Enrollment
235
Middle
DISTRICT 275 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINVIEW-ELGIN-MILLVILLE·NCES 270028703714
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior
70 1ST ST SE, ELGIN, MN 55932 · (507) 876-2521 · Wabasha County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Minnesota public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
88 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 103 | 44% |
| Grade 8 | 132 | 56% |
Student demographics
26%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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
53.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
52.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Junior
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior this school | 235 | 37.4% | 43.7% |
| Jackson County Central Middle LAKEFIELD | 241 | 38.2% | 37.7% |
| Plainview-Elgin-Millville 4-6 ELGIN | 315 | 34.6% | 49.9% |
| WASECA JUNIOR HIGH WASECA | 280 | 40.4% | 37.0% |
| LUVERNE MIDDLE LUVERNE | 271 | 31.4% | 54.2% |
| ADRIAN MIDDLE ADRIAN | 139 | 38.1% | 42.5% |
Matched among Minnesota middle 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 Junior ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #100 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #61 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #91 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #204 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #145 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.2% | #167 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #112 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #53 of 66 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
235
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 82.0:1
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 | 235 | 13 | 18.1:1 | 37% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 238 | 14.1 | 16.9:1 | 36% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 6.6 | 36.2:1 | 39% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 3 | 82.0:1 | 23% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 13.5 | 17.0:1 | 30% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 230 | 14 | 16.4:1 | 29% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 219 | 13 | 16.9:1 | 20% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (229 to 235); teachers down 3% (13.5 to 13).
About Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior is a low-enrollment middle-grades school found in ELGIN, Minnesota. A federal count lists 235 students at the school, in grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Minnesota) has about 495 students.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior is part of Plainview-Elgin-Millville, where 4 schools serve 1,405 students.
White students are the large majority at Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior, with 85% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Wabasha County overall, about 95% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
A ratio of 18.1:1 comes from the school's 13 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Minnesota average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 37% of students at Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior is B. Compared with Minnesota public middle schools, the school scored higher than 63% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior is 1.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (43.7% versus 44.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
In Wabasha County (population about 21,565), median household income is about $82,007, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 11 public schools operate in Wabasha County, serving about 3,408 students.
Nearby, Plainview-Elgin-Millville 4-6 is about 0.3 miles away. Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior at 6th of 8.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 246 in 2020-21 and 235 in 2024-25, a decrease of 11 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 82.0:1 in 2020-21 to 18.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 HighHigh · 414 students
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville 4-6Middle · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville 4-60.3 mi · 315
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-34.5 mi · 441
- Plainview-Elgin-Millville High4.6 mi · 414
- DOVER-EYOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL10.1 mi · 237
- DOVER-EYOTA HIGH SCHOOL10.1 mi · 311
- Century High School10.2 mi · 1,608
Frequently asked questions
About Plainview-Elgin-Millville JuniorHow large is Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior?
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior enrolls approximately 235 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior serve?
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior have?
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
How diverse is Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior?
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior reports a student body of 85% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior in?
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior is part of Plainview-Elgin-Millville.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.