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Best kept secret at Mountain View Elementary?
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Enrollment
668
Elementary
DISTRICT 668 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GILMER COUNTY·NCES 130234002565
Mountain View Elementary
350 Calvin Jackson Dr, Ellijay, GA 30540 · (706) 276-5100 · Gilmer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
384 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 74%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Gilmer County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
35.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.6pp since 2021
Math
45.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -5.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.2% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 52.3% |
| 2022-23 | 37.7% | 51.3% |
| 2021-22 | 35.8% | 51.1% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 View Elementary
Mountain View Elementary's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Elementary this school | 668 | 57.5% | 44.9% |
| Ellijay Elementary School Ellijay | 761 | 59.7% | 32.3% |
| Lanier Elementary School Gainesville | 557 | 62.1% | 36.1% |
| Chattahoochee Elementary School Cumming | 810 | 54.1% | 47.6% |
| Sardis Elementary School Gainesville | 556 | 63.8% | 41.0% |
| Friendship Elementary School Buford | 673 | 62.7% | 35.7% |
Matched among Georgia 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 View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #442 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #515 of 1,215 ▼ 134 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #589 of 1,215 ▼ 162 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #213 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 668 | #433 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #776 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #783 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #968 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.2% | #24 of 386 |
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
668
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
+19% since 2010-11, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 668 | 48.4 | 13.8:1 | 57% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 46.3 | 13.9:1 | 81% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 44.1 | 15.2:1 | 67% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 67% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 34.2 | 13.8:1 | 68% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 74% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 85% (475) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (473 to 668); teachers up 42% (34.2 to 48.4).
About Mountain View Elementary
Mountain View Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Ellijay, Georgia. In all, 668 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Gilmer County is the district for Mountain View Elementary. It has 5 schools and 4,124 students.
More than half of the students at Mountain View Elementary are White (60%). Other reported shares: 38% Hispanic. That compares with about 85% White among all Gilmer County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
On staff are 48.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Mountain View Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 57%.
Mountain View Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Mountain View Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.9% is 2.7 points below the 47.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Gilmer County show that median household income comes to about $74,499, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 5, with about 4,124 students.
Measured in a straight line, Gilmer High School is about 0.3 miles from Mountain View Elementary. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Mountain View Elementary is ahead of the 43.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 26 students, from 642 to 668. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.8:1.
Mountain View Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Gilmer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,426
Census ACS
Median income
$74,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
4,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gilmer County
- Gilmer High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Ellijay Elementary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Clear Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
Other schools in Ellijay
- Gilmer High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Ellijay Elementary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Clear Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
Other Mountain View Elementary schools
56 other US public schools in 23 states are named Mountain View Elementary. Mountain View Elementary is the 12th largest of the 57.
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 837 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolManchester, GA · 681 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 903 students
- Mountain View ElementaryRiverside, CA · 851 students
- Mountain View ElementaryTaylors, SC · 809 students
Nearby schools
- Gilmer High School0.3 mi · 1,216
- Ellijay Elementary School1.7 mi · 761
- Clear Creek Elementary School5.3 mi · 575
- Clear Creek Middle School5.4 mi · 904
- Hill City Elementary School14.5 mi · 602
- Jasper Middle School15.3 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View ElementaryHow large is Mountain View Elementary?
Mountain View Elementary enrolls approximately 668 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mountain View Elementary serve?
Mountain View Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mountain View Elementary have?
Mountain View Elementary employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Mountain View Elementary?
Student demographics at Mountain View Elementary are roughly 60% White, 38% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Mountain View Elementary public or private?
Mountain View Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gilmer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.