Mountain Vista Elementary School

Mountain Vista Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, part of Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. Current enrollment sits at 568 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 50% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah runs 70 schools in total, collectively educating 52,099 students. Mountain Vista Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mountain Vista Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 18% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% Asian, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Arapahoe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mountain Vista Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

Around the school, Arapahoe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Mountain Vista Elementary School is one of 176 public schools in Arapahoe County (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students).

Nearest neighbor: Eaglecrest High School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain Vista Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 37.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 609 students in 2018 compared to 568 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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