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Enrollment
734
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAUK RAPIDS-RICE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 273288001431
Pleasantview Elementary
1009 N 6TH AVE, SAUK RAPIDS, MN 56379 · (320) 253-0506 · Benton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
308 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
47.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
48.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Pleasantview Elementary
Pleasantview Elementary's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasantview Elementary this school | 734 | 42.0% | 42.2% |
| CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY THIEF RIVER FALLS | 727 | 43.2% | 46.0% |
| Gene Dillon Elementary School BEMIDJI | 667 | 43.8% | 41.9% |
| Mora Elementary School MORA | 862 | 43.6% | 56.8% |
| PINE CITY ELEMENTARY PINE CITY | 863 | 43.2% | 38.5% |
| Princeton Intermediate School PRINCETON | 675 | 38.7% | 46.8% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary 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 Pleasantview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #481 of 844 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #458 of 844 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #432 of 844 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #58 of 1,130 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #341 of 769 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #455 of 796 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #454 of 942 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #300 of 499 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
734
+32 (+5%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 734 | 55.1 | 13.3:1 | 42% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 56.6 | 12.8:1 | 45% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 53.9 | 13.2:1 | 48% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 37% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 825 | 50.3 | 16.4:1 | 41% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 802 | 44 | 18.2:1 | 47% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 34 | 19.7:1 | 37% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 731 | 41 | 17.8:1 | 22% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 656 | 33 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasantview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (825 to 734); teachers up 10% (50.3 to 55.1).
About Pleasantview Elementary
Pleasantview Elementary is an elementary school located in SAUK RAPIDS, Minnesota, in Benton County. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 734 students. Elementary schools in Minnesota have about 344 students on average; enrollment here is 113% higher.
Pleasantview Elementary is in Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools, a district with 4,331 students across 6 schools.
White students are 75% of those enrolled at Pleasantview Elementary. Next come 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 5% Black. That compares with about 87% White among all Benton County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
Pleasantview Elementary lists 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.3 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 42% of the student body.
In Minnesota, Pleasantview Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 42.2% actual against a predicted 42.5%.
In Benton County, home to about 41,593 people, the median household earns about $74,410 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Benton County number 16, with about 6,680 students.
Pleasantview Elementary's nearest public school is Hillside Early Childhood Center (about 0.8 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 31.9%; Pleasantview Elementary's is 42.2%, ranking 2nd of 5.
Federal data place Pleasantview Elementary in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count increased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,593
Census ACS
Median income
$74,410
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,680 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools
- Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior HighHigh · 1,319 students
- Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,055 students
- Mississippi Heights ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- Rice ElementaryElementary · 357 students
- Hillside Early Childhood CenterElementary · 58 students
- Sauk Rapids ECFEElementary
Other schools in SAUK RAPIDS
- Sauk Rapids-Rice Senior HighHigh · 1,319 students
- Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,055 students
- Mississippi Heights ElementaryElementary · 808 students
- ALC - Sauk RapidsHigh · 59 students
- Hillside Early Childhood CenterElementary · 58 students
- Benton-Stearns Education DistrictHigh · 24 students
Other Pleasantview Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Pleasantview Elementary. Pleasantview Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Pleasantview ElementaryLAKEFIELD, MN · 170 students
- Pleasantview Elementary SchoolEASTPOINTE, MI · 311 students
Nearby schools
- Hillside Early Childhood Center0.8 mi · 58
- Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School1.0 mi · 1,055
- Benton-Stearns Education District1.1 mi · 24
- Benton Stearns Education District 11.1 mi · 17
- Saint Cloud Math and Science Academ1.3 mi · 266
- St. Cloud Math & Science Middle1.3 mi · 91
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasantview ElementaryHow large is Pleasantview Elementary?
Pleasantview Elementary enrolls approximately 734 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pleasantview Elementary serve?
Pleasantview Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasantview Elementary?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Pleasantview Elementary.
How diverse is Pleasantview Elementary?
Pleasantview Elementary reports a student body of 75% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Pleasantview Elementary public or private?
Pleasantview Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.