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Does Mountain View High School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,074
High
DISTRICT 864 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMPSON SCHOOL DISTRICT R-2J·NCES 080540001786
Mountain View High School
3500 MOUNTAIN LION DRIVE, LOVELAND, CO 80537 · (970) 613-7800 · Larimer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,074 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
368 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 270 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 288 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 242 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 274 | 26% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Mountain View High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Larimer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #128 of 231 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,074 | #100 of 409 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #143 of 250 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #72 of 250 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #227 of 320 | #8 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #62 of 139 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,074
-96 (-8%) vs 2020
+50% since 2000-01, when it was 718
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 1,074 | 57.9 | 18.5:1 | 34% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 1,118 | 55.3 | 20.2:1 | 43% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 1,138 | 59.5 | 19.1:1 | 35% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 1,170 | 58 | 20.2:1 | 30% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 1,250 | 57.2 | 21.9:1 | 41% (516) |
| 2015-16 | 1,268 | 58 | 21.9:1 | 34% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 1,103 | 55 | 20.1:1 | 28% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 38 | 18.9:1 | 22% (160) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View High School.
About Mountain View High School
Mountain View High School is a large high school in Colorado, with an address in LOVELAND. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 1,074 students. The typical figure for high schools in Colorado is about 627 students.
The 32 schools of Thompson School District R-2J, including Mountain View High School, enroll 14,580 students.
Roughly 60% of students at Mountain View High School are White. Other groups make up 31% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 82% of Larimer County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 57.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.5:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. Mountain View High School reports 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Larimer County average 35%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Mountain View High School ranks in the bottom 10% in Colorado. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.3%, against a prediction of 46.0%.
Larimer County has about 367,368 residents, and the median household income is $93,765, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Mountain View High School, Larimer County has 93 other public schools.
The closest public school to Mountain View High School is High Plains School, about 0.8 miles away. Mountain View High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 30.8%, higher than Mountain View High School's 28.3%.
In the federal locale system, Mountain View High School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 96 students since 2020-21, to 1,074. By 2024-25, the school had 18.5 students per teacher, compared with 20.2 in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Larimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
367,368
Census ACS
Median income
$93,765
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
47,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Thompson School District R-2J
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Loveland Classical SchoolCombined · 1,032 students
- New Vision Charter SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
- Thompson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,005 students
- Riverview PK-8Elementary · 757 students
- Berthoud High SchoolHigh · 722 students
Other schools in LOVELAND
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Loveland Classical SchoolCombined · 1,032 students
- New Vision Charter SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
- Thompson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,005 students
- Lucile Erwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
- Peakview Academy at Conrad BallElementary · 536 students
Nearby schools
- High Plains School0.8 mi · 495
- New Vision Charter School1.3 mi · 1,005
- Winona Elementary School1.8 mi · 246
- Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball2.4 mi · 536
- Truscott Elementary School2.8 mi · 194
- Bill Reed Middle School2.9 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View High SchoolHow large is Mountain View High School?
Mountain View High School enrolls approximately 1,074 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Mountain View High School serve?
Mountain View High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Mountain View High School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Mountain View High School.
What is the student diversity at Mountain View High School?
Student demographics at Mountain View High School are roughly 60% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mountain View High School in?
Mountain View High School is part of Thompson School District R-2J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.