Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOLETA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061551001975
Mountain View Elementary
5465 Queen Anne Ln., Santa Barbara, CA 93111 · (805) 681-1284 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of California public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
59 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 41% larger than its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
83.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.4pp since 2014
Math
76.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 58.8% | 24.6% | 11.2% | 5.3% |
| Math | 51.9% | 24.6% | 17.1% | 6.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.4% | 76.5% |
| 2023-24 | 82.1% | 76.3% |
| 2022-23 | 76.6% | 75.5% |
| 2021-22 | 78.3% | 78.8% |
| 2018-19 | 79.6% | 79.2% |
| 2017-18 | 79.2% | 78.8% |
| 2016-17 | 73.2% | 76.1% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 81.0% |
| 2014-15 | 71.0% | 66.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
79.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for California 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 California'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 Mountain View Elementary
Mountain View Elementary's state test result (79.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Elementary this school | 351 | 16.8% | 79.8% |
| Aspen Elementary Thousand Oaks | 332 | 19.6% | 59.4% |
| Meadow Elementary Petaluma | 384 | 13.3% | 74.7% |
| Carmel River Elementary Carmel | 400 | 14.8% | 79.5% |
| Westlake Hills Elementary Westlake Village | 375 | 19.5% | 68.3% |
| White Oak Elementary Westlake Village | 365 | 14.8% | 77.5% |
Matched among California 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 Mountain View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #230 of 5,151 | #3 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #361 of 5,172 ▲ 9 | #3 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #153 of 5,172 ▲ 17 | #3 of 66 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #2,865 of 5,116 | #34 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #4,269 of 5,915 | #49 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #725 of 5,352 | #22 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #2,075 of 5,354 | #19 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #5,256 of 5,625 | #67 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #538 of 1,139 | #6 of 13 |
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
351
+90 (+34%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 351 | 18 | 19.5:1 | 17% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 17.5 | 20.3:1 | 17% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 18.5 | 19.0:1 | 11% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 13% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 321 | 17 | 18.9:1 | 11% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 17 | 20.2:1 | 9% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | N/A | N/A | 8% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 4% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 20 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (321 to 351); teachers up 6% (17 to 18).
About Mountain View Elementary
This page covers Mountain View Elementary, a small elementary school in Santa Barbara, California. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 351 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 25% below that mark.
The Goleta Union Elementary system has 9 schools and 3,395 students.
At Mountain View Elementary, 60% of students are White. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Census figures show Santa Barbara County is about 48% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mountain View Elementary scores 57%.
Its staff includes 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.8 students per teacher. Roughly 17% of students at Mountain View Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 68% average for public schools in Santa Barbara County is 51 points higher.
Mountain View Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of California public elementary schools.
Mountain View Elementary is 10.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (79.8% versus 69.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In Santa Barbara County, home to about 443,701 people, median household income comes to about $98,161, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 129 public schools in the county, enrolling about 66,191, Mountain View Elementary among them.
Kellogg Elementary sits about 0.6 miles from Mountain View Elementary. Mountain View Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 52.3%, lower than Mountain View Elementary's 79.8%.
Mountain View Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 34%, from 261 to 351. By 2024-25, the school had 19.5 students per teacher, compared with 16.3 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Santa Barbara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
443,701
Census ACS
Median income
$98,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
66,191 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Goleta Union Elementary
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 429 students
- Isla Vista ElementaryElementary · 418 students
- Foothill ElementaryElementary · 413 students
- Hollister ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Kellogg ElementaryElementary · 369 students
- La Patera ElementaryElementary · 369 students
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- San Marcos Senior HighHigh · 1,926 students
- Santa Barbara Senior HighHigh · 1,924 students
- La Colina Junior HighMiddle · 832 students
- Peabody CharterElementary · 780 students
- Santa Barbara Junior HighMiddle · 512 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 477 students
Other Mountain View Elementary schools
56 other US public schools in 23 states are named Mountain View Elementary. Mountain View Elementary is the 43rd largest of the 57.
- Mountain View ElementaryRiverside, CA · 851 students
- Mountain View ElementaryVisalia, CA · 618 students
- Mountain View ElementaryFresno, CA · 611 students
- Mountain View ElementaryTujunga, CA · 567 students
- Mountain View ElementaryOntario, CA · 564 students
Nearby schools
- Kellogg Elementary0.6 mi · 369
- Foothill Elementary0.9 mi · 413
- Goleta Valley Junior High1.1 mi · 731
- Santa Barbara Charter1.2 mi · 269
- El Camino Elementary1.5 mi · 350
- La Patera Elementary1.8 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View ElementaryHow many students attend Mountain View Elementary?
Mountain View Elementary enrolls approximately 351 students in grades KG-06.
Is Mountain View Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mountain View Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain View Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain View Elementary is approximately 19.5:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mountain View Elementary?
Student demographics at Mountain View Elementary are roughly 60% White, 20% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Mountain View Elementary in?
Mountain View Elementary is part of Goleta Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.