Mountain Vista Community School

Mountain Vista Community School is an elementary school of big scale in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, one of the schools within Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an, teacheing 590 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 56% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within Harrison School District No. 2 in the county of El Paso an, which oversees 28 schools and 11,938 students, Mountain Vista Community School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mountain Vista Community School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 18% White, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Mountain Vista Community School records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than El Paso County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mountain Vista Community School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (El Paso County) logs that median household earnings sit near $90,363, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Mountain Vista Community School is one.

Adams Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain Vista Community School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 18.2%.

Mountain Vista Community School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mountain Vista Community School's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 621 (now 590). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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