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Does Mountain View Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192000005
Mountain View Elementary School
10095 LEXINGTON DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80920 · (719) 234-4800 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Colorado 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
146 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 50%
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 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
50.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 50.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 58.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 School
Mountain View Elementary School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Elementary School this school | 567 | 25.7% | 54.5% |
| Legacy Peak Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 652 | 23.5% | 41.0% |
| Meridian Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 525 | 22.9% | 69.6% |
| Coyote Hills Elementary School AURORA | 478 | 23.4% | 50.7% |
| Silver Creek Elementary THORNTON | 538 | 19.7% | 57.4% |
| Pioneer Elementary School PARKER | 449 | 27.6% | 55.5% |
Matched among Colorado 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #225 of 931 | #23 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #259 of 940 ▼ 122 | #32 of 126 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #307 of 946 ▼ 10 | #31 of 127 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #146 of 1,056 | #22 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #748 of 896 | #106 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #234 of 896 | #77 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.7% | #756 of 983 | #105 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #555 of 664 | #85 of 100 |
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
567
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 399
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 567 | 32 | 17.7:1 | 26% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 16% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 32.7 | 17.8:1 | 7% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 31 | 19.3:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 32.8 | 18.4:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 6% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 2% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 399 | 21 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (603 to 567); teachers down 3% (32.8 to 32).
About Mountain View Elementary School
Mountain View Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 567 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students each.
Academy District 20 oversees Mountain View Elementary School and 38 other schools, with 25,607 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Mountain View Elementary School is 60% White. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 4% Black. Census figures show El Paso County is about 70% White. Mountain View Elementary School has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.7 students per teacher. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 26%. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County is 16 points.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Mountain View Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Mountain View Elementary School is 3.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 54.5% actual, 51.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Colorado.
Census Bureau estimates for El Paso County show that median household income is about $90,363, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Mountain View Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County, which together enroll about 114,356 students.
Nearest public school: Challenger Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Mountain View Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Mountain View Elementary School's average proficiency of 54.5% compares with 52.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Mountain View Elementary School as City: Large.
The number of students dropped from 599 to 567 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 17.7 students per teacher, compared with 19.3 in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Academy District 20
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Air Academy High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Rampart High SchoolHigh · 1,305 students
- Chinook Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,075 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Other Mountain View Elementary schools
56 other US public schools in 23 states are named Mountain View Elementary. Mountain View Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 57.
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolBROOMFIELD, CO · 517 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolPARKER, CO · 324 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolLONGMONT, CO · 321 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolWINDSOR, CO · 256 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 903 students
Nearby schools
- Challenger Middle School0.1 mi · 696
- Mountain Ridge Middle School0.9 mi · 690
- Pine Creek High School1.0 mi · 1,875
- Academy International Elementary School1.2 mi · 368
- TCA College Pathways1.3 mi · 502
- Encompass Heights Elementary School1.4 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mountain View Elementary School?
Mountain View Elementary School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mountain View Elementary School serve?
Mountain View Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mountain View Elementary School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Mountain View Elementary School.
How diverse is Mountain View Elementary School?
Mountain View Elementary School reports a student body of 60% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Mountain View Elementary School?
Mountain View Elementary School is overseen by Academy District 20 in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.