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What's the biggest difference between Plainview-Elgin-Millville High and what you expected?
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Enrollment
414
High
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 371
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE·NCES 270028703631
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High
500 W BROADWAY, PLAINVIEW, MN 55964 · (507) 534-3128 · Wabasha County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Minnesota public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
107 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 112 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 98 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 115 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 89 | 21% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Plainview-Elgin-Millville. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
55.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
48.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Plainview-Elgin-Millville High
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview-Elgin-Millville High this school | 414 | 25.8% | 48.3% |
| HOWARD LAKE-WAVERLY-WINSTED SEC. HOWARD LAKE | 411 | 24.3% | 39.0% |
| Paynesville Area Secondary School PAYNESVILLE | 465 | 28.4% | 29.9% |
| LUVERNE SENIOR HIGH LUVERNE | 351 | 24.2% | 50.7% |
| DILWORTH-GLYNDON-FELTON SENIOR HIGH GLYNDON | 449 | 22.3% | 51.6% |
| PERHAM SENIOR HIGH PERHAM | 529 | 26.7% | 58.8% |
Matched among Minnesota high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Plainview-Elgin-Millville High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #99 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #69 of 401 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #103 of 397 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #196 of 764 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #192 of 332 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #268 of 338 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #336 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #91 of 146 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
414
-60 (-13%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 21.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 414 | 23.6 | 17.5:1 | 26% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 26.1 | 17.8:1 | 30% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 11.7 | 40.4:1 | 27% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 22 | 21.6:1 | 16% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 26.6 | 16.8:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 19% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 14% (70) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plainview-Elgin-Millville High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (447 to 414); teachers down 11% (26.6 to 23.6).
About Plainview-Elgin-Millville High
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High is a high school in PLAINVIEW, Minnesota, reachable at (507) 534-3128. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 414 students.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High is in Plainview-Elgin-Millville, a district with 1,405 students across 4 schools.
White students are 90% of those enrolled at Plainview-Elgin-Millville High. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Plainview-Elgin-Millville High are from different groups.
Its staff includes 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.5 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Minnesota, 16.3:1, is lower. Plainview-Elgin-Millville High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 26%.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Minnesota public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Plainview-Elgin-Millville High is -2.9 points: 48.3% actual, 51.2% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Wabasha County show that median household income comes to about $82,007, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Wabasha County counts 11 public schools with about 3,408 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3, is about 0.1 miles. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 45.9%; Plainview-Elgin-Millville High's is 48.3%, ranking 4th of 8.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
The school shrank from 474 students in 2020-21 to 414 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 21.6:1 to 17.5:1.
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Wabasha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,565
Census ACS
Median income
$82,007
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,408 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainview-Elgin-Millville
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3Elementary · 441 students
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville 4-6Middle · 315 students
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville JuniorMiddle · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-30.1 mi · 441
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior4.6 mi · 235
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville 4-64.9 mi · 315
- DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL13.0 mi · 311
- DOVER-EYOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL13.0 mi · 237
- SAIL PROGRAM13.1 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About Plainview-Elgin-Millville HighHow large is Plainview-Elgin-Millville High?
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High enrolls approximately 414 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Plainview-Elgin-Millville High serve?
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Plainview-Elgin-Millville High?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Plainview-Elgin-Millville High.
How diverse is Plainview-Elgin-Millville High?
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High reports a student body of 90% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Plainview-Elgin-Millville High?
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High is overseen by Plainview-Elgin-Millville in Wabasha County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.