Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3

Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3 is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in PLAINVIEW, Minnesota, one of the schools within Plainview-Elgin-Millville, instructing 441 students in grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 28% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3 is one of 4 schools operated by Plainview-Elgin-Millville, a district that teaches 1,405 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3 logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 10% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wabasha County put the typical household earns roughly $82,007 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wabasha County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,408 students), Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3 is one campus in the mix.

Plainview-Elgin-Millville High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 455 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK-3 typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.