Mountain Vista Academy

Mountain Vista Academy is a minimally staffed combined-grade school in Florence, Arizona, overseen by Florence Unified School District (4437). The school caters to 163 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 70% leaner than the state mean of about 550.

Florence Unified School District (4437) comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 8,731 students; Mountain Vista Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, Mountain Vista Academy reports that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 37% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at school resources, Mountain Vista Academy lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages around 21.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Pinal County indicate median household income runs about $80,266, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Pinal County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,837 students), Mountain Vista Academy is one campus in the mix.

Early Childhood Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mountain Vista Academy has contracted 31%, going from 235 students in 2018 to 163 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 10% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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