Mountainview Elementary

Mountainview Elementary is an expansive elementary school in Saugus, California, operated by Saugus Union. The school instructs 917 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 97% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Saugus Union comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,359 students; Mountainview Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Mountainview Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 31% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Mountainview Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mountainview Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Mountainview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: James Foster Elementary, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mountainview Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Mountainview Elementary's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 885 (now 917). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 62% to 50%.

On the community side, members of the Mountainview Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.