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Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8

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Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 is located close to the center of Illinois. Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 has 113.92 square miles of land area and 0.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 population is 8,049. Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 median household income is $87,415 in 2010-2014. Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 median house value is $194,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (72 out of 476, top 15%) Elementary/Middle School: (125 out of 757, top 17%)* Rank: #165
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	8,049 (2010-2014), rank #408
Population Growth	8.42% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	70.57/sq mi, rank #513
Median Household Income:	$87,415 at 2010-2014—3.73% increase since 2005-2009, rank #75
Median House Price:	$194,600 at 2010-2014—10.51% increase since 2005-2009, rank #201
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	113.92 sq mi, rank #206
Water Area:	0.14 sq mi (0.12%), rank #522
State:	Illinois
County:	Sangamon County, Morgan County, Menard County
City:	Springfield, New Berlin, Pleasant Plains, Ashland, Tallula
Zip:	62711, 62707, 62670, 62677, 62612, 62688
Area:	Springfield, IL;Jacksonville, IL

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Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

315 West Church St

Pleasant Plains IL, 62677, Sangamon County

Phone: 217-626-1041

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,304	1,310	1,326	1,340	1,359	1,378	1,351
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	87.66	NA	78.78	81.48	83.17	82.50	81.10
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	1.00	0.00	1.50	1.50	1.50
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary:	51.83	NA	47.11	51.39	50.00	52.00	26.60
Secondary:	30.83	NA	29.67	30.09	30.67	28.00	52.00
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	66.84	49.74	13.00	13.43	12.60	13.60	13.10
Instructional Aides:	NA	2.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	1.00	1.25	1.00	2.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	NA	2.00	2.00	1.60	1.60	1.60
Library/Media Support:	1.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	2.00	NA	1.00	1.09	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	NA	1.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	3.00
School Administrators:	5.34	NA	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	NA	8.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	1.00	1.09	1.00	1.00	1.50
Other Support Services:	53.50	36.74	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.88	NA	16.83	16.45	16.34	16.70	16.66

Schools

Farmingdale Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	2473 North Farmingdale Rd, Pleasant Plains IL 62677
Pleasant Plains High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	500 North Cartwright St, Pleasant Plains IL 62677
Pleasant Plains Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	2455 North Farmingdale Rd, Pleasant Plains IL 62677

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.7%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.0%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.5%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.5%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.3%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100.0%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.3%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.0%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.6%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.1%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100.0%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.0%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	98.5%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.0%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	97.2%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98.9%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	99.1%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	98.5%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.1%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.5%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.0%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96.0%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.0%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.0%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.5%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.5%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.6%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.6%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.6%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.0%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.3%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.6%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.9%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.9%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.3%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.7%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.6%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.8%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.9%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.6%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.8%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.0%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.7%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.7%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	83%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	90.5%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	96.9%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	92.8%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.4%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	94.0%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	92.5%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.8%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	91.2%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.5%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	96.9%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.5%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.4%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.7%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.0%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.9%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.2%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.3%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	95%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.3%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.1%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.0%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.2%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.1%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.1%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.4%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	67.3%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63.2%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	67.0%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69.4%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	49.4%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$13,985,000	$10,547		$19,407,000	$14,483		$13,384,000	$9,848
Federal:	$163,000	$123	1.2%	$491,000	$366	2.5%	$1,032,000	$759	7.7%
State:	$4,857,000	$3,663	34.7%	$6,779,000	$5,059	34.9%	$4,675,000	$3,440	34.9%
Local:	$8,965,000	$6,761	64.1%	$12,137,000	$9,057	62.5%	$7,677,000	$5,649	57.4%
Total Expenditures:	$17,977,000	$13,557		$16,878,000	$12,596		$13,712,000	$10,090
Total Current Expenditures:	$11,840,000	$8,929		$12,819,000	$9,566		$11,424,000	$8,406
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,051,000	$5,317	59.6%	$7,789,000	$5,813	60.8%	$6,925,000	$5,096	60.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$429,000	$324	3.6%	$461,000	$344	3.6%	$388,000	$286	3.4%
Administration:	$1,747,000	$1,317	14.8%	$1,879,000	$1,402	14.7%	$1,672,000	$1,230	14.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,613,000	$1,971	22.1%	$2,690,000	$2,007	21.0%	$2,439,000	$1,795	21.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,823,000	$3,637		$2,577,000	$1,923		$753,000	$554
Construction:	$4,732,000	$3,569		$2,138,000	$1,596		$109,000	$80
Total Other:	$219,000	$165		$257,000	$192		$237,000	$174
Interest on Debt:	$353,000	$266		$306,000	$228		$304,000	$224

Total Salary:	$7,131,000	$5,378		$6,857,000	$5,117		$6,896,000	$5,074
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,727,000	$3,565	66.3%	$4,552,000	$3,397	66.4%	$4,552,000	$3,350	66.0%
Other Salary:	$2,404,000	$1,813	33.7%	$2,305,000	$1,720	33.6%	$2,344,000	$1,725	34.0%
Total Benefit:	$3,161,000	$2,384		$4,273,000	$3,189		$2,890,000	$2,127
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,040,000	$1,538	64.5%	$2,808,000	$2,096	65.7%	$1,903,000	$1,400	65.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,121,000	$845	35.5%	$1,465,000	$1,093	34.3%	$987,000	$726	34.2%

* Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.