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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 206 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000601
Mt. View Elementary
315 Swires Rd, Kenai, AK 99611 · (907) 283-8600 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
258 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 31 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
23.0%
AK avg 36.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
28.7%
AK avg 34.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 28.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.5% | 27.0% |
% 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Schools most like Mt. View Elementary
Mt. View Elementary's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. View Elementary this school | 449 | 57.5% | 31.8% |
| Sherrod Elementary Palmer | 383 | 62.4% | 48.5% |
| Big Lake Elementary Big Lake | 362 | 61.9% | 40.9% |
| Tanaina Elementary Wasilla | 324 | 55.2% | 39.9% |
| Redoubt Elementary Soldotna | 321 | 50.5% | 43.0% |
| Snowshoe Elementary Wasilla | 346 | 47.7% | 52.5% |
Matched among Alaska elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mt. View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Kenai Peninsula Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #93 of 134 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #105 of 150 no change | #14 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #118 of 150 ▼ 10 | #14 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #9 of 169 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #21 of 125 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #61 of 125 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #46 of 142 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #93 of 115 | #9 of 10 |
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
449
+146 (+48%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 449 | 31.8 | 14.1:1 | 57% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 28.2 | 14.6:1 | 51% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 30.2 | 13.4:1 | 51% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 29 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 60% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 53% (240) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 57% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 22 | 17.5:1 | 39% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 25 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (493 to 449); teachers down 1% (32 to 31.8).
About Mt. View Elementary
Mt. View Elementary is one of the public schools in Kenai, Alaska. It is a large elementary school. Federal data show 449 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 277 students for elementary schools in Alaska.
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (42 schools, 8,510 students) runs Mt. View Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Mt. View Elementary is 55% White. Enrollment also includes 22% multiracial, 14% Native American, and 8% Hispanic. The school's White share is 23 points below the 79% share among Kenai Peninsula Borough residents. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Mt. View Elementary are from different groups.
Mt. View Elementary has 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.1:1. Elementary schools in Alaska have an average ratio of 15.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 57%. For comparison, public schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough average 43%.
Mt. View Elementary scores 31.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.5%.
Looking at the county, Kenai Peninsula Borough, the median household earns about $80,538 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Kenai Peninsula Borough has 42 public schools with about 8,510 students, including Mt. View Elementary.
Kenai Middle School sits about 1.0 miles from Mt. View Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 31.4%, lower than Mt. View Elementary's 31.8%.
NCES describes the area around Mt. View Elementary as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21 count was 303 students and the 2024-25 count was 449. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 10.4:1 to 14.1:1.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,413
Census ACS
Median income
$80,538
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
8,510 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
- ConnectionsCombined · 1,188 students
- Soldotna High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Kenai Central High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Kalifornsky Beach ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- Homer High SchoolHigh · 357 students
Other schools in Kenai
- Kenai Central High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Nikiski North Star ElementaryElementary · 214 students
- Kaleidoscope School of Arts & ScienceElementary · 205 students
- Aurora Borealis Charter SchoolElementary · 199 students
- Kenai Alternative High SchoolHigh · 45 students
Other Mt. View Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Mt. View Elementary. Mt. View Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Mt. View ElementaryAntioch, TN · 963 students
- MT. VIEW ELEMENTARYBENTON, AR · 431 students
Nearby schools
- Kenai Middle School1.0 mi · 408
- Kenai Central High School1.2 mi · 525
- Marathon School1.9 mi · 8
- Kenai Alternative High School2.7 mi · 45
- Aurora Borealis Charter School2.8 mi · 199
- Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science3.5 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. View ElementaryHow large is Mt. View Elementary?
Mt. View Elementary enrolls approximately 449 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mt. View Elementary serve?
Mt. View Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mt. View Elementary have?
Mt. View Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Mt. View Elementary?
Student demographics at Mt. View Elementary are roughly 55% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Who oversees Mt. View Elementary?
Mt. View Elementary is overseen by Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.