Mountain View Elementary

Mountain View Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus in Fresno, California, part of Clovis Unified. The school serves 611 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 31% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Clovis Unified runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 43,611 students. Mountain View Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mountain View Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 23% White, 20% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably less Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mountain View Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 57% of students at Mountain View Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mountain View Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate median household income runs about $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Mountain View Elementary is one.

Maple Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain View Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 720 students in 2018 compared to 611 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 38% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.7:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.