Southview Elementary

Southview Elementary is the grades 2–4 intermediate school in Marshall Public School District, serving 524 students — the largest enrollment of any school in this comparison set — in Marshall, Minnesota, where the district splits its elementary years across two buildings rather than running one PK–6 campus the way nearby rural districts do.

In 2025–2026, Southview ranked 459th of 869 Minnesota elementary schools (47th percentile, 2 stars), a rebound from 37th percentile the year before. It posted 48.1% proficiency in math and 48.8% in reading, above the state in both subjects and ahead of its own district in reading by 7.4 percentage points. Math needs a closer look: because the state's "all grades" average includes grades Southview doesn't serve, the fair comparison is grade by grade, and there Southview trails the state in 3rd grade math (47.2% vs 57.9%) and 4th grade math (48.9% vs 55.2%), while reading sits at or slightly above state at both grades.

Tracy Elementary is the fairest local benchmark — similar poverty and class size — and it still outperforms Southview by roughly 12 points in math and 9 in reading. Lynd Elementary, with nearly identical poverty and staffing, posts just 32% in both subjects, suggesting Southview adds value. Milroy Elementary's scores are suppressed by the state — unknown, not weak. About 58.6% of Southview students qualify for free/reduced lunch, down from 64.1%. The clearest concern is special education: three straight 1-star years at 19%, 23%, and 28%. English learners also slid from the 63rd to the 35th percentile over three years, and no science data is reported because science is tested in grade 5. Park Side Elementary, the PK–1 feeder, runs an unusually low 8.6 student–teacher ratio.