Mountain View Elementary

Located at 350 Calvin Jackson Dr, in Ellijay, Georgia, Mountain View Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school that caters to 668 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Gilmer County.

Mountain View Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Gilmer County, a district that enrolls 4,124 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mountain View Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 38% Hispanic. By comparison, Gilmer County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Mountain View Elementary shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mountain View Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Gilmer County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,499 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gilmer County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,124 students), of which Mountain View Elementary is one.

Gilmer High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Mountain View Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain View Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.1%.

Mountain View Elementary operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 41%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 668 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 60% across the same window.

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