Mountain View Elementary

Mountain View Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in Claremont, California, one of the schools within Claremont Unified, with 408 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Across the 11 schools in Claremont Unified (6,120 students total), Mountain View Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mountain View Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 19% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, 6% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the resource side, On paper, Mountain View Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mountain View Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Mountain View Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: El Roble Intermediate, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mountain View Elementary. On composite proficiency, Mountain View Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 496 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 11% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 25.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Mountain View Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.