Prairie View Elementary School

Located at 12220 80TH ST NE, in OTSEGO, Minnesota, Prairie View Elementary School is a sprawling primary school that works with 755 students (grades K through 4), run under Elk River Public School District. That puts it 119% above the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Across the 29 schools in Elk River Public School District (14,633 students total), Prairie View Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prairie View Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Wright County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Prairie View Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wright County) shows that median household earnings sit near $107,209, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Wright County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,879 students), of which Prairie View Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Prairie View Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prairie View Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prairie View Elementary School has ticked up 19%, going from 635 students in 2018 to 755 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 80% to 65%.

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