Pleasant Grove High School
100 Spartan Dr Pleasant Grove AL, 35127, Jefferson County Phone: 205-379-5250 Ranking:  (195 out of 359, bottom 46%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: Jefferson County School District Title I Eligible School: No Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 38 | 40 | 36 | 42 | 58 | 60 | 61 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 548 | 593 | 602 | 631 | 921 | 964 | 1,026 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 136 | 24.8% | 146 | 24.6% | 142 | 23.6% | 149 | 23.6% | 166 | 18.0% | 149 | 15.5% | 215 | 21.0% |
| Grade 10: | 136 | 24.8% | 139 | 23.4% | 162 | 26.9% | 179 | 28.4% | 157 | 17.0% | 197 | 20.4% | 181 | 17.6% |
| Grade 11: | 134 | 24.5% | 139 | 23.4% | 161 | 26.7% | 135 | 21.4% | 166 | 18.0% | 159 | 16.5% | 148 | 14.4% |
| Grade 12: | 142 | 25.9% | 169 | 28.5% | 137 | 22.8% | 168 | 26.6% | 150 | 16.3% | 145 | 15.0% | 158 | 15.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 292 | 53.3% | 306 | 51.6% | 308 | 51.2% | 325 | 51.5% | 473 | 51.4% | 491 | 50.9% | 537 | 52.3% |
| Female: | 256 | 46.7% | 287 | 48.4% | 294 | 48.8% | 306 | 48.5% | 439 | 47.7% | 465 | 48.2% | 485 | 47.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 4 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Black: | 404 | 73.7% | 428 | 72.2% | 410 | 68.1% | 426 | 67.5% | 611 | 66.3% | 598 | 62.0% | 607 | 59.2% |
| White: | 139 | 25.4% | 160 | 27.0% | 185 | 30.7% | 203 | 32.2% | 306 | 33.2% | 362 | 37.6% | 417 | 40.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 202 | 36.9% | 194 | 32.7% | 230 | 38.2% | 156 | 24.7% | 231 | 25.1% | 148 | 15.4% | 183 | 17.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 52 | 9.5% | 72 | 12.1% | 64 | 10.6% | 50 | 7.9% | 75 | 8.1% | 85 | 8.8% | 86 | 8.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.52 | 14.84 | 16.56 | 15.03 | 16.02 | 15.90 | 17.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 51.7% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 49.4% | 48.2% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 50.9% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 42.52% | 45.95% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 37.21% | 43.98% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 66% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.9% | 60.5% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 66.4% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 59.76% | 60.61% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.86% | 74.32% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 64.6% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 60.1% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 63.9% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 69.46% | 61.16% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.63% | 61.36% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 59.5% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 56.5% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 60.5% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.27% | 60.31% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.49% | 58.68% | 57.81% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 46.7% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 43% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 41% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.83% | 43.71% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.67% | 51.05% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 56% | 57.5% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.4% | 62.8% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 55.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.52% | 61.92% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.67% | 59.32% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 59% | 56.5% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 50.3% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 51% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.04% | 53.71% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.33% | 57.54% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.7% | 52.7% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 50.2% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 47.9% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.41% | 53.65% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 48% | 53.39% | 60.06% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 63.08% | 71.16% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.56% | 85.66% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 89.09% | 91.59% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.76% | 94.19% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 94.52% | 94.89% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 83.1% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 81.2% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 77.7% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.07% | 78.48% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.87% | 73.17% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.42% | 79.16% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.52% | 74.46% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.91% | 75.25% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.17% | 71.46% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 79.1% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 77.6% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 79.9% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.06% | 80.64% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 78.84% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.31% | 82.32% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.42% | 78.84% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.23% | 82.49% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.42% | 79.75% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 88.8% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 86.5% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 84.1% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.43% | 83.09% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.69% | 78.91% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.12% | 78.25% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.15% | 79.69% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.61% | 81.84% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 82.85% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 83.9% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 81.1% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 85% | 81.6% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.02% | 80.6% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 76.23% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 70.78% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 73.5% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 71.8% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 69% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.54% | 65.97% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.82% | 65.79% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.47% | 73.37% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.91% | 65.88% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.22% | 66.37% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 64.02% | 65.15% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 92.47% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 97.81% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.24% | 98.37% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 95.3% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 94.6% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 93.3% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 88.1% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.39% | 92.81% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.12% | 90.75% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 88.58% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.14% | 89.75% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.47% | 88.11% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 94.2% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.4% | 93.7% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 93.6% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 89.24% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 92.71% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.59% | 93.24% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.65% | 92.56% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.41% | 93.81% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.49% | 92.68% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 96.6% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 99.2% | 95.9% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 94.5% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.38% | 90.09% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.08% | 94% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.65% | 92.81% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 92.23% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.94% | 93.02% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.48% | 92.92% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 95% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.1% | 94.1% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 89.54% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.39% | 93.94% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.12% | 92.01% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.9% | 90.5% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 92% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.8% | 89.8% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.36% | 83.91% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.74% | 89.47% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.18% | 87.31% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 87.44% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.97% | 82.45% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.22% | 87.14% | 89.74% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 59.7% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 54.3% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.09% | 55.5% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.22% | 54.51% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.44% | 63.17% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.67% | 69.03% | 68.76% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 78.5% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 74.5% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.37% | 77.07% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.13% | 79.11% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 79.97% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 85.72% | 80.24% | 83.02% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 67.3% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 65.6% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.59% | 63.53% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.33% | 64.19% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.55% | 72.47% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.06% | 77.8% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 63.8% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 75% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.1% | 70% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.83% | 70.09% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.79% | 71.93% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.61% | 72.89% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.53% | 71.7% | 73.51% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.66% | 57.96% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 68.21% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.49% | 70.61% | 68.79% |
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* Pleasant Grove High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.