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What do you wish you knew before starting at Mountain Vista Elementary?
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Enrollment
599
Elementary
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060907008563
Mountain Vista Elementary
49-750 Hjorth St., Indio, CA 92201 · (760) 775-6888 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
21.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
460 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 43% larger than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
32.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.5pp since 2014
Math
27.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.0% | 22.5% | 24.7% | 42.8% |
| Math | 8.8% | 18.2% | 25.2% | 47.7% |
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 | 32.5% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 21.4% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.4% | 15.8% |
| 2020-21 | 23.6% | 11.3% |
| 2018-19 | 34.1% | 20.7% |
| 2017-18 | 37.4% | 21.9% |
| 2016-17 | 29.8% | 19.6% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Vista Elementary
Mountain Vista Elementary's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Vista Elementary this school | 599 | 76.8% | 29.1% |
| Boronda Meadows Salinas | 620 | 77.1% | 20.2% |
| Lucas Elementary Ceres | 668 | 77.2% | 23.9% |
| Orange Grove Elementary Anaheim | 548 | 77.7% | 21.0% |
| Lamont Elementary Lamont | 586 | 79.7% | 19.6% |
| KIPP Iluminar Academy Los Angeles | 593 | 79.9% | N/A |
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 Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #3,626 of 5,151 | #177 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #3,526 of 5,172 ▲ 497 | #155 of 283 ▲ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #3,728 of 5,172 ▼ 478 | #192 of 283 ▼ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.2pp | #1,076 of 5,116 | #55 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 599 | #1,408 of 5,915 | #172 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,705 of 5,352 | #42 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.8% | #5,065 of 5,354 | #278 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #2,478 of 5,625 | #182 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.8% | #350 of 3,837 | #5 of 207 |
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
599
-105 (-15%) vs 2020
+34% since 2000-01, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 599 | 28.1 | 21.3:1 | 77% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 28 | 20.7:1 | 77% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 29.6 | 20.3:1 | 74% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | 30 | 23.5:1 | 80% (562) |
| 2017-18 | 905 | 39 | 23.2:1 | 74% (668) |
| 2015-16 | 1,026 | 43 | 23.9:1 | 81% (828) |
| 2010-11 | 995 | N/A | N/A | 69% (687) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 21 | 21.3:1 | 80% (356) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (905 to 599); teachers down 28% (39 to 28.1).
About Mountain Vista Elementary
Mountain Vista Elementary is an elementary school in Indio, California, according to federal school records. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 599 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Mountain Vista Elementary is run by Coachella Valley Unified, whose 21 schools enroll 15,817 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Mountain Vista Elementary is Hispanic, at 96%. Other reported shares: 2% White. Riverside County's residents are about 51% Hispanic, 45 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mountain Vista Elementary scores 8%.
Mountain Vista Elementary lists 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.3 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. About 77% of students at Mountain Vista Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Mountain Vista Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 31% of California public elementary schools.
Mountain Vista Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.1% and a predicted 34.5%.
Looking at the county, Riverside County, median household income comes to about $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 543, with about 424,872 students.
Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy is about 1.4 miles from Mountain Vista Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Mountain Vista Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Mountain Vista Elementary comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Mountain Vista Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 599, from 704 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 23.5:1 to 21.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for Mountain Vista Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coachella Valley Unified
- Coachella Valley HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Desert Mirage HighHigh · 1,875 students
- Toro Canyon MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- Saul Martinez ElementaryElementary · 961 students
- Coral Mountain AcademyElementary · 815 students
- Sea View ElementaryElementary · 682 students
Other schools in Indio
- Indio HighHigh · 1,962 students
- Shadow Hills HighHigh · 1,650 students
- John Glenn Middle School of International StudiesMiddle · 1,099 students
- Desert Ridge AcademyMiddle · 962 students
- Indio MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Andrew Jackson ElementaryElementary · 750 students
Other Mountain Vista Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mountain Vista Elementary. Mountain Vista Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Mountain Vista Elementary SchoolCENTENNIAL, CO · 568 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy1.4 mi · 592
- Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High1.8 mi · 668
- Indio High1.8 mi · 1,962
- James Madison Elementary1.8 mi · 403
- John F. Kennedy Elementary2.3 mi · 390
- Indio Middle2.3 mi · 768
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Vista ElementaryHow large is Mountain Vista Elementary?
Mountain Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 599 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Mountain Vista Elementary serve?
Mountain Vista Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Mountain Vista Elementary?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Mountain Vista Elementary.
How diverse is Mountain Vista Elementary?
Mountain Vista Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Mountain Vista Elementary public or private?
Mountain Vista Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Coachella Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.