Summary:
Plainview, Minnesota is home to just two listed public schools — an elementary serving prekindergarten through 3rd grade and a high school serving grades 9 through 12 — both part of the Plainview-Elgin-Millville district. Together they enroll about 855 students, split almost evenly between the two buildings, and the city list includes no middle or alternative school, leaving a data gap for grades 4 through 8.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Pk-3 is the academic standout for early grades, with 441 students. In 2025–2026, 71.2% of students were proficient in math — 26.3 percentage points above the state's 44.9% and well above the district's 48.7% — while reading proficiency was 61.5%, or 12.9 points above the state's 48.6%. Because the school serves PK–3, those figures essentially reflect 3rd grade, the main tested grade. The school also posted big one-year gains, with math rising from 59.38% to 71.2% and reading from 51.04% to 61.5%. Reading moved from below the district in 2024–2025 to above it in 2025–2026. The student-teacher ratio is 12.8, and 36.96% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High serves 414 students and performs above the state but slightly below its own district in math and reading: 47.6% in math (44.9% state, 48.7% district) and 52.3% in reading (48.6% state, 53.7% district). Science is a bright spot at 36.4%, above both the district's 27.8% and the state's 25.5%, and up sharply from 25.84% the prior year. Graduation is strong at 90.5%, 5.6 points above the state, but the 8.4% dropout rate is double the state's 4.2% and worth watching. The high school's student-teacher ratio is 17.5, and it has held an 81st percentile rank with 4 stars for three straight years. The Plainview-Elgin-Millville district ranks 101st of 458 in Minnesota, at the 78th percentile with 4 stars.
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