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Plainview, Minnesota - 4 schools
An equity score of 19/100 ranks Plainview-Elgin-Millville #393 of 410 districts in Minnesota (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,774 per pupil, Plainview-Elgin-Millville ranks #480 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,502
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,774
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Plainview-Elgin-Millville operates 4 public schools serving 1,502 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Wabasha County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,774 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 51 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.3% local, 72.0% state, and 8.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 19/100, ranked #393 of 410 in Minnesota against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 207:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.4% White, 9.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior, with a diversity index of 26.2/100.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville Pk-3 accounts for 29.4% of all Plainview-Elgin-Millville student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Plainview-Elgin-Millville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville student-counselor ratio is 207:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Plainview-Elgin-Millville chronic absenteeism rate is 25.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Plainview-Elgin-Millville is typically wider than the Plainview-Elgin-Millville-aggregate figure suggests.