Summary:
The 66020 high-school listing includes one school, Pleasant Ridge High, serving grades 9–12 with 168 students. Its latest results show a mixed academic picture rather than consistently high performance across subjects. Most importantly, the school is strongest in mathematics and science, while its English language arts results trail the state.
There is no separate top or bottom school to compare in this one-school area; within Pleasant Ridge High, mathematics is the clearest strength and ELA the main academic weakness. In 2025–26, 51% of students were proficient in all-grades mathematics, 10 points above the state’s 41%; science proficiency was 44%, 6 points above the state’s 38%. ELA proficiency was 38%, 8 points below the state’s 46%. Grade-level results reinforce that contrast: 10th-grade math was 15 points above the state, while 10th-grade ELA was 3 points below; 11th-grade science was 14 points above. Across the three subjects, the school’s average was 2.55 points above the state average, but that overall figure masks the subject-by-subject differences.
Recent results moved in different directions: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA fell 3 points at the school while the state rose 1 point, widening the school’s shortfall to 8 points. Math improved by 1 point, but the state gained 2, so the school’s lead narrowed from 11 points to 10. SchoolDigger gives Pleasant Ridge High four stars and ranks it 75th of 340 schools, in the 78th percentile; its percentile ranking has been strong but uneven, moving from 86th to 76th and then 78th over three years. The school’s 96% graduation rate was 7 points above the state, while its 20% chronic absenteeism rate was 2 points higher. Its student–teacher ratio is 10.6, and its 2024–25 free/reduced-lunch rate was 27%; these provide context, not an explanation for the results.
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