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Best kept secret at Mountain Vista Elementary School?
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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291006607
Mountain Vista Elementary School
22200 EAST RADCLIFF PARKWAY, CENTENNIAL, CO 80015 · (720) 886-2700 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
163 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
50.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.2% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 39.5% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Vista Elementary School
Mountain Vista Elementary School's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Vista Elementary School this school | 568 | 28.7% | 43.0% |
| Aspen Crossing Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 569 | 35.1% | 41.4% |
| Fox Hollow Elementary School AURORA | 555 | 31.5% | 54.7% |
| Woodland Elementary School AURORA | 577 | 20.3% | 50.8% |
| Eagle Ridge Elementary School LONE TREE | 571 | 30.8% | 54.3% |
| Pine Ridge Elementary School AURORA | 617 | 21.4% | 51.1% |
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 Vista Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #392 of 931 | #39 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #368 of 940 ▲ 28 | #40 of 96 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #365 of 946 ▲ 113 | #35 of 96 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #145 of 1,056 | #29 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #344 of 896 | #36 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #26 of 896 | #21 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #722 of 983 | #76 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #548 of 664 | #55 of 70 |
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
568
-142 (-20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 568 | 38.4 | 14.8:1 | 29% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 38.4 | 16.5:1 | 32% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 40.3 | 16.1:1 | 22% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 710 | 39 | 18.2:1 | 21% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 29.2 | 20.8:1 | 15% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 20 | 22.4:1 | 15% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Vista Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (609 to 568); teachers up 31% (29.2 to 38.4).
About Mountain Vista Elementary School
Mountain Vista Elementary School is an elementary school located in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, in Arapahoe County. Its enrollment is 568 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Mountain Vista Elementary School is one of 70 schools in Cherry Creek School District, which enrolls 52,099 students in total.
No group is above 50% at Mountain Vista Elementary School; the largest is White, at 45%. The school is also 18% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% Asian, and 11% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 59%. The diversity index for Mountain Vista Elementary School is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.8:1. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 16.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 29%. The average for public schools in Arapahoe County is 50%.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Mountain Vista Elementary School's results are 6.3 points below predicted: 43.0% against 49.3%.
The school's county is Arapahoe County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Arapahoe County number 176, with about 115,502 students.
Eaglecrest High School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Mountain Vista Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Mountain Vista Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 20%. The school's ratio dropped from 18.2:1 to 14.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
Other schools in CENTENNIAL
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Arapahoe High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Newton Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Ford ElementaryElementary · 653 students
- Aspen Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 569 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other Mountain Vista Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mountain Vista Elementary. Mountain Vista Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mountain Vista ElementaryIndio, CA · 599 students
Nearby schools
- Eaglecrest High School0.7 mi · 2,851
- Thunder Ridge Middle School0.9 mi · 1,106
- Antelope Ridge Elementary School1.0 mi · 549
- Outback Preschool1.0 mi · 81
- Sky Vista Middle School1.0 mi · 969
- Aspen Crossing Elementary School1.2 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Vista Elementary SchoolHow large is Mountain Vista Elementary School?
Mountain Vista Elementary School enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mountain Vista Elementary School serve?
Mountain Vista Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mountain Vista Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Mountain Vista Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Mountain Vista Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mountain Vista Elementary School are roughly 45% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Mountain Vista Elementary School?
Mountain Vista Elementary School is overseen by Cherry Creek School District in Arapahoe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.