Mountain View Preparatory School

Set in COTTONWOOD, Arizona, Mountain View Preparatory School is a moderately sized elementary-level community, run under Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487). It works with 426 students across grades K through 8.

Mountain View Preparatory School is one of 5 schools operated by Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487), a district that caters to 1,765 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Mountain View Preparatory School shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 38% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Yavapai County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Mountain View Preparatory School reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Mountain View Preparatory School higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, Yavapai County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,613 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Yavapai County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,538 students), Mountain View Preparatory School is one campus in the mix.

Mingus Union High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Mountain View Preparatory School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mountain View Preparatory School has contracted 15%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 426 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 71% to 54%. Class-load math has grew: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

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