Mountain Vista Middle

Mountain Vista Middle is a small middle-grades school in Kelseyville, California, part of Kelseyville Unified. The school enrolls 405 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 39% below typical.

Across the 7 schools in Kelseyville Unified (1,818 students total), Mountain Vista Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mountain Vista Middle records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 38% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mountain Vista Middle has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mountain Vista Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.6%; actual is 11.8%, a gap of -25.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household income runs about $60,621, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Mountain Vista Middle is one of 43 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 10,167 students).

Kelseyville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Mountain Vista Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain Vista Middle at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 19.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 399 students in 2018 compared to 405 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 46% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.5:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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