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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Mountain Vista administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FILLMORE UNIFIED·NCES 061380011538
Mountain Vista
918 Fifth St., Fillmore, CA 93015 · (805) 524-6781 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
23.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
374 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 103 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mountain Vista→Fillmore Middle
Based on grade levels within Fillmore Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.2pp since 2014
Math
29.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.6% | 22.6% | 26.9% | 34.9% |
| Math | 11.4% | 17.6% | 30.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 38.2% | 29.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 18.7% |
| 2022-23 | 26.8% | 18.3% |
| 2021-22 | 23.1% | 18.5% |
| 2018-19 | 22.3% | 18.3% |
| 2017-18 | 23.4% | 18.0% |
| 2016-17 | 20.6% | 17.0% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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
Mountain Vista's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Vista this school | 430 | 87.0% | 29.5% |
| King City Arts Magnet King City | 424 | 88.0% | 28.1% |
| Howard J. McKibben Elementary Whittier | 430 | 86.3% | 35.9% |
| Highland Elementary Visalia | 438 | 87.2% | 24.0% |
| Jack Franscioni Elementary Soledad | 439 | 85.4% | 34.9% |
| Sierra Linda Elementary Oxnard | 455 | 87.9% | 30.1% |
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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #3,575 of 5,151 | #83 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #3,324 of 5,172 ▲ 985 | #74 of 122 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #3,116 of 5,172 ▲ 394 | #72 of 122 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.9pp | #310 of 5,116 | #6 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #3,281 of 5,915 | #67 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,403 of 5,352 | #93 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #4,848 of 5,354 | #100 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #1,475 of 5,625 | #21 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.7% | #625 of 3,837 | #13 of 99 |
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
430
-64 (-13%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
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 | 430 | 18.3 | 23.6:1 | 87% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 81% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 25.5 | 20.0:1 | 80% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 21 | 23.5:1 | 85% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 24 | 25.1:1 | 76% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 23 | 26.2:1 | 75% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | N/A | N/A | 77% (445) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Vista.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (603 to 430); teachers down 24% (24 to 18.3).
About Mountain Vista
Mountain Vista is one of the public schools in Fillmore, California. It is a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 430 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Mountain Vista is among 8 schools run by Fillmore Unified, which serves 3,685 students.
Hispanic students account for 94% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 5% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 44%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 12, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 23.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. The school reported 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 59% average for public schools in Ventura County.
Mountain Vista 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 44% of California public elementary schools.
Mountain Vista's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.5% is within a point of the 28.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Ventura County show that the median household earns about $109,797 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Ventura County has 238 public schools with about 147,841 students, including Mountain Vista.
Fillmore Middle sits about 0.4 miles from Mountain Vista. Mountain Vista has 7 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Mountain Vista ranks 4th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's student count fell 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fillmore Unified
- Fillmore Senior HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Fillmore MiddleMiddle · 813 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryElementary · 553 students
- San Cayetano ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Piru ElementaryElementary · 272 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 64 students
Other schools in Fillmore
- Fillmore Senior HighHigh · 1,007 students
- Fillmore MiddleMiddle · 813 students
- Rio Vista ElementaryElementary · 553 students
- San Cayetano ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- Sierra HighHigh · 64 students
- Heritage Valley Independent StudyCombined · 32 students
Other Mountain Vista schools
One other US public school is named Mountain Vista. Mountain Vista is the largest of the 2.
- Mountain Vista SchoolORACLE, AZ · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Fillmore Middle0.4 mi · 813
- Heritage Valley Independent Study0.6 mi · 32
- Fillmore Senior High0.7 mi · 1,007
- Sierra High0.7 mi · 64
- San Cayetano Elementary1.0 mi · 514
- Rio Vista Elementary1.4 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain VistaHow large is Mountain Vista?
Mountain Vista enrolls approximately 430 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mountain Vista serve?
Mountain Vista serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mountain Vista?
Approximately 23.6:1 students per teacher at Mountain Vista.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountain Vista?
At Mountain Vista, the student body is approximately 5% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Mountain Vista in?
Mountain Vista is part of Fillmore Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.