School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.46. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (73.6%), White (14.1%), African American (8.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 94.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pleasant Valley Middle School is 13, which is the 8th best among 15 middle schools in the Wichita School District. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pleasant Valley Middle School is $11,396. 10 middle schools in the Wichita School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pleasant Valley Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Pleasant Valley Middle School 302nd of 362 Kansas public middle schools. (See Pleasant Valley Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Wichita:

SchoolDigger ranks Wichita 252nd of 266 Kansas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Pleasant Valley Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 5.62 263rd 277 5.1%
2007 2.22 279th 286 2.4%
2008 3.13 284th 296 4.1%
2009 0.74 301st 307 2.0%
2010 0.30 312th 316 1.3%
2011 0.16 317th 320 0.9%
2012 0.89 337th 342 1.5%
2013 1.47 349th 355 1.7%
2015 9.27 354th 368 3.8%
2016 7.06 335th 343 2.3%
2017 4.77 358th 358 0.0%
2018 5.58 347th 350 0.9%
2019 6.05 363rd 368 1.4%
2021 7.49 355th 367 3.3%
2022 14.27 344th 368 6.5%
2023 16.89 330th 362 8.8%
2024 23.46 302nd 362 16.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.76 53rd 60 11.7%
2019 32.39 47th 58 19.0%
2021 35.74 41st 56 26.8%
2022 39.10 34th 60 43.3%
2023 41.17 34th 62 45.2%
2024 64.08 6th 65 90.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.53 92nd 132 30.3%
2019 35.45 105th 157 33.1%
2021 27.05 132nd 160 17.5%
2022 18.52 169th 171 1.2%
2023 22.65 152nd 178 14.6%
2024 20.64 151st 164 7.9%
See the entire list of Best Kansas Middle Schools for Special Education Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.19 255th 255 0.0%
2019 10.83 266th 270 1.5%
2021 16.40 256th 275 6.9%
2022 28.64 220th 270 18.5%
2023 32.31 228th 300 24.0%
2024 39.54 176th 296 40.5%
See the entire list of Best Kansas Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Homeless students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 49.34 4th 7 42.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 5.17 275th 275 0.0%
2019 5.99 293rd 294 0.3%
2021 8.50 302nd 313 3.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.53 92nd 132 30.3%
2019 35.45 105th 157 33.1%
2021 27.05 132nd 160 17.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.53 277th 280 1.1%
2019 8.10 297th 301 1.3%
2021 9.21 295th 308 4.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.83 54th 57 5.3%
2019 18.11 67th 69 2.9%
2021 24.54 52nd 65 20.0%
2022 37.91 41st 72 43.1%
2023 54.59 29th 73 60.3%
2024 24.81 60th 73 17.8%
See the entire list of Best Kansas Middle Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.26 112th 114 1.8%
2019 12.99 128th 128 0.0%
2021 18.93 126th 135 6.7%
2022 29.50 100th 138 27.5%
2023 33.31 95th 140 32.1%
2024 41.50 78th 144 45.8%
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Rank History for White students at Pleasant Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools KS State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.03 331st 333 0.6%
2019 17.11 312th 344 9.3%
2021 11.75 334th 349 4.3%
2022 21.26 303rd 349 13.2%
2023 23.89 293rd 349 16.0%
2024 50.27 146th 347 57.9%
See the entire list of Best Kansas Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Kansas State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Kansas State Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Monday, November 22, 2010

Open Quote I believe the teachers do not have control of their individual classrooms. Many students are complaining about out of control classrooms, high noise levels, a lot of extra non-school related activities going on. no parent participation in anything. they have teachers that are not certified to be teachers teaching students. the few good students in the school are extremely frustrated by the lack of control in the classrooms. the school needs new leadership and direction quickly for the sake of the 600 students that are attending there. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Pleasant Valley Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 346 74 25 43 5 n/a n/a 0 493
1989 252 51 15 29 1 n/a n/a 0 348
1990 439 86 34 139 5 n/a n/a 0 703
1991 429 84 39 149 7 n/a n/a 0 708
1992 479 109 42 189 9 n/a n/a 0 828
1993 551 93 61 256 10 n/a n/a 0 971
1994 536 101 55 265 13 n/a n/a 0 970
1995 501 91 71 292 10 n/a n/a 0 965
1996 501 91 71 292 10 n/a n/a 0 965
1997 448 95 77 283 13 n/a n/a 0 916
1998 361 97 55 265 11 n/a n/a 0 789
1999 261 96 35 253 13 n/a n/a 0 658
2000 228 89 19 247 17 n/a n/a 0 600
2001 219 84 26 242 16 n/a n/a 0 587
2002 266 88 28 295 18 n/a n/a 0 695
2003 266 88 28 295 18 n/a n/a 0 695
2004 178 95 22 307 14 n/a n/a 9 625
2005 161 74 20 296 16 n/a n/a 11 578
2006 131 63 22 324 9 n/a n/a 8 557
2007 113 49 22 405 15 n/a n/a 0 604
2008 107 50 17 411 13 n/a n/a 0 598
2009 90 43 14 389 16 n/a n/a 28 580
2010 92 45 11 419 8 0 29 0 604
2011 83 33 11 433 4 0 26 0 590
2012 65 45 8 459 3 0 21 0 601
2013 59 40 7 491 7 1 12 0 617
2014 63 33 6 488 7 0 18 0 615
2015 77 34 4 474 5 0 21 0 615
2016 82 38 4 512 4 0 25 0 665
2017 61 47 4 508 4 0 20 0 644
2018 61 44 5 537 4 0 16 0 667
2019 80 55 2 507 2 1 15 0 662
2020 90 48 4 488 5 1 9 0 645
2021 93 55 4 468 3 0 8 0 631
2022 89 57 3 467 2 0 18 0 636
2023 84 52 3 438 5 0 13 0 595

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Pleasant Valley Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 493 28.0 17.6 0
1989 348 22.0 15.8 n/a
1990 703 34.2 20.5 0
1991 708 45.2 15.6 n/a
1992 828 45.4 18.2 45.3
1993 971 52.2 18.6 39.3
1994 970 55.6 17.4 44.8
1995 965 57.0 16.9 51.1
1996 965 57.0 16.9 51.1
1997 916 56.2 16.3 51.5
1998 789 54.3 14.5 60.6
1999 658 45.3 14.5 70.2
2000 600 45.6 13.2 68.8
2001 587 48.9 12.0 79
2002 695 47.6 14.6 80.1
2003 695 47.6 14.6 80.1
2004 625 44.4 14.1 84.9
2005 578 39.7 14.6 86.9
2006 557 42.6 13.1 88.2
2007 604 46.6 13.0 90.4
2008 598 42.5 14.1 88.8
2009 580 43.0 13.5 93.8
2010 604 45.8 13.1 91.2
2011 590 46.0 12.8 92.4
2012 601 47.2 12.7 93.8
2013 617 41.7 14.7 95.1
2014 615 44.8 13.7 95.4
2015 615 48.0 12.8 94
2016 665 50.0 13.3 90.8
2017 644 47.9 13.4 92.2
2018 667 47.2 14.1 91.5
2019 662 47.1 14.0 92.6
2020 645 45.0 14.3 93.2
2021 631 46.1 13.6 93.3
2022 636 46.0 13.8 n/a
2023 595 45.5 13.0 94.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Pleasant Valley Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 493 28.0 17.6 0
1989 348 22.0 15.8 n/a
1990 703 34.2 20.5 0
1991 708 45.2 15.6 n/a
1992 828 45.4 18.2 45.3
1993 971 52.2 18.6 39.3
1994 970 55.6 17.4 44.8
1995 965 57.0 16.9 51.1
1996 965 57.0 16.9 51.1
1997 916 56.2 16.3 51.5
1998 789 54.3 14.5 60.6
1999 658 45.3 14.5 70.2
2000 600 45.6 13.2 68.8
2001 587 48.9 12.0 79
2002 695 47.6 14.6 80.1
2003 695 47.6 14.6 80.1
2004 625 44.4 14.1 84.9
2005 578 39.7 14.6 86.9
2006 557 42.6 13.1 88.2
2007 604 46.6 13.0 90.4
2008 598 42.5 14.1 88.8
2009 580 43.0 13.5 93.8
2010 604 45.8 13.1 91.2
2011 590 46.0 12.8 92.4
2012 601 47.2 12.7 93.8
2013 617 41.7 14.7 95.1
2014 615 44.8 13.7 95.4
2015 615 48.0 12.8 94
2016 665 50.0 13.3 90.8
2017 644 47.9 13.4 92.2
2018 667 47.2 14.1 91.5
2019 662 47.1 14.0 92.6
2020 645 45.0 14.3 93.2
2021 631 46.1 13.6 93.3
2022 636 46.0 13.8 n/a
2023 595 45.5 13.0 94.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Pleasant Valley Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $3,621 (31.8%) $7,775 (68.2%) $11,396

Data source: Kansas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Pleasant Valley Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 363rd of 368 Middle schoolsRanks 330th of 362 Middle schools
 7.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Pleasant Valley Middle School)8.616.7
 8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wichita)2118.4
 2.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)38.433.7
 4.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Pleasant Valley Middle School)3.714.4
 10.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wichita)17.313.2
 4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)31.929.9
 2%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Pleasant Valley Middle School)14.111.4
 2.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wichita)20.718.5
 2.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)31.831.7
 0%
7th Grade Mathematics (Pleasant Valley Middle School)6.310.8
 4.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wichita)14.413
 1.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)27.927.5
 0.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Pleasant Valley Middle School)68.6
 2.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wichita)15.111.8
 3.3%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas)25.220.8
 4.4%
8th Grade Mathematics (Pleasant Valley Middle School)3.218.5
 15.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wichita)13.311.1
 2.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Kansas)25.922.8
 3.1%
8th Grade Science (Pleasant Valley Middle School)6.28.8
 2.6%
   8th Grade Science (Wichita)18.112.3
 5.7%
   8th Grade Science (Kansas)30.722.7
 8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students662595
 10.1%
African American5552
 5.5%
American Indian25
 150%
Asian23
 50%
Hispanic507438
 13.6%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White8084
 5%
Two or More Races1513
 13.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients92.6%94.5%
 1.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Pleasant Valley Middle School

Pleasant Valley Middle School ranks in the bottom 16.6% of Kansas middle schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 595 students attended Pleasant Valley Middle School.

Students at Pleasant Valley Middle School are 74% Hispanic, 14% White, 9% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Pleasant Valley Middle School usually go on to attend Chisholm Life Skills Center


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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