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Enrollment
953
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271137005253
Prairie View Middle School
8300 MACIVER AVE NE, OTSEGO, MN 55330 · (763) 241-3400 · Wright County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL953 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Minnesota public middle schools
- ATest 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
25.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
174 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 5 | 273 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 250 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 202 | 21% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
63.2%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
57.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Prairie View Middle School
Prairie View Middle School's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Middle School this school | 953 | 18.3% | 53.8% |
| ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE MIDDLE EAST SAINT MICHAEL | 959 | 18.8% | 54.5% |
| MCGUIRE MIDDLE LAKEVILLE | 844 | 20.4% | 48.3% |
| VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE EDINA | 1,003 | 15.9% | 67.7% |
| St. Michael-Albertville Middle West ALBERTVILLE | 1,076 | 17.6% | 52.9% |
| ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL ROGERS | 1,077 | 14.8% | 59.9% |
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 Prairie View Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Wright County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #37 of 245 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #37 of 245 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #36 of 245 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 953 | #45 of 306 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #206 of 210 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #119 of 216 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.3% | #222 of 252 | #8 of 10 |
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
953
+427 (+81%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 30.9:1
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 | 953 | 37.4 | 25.5:1 | 18% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 857 | 36.3 | 23.6:1 | 20% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 815 | 21.3 | 38.3:1 | 22% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 17 | 30.9:1 | 11% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie View Middle School.
About Prairie View Middle School
Prairie View Middle School is a large middle school based in OTSEGO, Minnesota. It has an enrollment of 953 students in grades 5 through 8. On average, middle schools in Minnesota enroll around 495, and this school is 93% larger than that mark.
Prairie View Middle School is part of Elk River Public School District, where 29 schools serve 14,633 students.
Federal enrollment data show Prairie View Middle School is 74% White. The remaining shares are 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Wright County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at Prairie View Middle School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Prairie View Middle School totals 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.5:1. Statewide, middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1. Roughly 18% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Prairie View Middle School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of Minnesota public middle schools.
Prairie View Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (53.8%) and its predicted rate (55.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools.
In Wright County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $107,209 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Wright County number 88, with about 27,879 students.
The closest school to Prairie View Middle School is Prairie View Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Prairie View Middle School at 3rd of 7.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Federal records list enrollment at Prairie View Middle School as 526 in 2020-21 and 953 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (25.5:1) than in 2020-21 (30.9:1).
On allk12, people connected to Prairie View Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Wright County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,269
Census ACS
Median income
$107,209
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
27,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elk River Public School District
- ROGERS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,888 students
- ELK RIVER SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,562 students
- ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,077 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARYElementary · 704 students
- ZIMMERMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 704 students
Other schools in OTSEGO
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- OTSEGO ELEMENTARYElementary · 536 students
- Kaleidoscope Charter Elementary SchElementary · 300 students
- Kaleidoscope Middle SchoolMiddle · 117 students
- Kaleidoscope Charter High SchoolHigh · 76 students
Other Prairie View Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Prairie View Middle. Prairie View Middle School is the largest of the 5.
- Prairie View MiddleSun Prairie, WI · 699 students
- Prairie View Middle SchoolHENDERSON, CO · 679 students
- Prairie View Middle SchoolTinley Park, IL · 579 students
- Prairie View MiddleLaCygne, KS · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie View Elementary School0.2 mi · 755
- Kaleidoscope Middle School1.7 mi · 117
- Kaleidoscope Charter High School1.7 mi · 76
- Kaleidoscope Charter Elementary Sch1.7 mi · 300
- ALBERTVILLE PRIMARY2.9 mi · 422
- Early Childhood Special Education2.9 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie View Middle SchoolHow large is Prairie View Middle School?
Prairie View Middle School enrolls approximately 953 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Prairie View Middle School serve?
Prairie View Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Prairie View Middle School?
Approximately 25.5:1 students per teacher at Prairie View Middle School.
How diverse is Prairie View Middle School?
Prairie View Middle School reports a student body of 74% White, 5% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Prairie View Middle School public or private?
Prairie View Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elk River Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.