Southview Elementary was built in 1968 as an attachment to Valley Middle School. Southview is located in the city of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cites of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. It is one of eighteen elementary schools in Independent School District 196. Southview has an enrollment of about 698 students and serves children in grades kindergarten through five. Approximately 86 staff members work with students.

Classroom design is traditional closed classrooms, some of which have the versatility of opening walls to enlarge and combine classes. Our school also has one portable classroom outside the main building.Southview hosts a district special education program. Instruction for these students is provided in a small group setting with opportunities to join peers in the regular classrooms throughout the day. In addition, Southview shares a psychologist and social worker with a nearby elementary school.