Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior

Set in ELGIN, Minnesota, Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior is a low-enrollment junior high, operated by Plainview-Elgin-Millville. It hosts 235 students across grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior sits 53% below that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Plainview-Elgin-Millville (1,405 students total), Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior logs that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 95%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 37% of students at Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 43.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Wabasha County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,007 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior is one of 11 public schools in Wabasha County (combined enrollment of about 3,408 students).

Nearest neighbor: Plainview-Elgin-Millville 4-6, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior has edged up 3%, going from 229 students in 2018 to 235 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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