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What advice would you give to incoming students at Mountain View Elementary School?
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Enrollment
837
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000560
Mountain View Elementary School
3151 Sandy Plains Rd, Marietta, GA 30066 · (770) 578-7265 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL837 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
156 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 169 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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 published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
75.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.7pp since 2021
Math
78.5%
GA avg 44.6% . -4.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.7% | 78.5% |
| 2023-24 | 83.7% | 80.8% |
| 2022-23 | 78.8% | 78.5% |
| 2021-22 | 82.3% | 83.2% |
% 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
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 School
Mountain View Elementary School's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Elementary School this school | 837 | 18.6% | 79.0% |
| Murdock Elementary School Marietta | 847 | 11.5% | 78.7% |
| Kedron Elementary School Peachtree City | 843 | 21.0% | 75.6% |
| Barnwell Elementary School Alpharetta | 672 | 15.8% | 82.3% |
| Cogburn Woods Elementary School Alpharetta | 786 | 14.0% | 74.3% |
| River Ridge Elementary Evans | 789 | 21.4% | 79.0% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #31 of 1,208 | #6 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #61 of 1,215 ▼ 25 | #10 of 72 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #35 of 1,215 ▼ 24 | #6 of 72 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.7pp | #103 of 1,183 | #6 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 837 | #192 of 1,324 | #17 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #602 of 1,301 | #61 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #284 of 1,301 | #28 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #1,233 of 1,312 | #64 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #178 of 386 | #4 of 18 |
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
837
+62 (+8%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 837 | 63.2 | 13.2:1 | 19% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 63.1 | 13.2:1 | 20% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 845 | 64.1 | 13.2:1 | 11% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | 62 | 12.5:1 | 9% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 49 | 15.4:1 | 9% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 827 | 55 | 15.0:1 | 11% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 843 | 57 | 14.8:1 | 12% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 802 | 53 | 15.1:1 | 5% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 41 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (754 to 837); teachers up 29% (49 to 63.2).
About Mountain View Elementary School
Mountain View Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Marietta, Georgia. The school's 837 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students each.
The 110 schools of Cobb County, including Mountain View Elementary School, enroll 105,738 students.
Mountain View Elementary School is 53% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 20% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. The White share in Cobb County as a whole is similar, at about 49%. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 63.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mountain View Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.2:1. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 19%. That is lower than the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County.
Test results at Mountain View Elementary School are 11.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (79.0% actual, 67.7% predicted).
Within Cobb County, the median household income is $102,738, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Besides Mountain View Elementary School, Cobb County has 128 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Simpson Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Mountain View Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Mountain View Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 79.0% against a local average of 68.5%.
Mountain View Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 8% from 2020-21, when Mountain View Elementary School had 775 students, to 2024-25, when it had 837.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
775,208
Census ACS
Median income
$102,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
116,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Marietta
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Marietta High SchoolHigh · 2,526 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
- Lassiter High SchoolHigh · 2,005 students
- Pope High SchoolHigh · 1,793 students
Other Mountain View Elementary schools
56 other US public schools in 23 states are named Mountain View Elementary. Mountain View Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 57.
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolManchester, GA · 681 students
- Mountain View ElementaryEllijay, GA · 668 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 903 students
- Mountain View ElementaryRiverside, CA · 851 students
- Mountain View ElementaryTaylors, SC · 809 students
Nearby schools
- Simpson Middle School0.4 mi · 884
- Lassiter High School0.9 mi · 2,005
- Addison Elementary School1.1 mi · 571
- Pope High School1.2 mi · 1,793
- Rocky Mount Elementary School1.3 mi · 576
- Murdock Elementary School1.6 mi · 847
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mountain View Elementary School?
Mountain View Elementary School enrolls approximately 837 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mountain View Elementary School serve?
Mountain View Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mountain View Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Mountain View Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountain View Elementary School?
At Mountain View Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 20% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Mountain View Elementary School?
Mountain View Elementary School is overseen by Cobb County in Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.