Pleasant Plains High School

Pleasant Plains High School
Location
500 N. Cartwright Street
Pleasant Plains, Illinois

United States

39°52′37″N 89°55′08″W / 39.87694°N 89.91889°W / 39.87694; -89.91889
Information
TypePublic
MottoRespect, Responsibility, Integrity
Established1927
School district
Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District No. 8
Principal
Heather Greer[1]
Teaching staff
31.00 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment416[2] (2024–2025)
Student to teacher ratio
13.42[2]
ColorsRed and Blue   
Athletics conference
Sangamo
MascotCardinal
Websitewww.ppcusd8.org/hs

Pleasant Plains High School is a public high school located in Pleasant Plains, Illinois, United States. It is part of Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District No. 8. The school was built in 1927.

When the new buses were bought in 1941 they added Salisbury to the Pleasant Plains (Township High School at the time) district. This caused Salisbury High School to close and the students transferred to Pleasant Plains.

Pleasant Plains High School used to be called Pleasant Plains Township High School.

Demographics

  • Student Population: 416
  • Enrollment by Grade:
9th - 98
10th - 103
11th - 104
12th - 111
  • Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity:
American Indian/Alaska Native - 2
Asian - 2
Black - 8
Hispanic - 6
White - 386
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 1
Two or More Races - 11
  • Student to teacher ratio: 13.42 students - 1 teacher
  • Enrollment by Gender:
Male - 188
Female - 228

Fall

  • Boys golf
  • Girls golf
  • Boys cross
  • Girls cross country
  • Elite Football
  • Boys soccer
  • Volleyball

Winter

  • Boys basketball
  • Girls basketball

Spring

  • Baseball
  • Girls soccer
  • Softball
  • Boys track
  • Girls track

References

  1. ↑ https://sites.google.com/a/ppcusd8.org/pphs/meet-the-staff
  2. 1 2 3 "Pleasant Plains High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 12, 2026.