Enrollment
230
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000089
Mountain View Elementary
4005 Mcphee Ave, Anchorage, AK 99508 · (907) 742-3900 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL230 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
236 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
83%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 71% · 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
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
21.2%
AK avg 36.1% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
29.8%
AK avg 34.6% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.2% | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 11.1% | 23.1% |
% Advanced + Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AK STAR + Alaska Science. 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.8%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% typical for Alaska 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 Alaska'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 →
Where Mountain View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #116 of 134 | #44 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #102 of 150 ▲ 14 | #34 of 62 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #126 of 150 ▲ 18 | #45 of 62 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 230 | #112 of 169 | #55 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #23 of 125 | #4 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 83.5% | #7 of 125 | #7 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #8 of 142 | #8 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #59 of 115 | #32 of 53 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
230
-61 (-21%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 230 | 16.2 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 14.1 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 15.4 | 18.9:1 | 100% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 17 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 21.1 | 13.7:1 | 100% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 100% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 93% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 73% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 37 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (288 to 230); teachers down 23% (21.1 to 16.2).
About Mountain View Elementary
This page covers Mountain View Elementary, a small elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska. The school's enrollment of 230 students covers pre-K through 6.
Anchorage School District is the local district for Mountain View Elementary. It runs 92 schools with 40,587 students.
At Mountain View Elementary, the largest share of students is Pacific Islander, at 26%. It is also 17% multiracial, 16% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 12% Native American. Mountain View Elementary's diversity index is 83%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Mountain View Elementary, 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.2:1. That is lower than the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska.
Mountain View Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alaska schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 20.4% and a predicted 17.8%.
Federal survey data for Anchorage Municipality show that the median household income is $103,284, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Anchorage Municipality is home to 99 public schools and about 41,241 public school students.
Nearest public school: Clark Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Mountain View Elementary ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 20.4% against a local average of 24.5%.
NCES assigns Mountain View Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 61 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.1 to 14.2 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Anchorage Municipality at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,976
Census ACS
Median income
$103,284
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Other schools in Anchorage
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Other Mountain View Elementary schools
56 other US public schools in 23 states are named Mountain View Elementary. Mountain View Elementary is the 52nd largest of the 57.
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 903 students
- Mountain View ElementaryRiverside, CA · 851 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 837 students
- Mountain View ElementaryTaylors, SC · 809 students
- Mountain View ElementaryLacey, WA · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Middle School0.6 mi · 713
- William Tyson Elementary0.7 mi · 353
- Wonder Park Elementary1.1 mi · 287
- Williwaw Elementary1.5 mi · 315
- Orion Elementary School1.8 mi · 423
- Ptarmigan Elementary1.8 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mountain View Elementary?
Mountain View Elementary enrolls approximately 230 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Mountain View Elementary serve?
Mountain View Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Mountain View Elementary?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Mountain View Elementary.
How diverse is Mountain View Elementary?
Mountain View Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 12% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Mountain View Elementary?
Mountain View Elementary is overseen by Anchorage School District in Anchorage Municipality.
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