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Pleasant Grove High School

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Posted March 11, 2013

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The threat at PGHS was on Thursday March 7, 2013.Sorry for the error. I corrected this so everyone knows the problems seem to be getting worse and now it is the safety of our children is in jeopardy.
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Posted September 5, 2012

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Administration is very bias and focuses on the 'legacy' of what they think the school should be. There are students that have various learning weaknesses and it seems that the school really doesn't service these groups at 100%. A few teachers are good, but some try to act like friends towards the students than role models. Office administrators are very cold and unwelcoming. This school is about test scores and showing off their sport teams.... not all students fit into this mold. Tax dollars fall in this school and it does not benefit everyone. No transitional period from 8th grade to 9th grade. Orientation at 9th grade is beyond poor.
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Posted June 21, 2012

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Counselors and Administration needs to be evaluated. Grades are being exposed among staff and other students. Some students are being put down and drain from critics. Gradings are deflated. Don't let the API and reviews persuade you to move into the area. Take initiative and talk to other students to get real feedback. Wish the school think more of students and help them instead of keeping its brand name.
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Posted May 10, 2011

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After 4 years at PGHS, the decline in the quality of education and the school environment is startling. Budget cuts have resulted in situations such as teachers that are clearly not qualified teaching AP classes and classes sizes that are climbing to 40 students! The administration is not supportive of individual students or parental concerns. We had such high hopes for this school. It is disappointing to see the direction it is going. We will be putting our other children in private school instead.
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Posted November 18, 2010

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I graduated with the class of 2010 and I absolutely loved PGHS. From the challenging academics, to the amazing school spirit, to the top-notch sports teams, Pleasant Grove is a very well-rounded school. There are many opportunities for students to succeed in the classroom and even more for them to become involved in extracurricular activities. Some of the teachers are amazing teachers and people that have touched my life. I know that I will take what I have learned from this school and use it to become successful in college and wherever else I go in life. . -Blackpinoyeagle
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Posted April 15, 2010

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The school is not as good as most people think. It has gone down in 2010. Teachers carry their problems from home to sch, not focus like used to. There are too much manipulation and drams from the front office staff. It is really the students who study hard and has motivation to do well and succeed. It is not from the school or teachers.
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Posted October 5, 2009

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The teachers have great influence!
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Posted September 25, 2008

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I went to PG, for my 9th grade year and im must admit.. its th ebest school i have ever been to .. right now i curretnly attend Hiram johnson and compared to pg its nothing .. Its a safe shool.. and one of the best n acadimics /!! if yuo want you child to succed you should sen them to pg !! ---Ana Villanueva !!
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Posted May 15, 2008

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I have attended this school for a year and have seen how the teachers and counselors are helpful and supportive but the elective course selection is not desirable in my opinion. Also i wish that the school was more diverse and that the school was more exciting and a place that you want to come to everyday. despite all of this the school has wonderful academic programs and classes.
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Posted February 1, 2008

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My experience so far in Pleasant Grove has been exciting to say the least. With so many extracurricular activities to offer combined with an extensive variety of classes makes Pleasant Grove one of the best schools in the county. Also it is ranked 'first' and the results of Pleasant Grove students were far superior than other high schools in the district.
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Posted January 6, 2008

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I have been to three different schools in the EGUSD and I must say that this school comes first in acedemics and second in school spirit in contrast to EGHS whereas they come second in acedemics and first in school spirit. The teachers are very kind and understanding and as long as your child fits into a solid group of friends, they'll survive.
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Posted November 8, 2007

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This is my daughter's second year at this school. My daughter, husband, and I are very happy with the school. The teachers are very good and caring and provide an excellent academic environment. Though my daughter is not the best student there is, she is being challenged academically and is enjoying most of the classes she is taking. She is also involved in one sport and clubs and really likes these extracurricular activities. Finally, I have been very impressed with the parent involvement that I have seen at the school. There is good parent turn out for Back-to-School Night, which you don't often see in high school.
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Posted October 17, 2007

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This school is awesome I love being here I am so supported by teachers and there is not a hostile community. I love having the middle school right next to us because it makes life at the highschool more fun. I like haveing all classes in one day too. I also like the diversity of my school.
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Posted March 13, 2006

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I really like this school because it has really cool laidback teachers but at the same time you learn alot...Also I like how you have all of your classes in one day...
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	Ethnicity	This school	State average
	White	48%	28%
Hispanic or Latino	15%	49%
Asian	14%	8%
African American	10%	7%
Multiple or No Response	6%	3%
Filipino	4%	3%
American Indian or Alaska Native	1%	1%
Pacific Islander	1%	1%

	This school	District average	State average
English language learners ¹	6%	N/A	24%
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program ²	26%	N/A	52%

	Language	This school	State average
	Spanish	49%	85%
Vietnamese	11%	2%
Hmong	9%	1%
Filipino (Pilipino or Tagalog)	6%	1%
Russian	4%	0%
Punjabi	3%	1%
Cantonese	2%	2%
Hindi	2%	0%
Mien (Yao)	2%	0%
Urdu	2%	0%
All other non-English languages	1%	1%
Arabic	1%	1%
Farsi (Persian)	1%	0%
German	1%	0%
Gujarati	1%	0%
Korean	1%	1%
Pashto	1%	0%
Portuguese	1%	0%
Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian)	1%	0%
Ukrainian	1%	0%

	This school	District average	State average
Average class size	29	N/A	25

	This school	District average	State average
Average years teaching in district	9	N/A	11
Average years teaching	12	N/A	13

	This school	District average	State average
Full credential	98%	N/A	96%
Emergency credential or waiver	1%	N/A	2%

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9531 Bond Road
Elk Grove, CA 95624
Phone: (916) 686-0230

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All Students	55%
Females	56%
Males	53%
African American	42%
Asian	58%
Filipino	62%
Hispanic or Latino	49%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	60%
Economically disadvantaged	50%
Non-economically disadvantaged	58%
Students with disability	25%
Students with no reported disability	56%
English learner	24%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	57%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	53%
Parent education - high school graduate	49%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	56%
Parent education - college graduate	51%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	73%
Parent education - declined to state	45%

All Students	96%
Females	94%
Males	98%
African American	n/a
Asian	92%
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	97%
Economically disadvantaged	82%
Non-economically disadvantaged	99%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	96%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	96%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	98%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	100%
Parent education - college graduate	92%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	97%
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	99%
Females	99%
Males	100%
African American	n/a
Asian	100%
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	100%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	99%
Economically disadvantaged	100%
Non-economically disadvantaged	99%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	99%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	99%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	100%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	100%
Parent education - college graduate	98%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	100%
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	70%
Females	64%
Males	74%
African American	56%
Asian	71%
Filipino	63%
Hispanic or Latino	63%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Native Hawaiian	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	76%
Economically disadvantaged	57%
Non-economically disadvantaged	76%
Students with disability	17%
Students with no reported disability	74%
English learner	35%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	72%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	93%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	50%
Parent education - high school graduate	59%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	69%
Parent education - college graduate	77%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	79%
Parent education - declined to state	56%

All Students	78%
Females	80%
Males	76%
African American	64%
Asian	76%
Filipino	81%
Hispanic or Latino	72%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Native Hawaiian	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	83%
Economically disadvantaged	65%
Non-economically disadvantaged	84%
Students with disability	16%
Students with no reported disability	81%
English learner	22%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	81%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	100%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	58%
Parent education - high school graduate	54%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	81%
Parent education - college graduate	82%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	88%
Parent education - declined to state	69%

All Students	26%
Females	20%
Males	30%
African American	25%
Asian	17%
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	29%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	33%
Economically disadvantaged	16%
Non-economically disadvantaged	38%
Students with disability	15%
Students with no reported disability	28%
English learner	14%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	28%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	38%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	25%
Parent education - college graduate	32%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	85%
Females	84%
Males	85%
African American	73%
Asian	86%
Filipino	83%
Hispanic or Latino	80%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	88%
Economically disadvantaged	83%
Non-economically disadvantaged	85%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	85%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	84%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	96%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	75%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	89%
Parent education - college graduate	89%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	76%
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	47%
Females	41%
Males	50%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	92%
Economically disadvantaged	32%
Non-economically disadvantaged	61%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	54%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	54%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	36%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	40%
Females	31%
Males	47%
African American	20%
Asian	47%
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	48%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	42%
Economically disadvantaged	31%
Non-economically disadvantaged	43%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	40%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	40%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	75%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	35%
Parent education - college graduate	40%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	45%
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	67%
Females	63%
Males	70%
African American	48%
Asian	79%
Filipino	67%
Hispanic or Latino	53%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	73%
Economically disadvantaged	52%
Non-economically disadvantaged	74%
Students with disability	17%
Students with no reported disability	71%
English learner	11%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	70%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	94%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	43%
Parent education - high school graduate	62%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	64%
Parent education - college graduate	72%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	76%
Parent education - declined to state	50%

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