Mountain View High School

Set in LOVELAND, Colorado, Mountain View High School is a sizable four-year high school, one of the schools within Thompson School District R-2J. It caters to 1,074 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 71% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Mountain View High School is one of 32 schools operated by Thompson School District R-2J, a district that serves 14,580 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mountain View High School lists that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Mountain View High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.0%; this one comes in at 28.3%, -17.6 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Larimer County) reports that median household earnings sit near $93,765, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mountain View High School is one of 94 public schools in Larimer County (combined enrollment of about 47,159 students).

Nearest neighbor: High Plains School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mountain View High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 1,250 students in 2018 compared to 1,074 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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