Mountain View High School

As a substantial high school in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Mountain View High School teaches 2,221 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Gwinnett County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Mountain View High School sits 98% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Gwinnett County, which oversees 141 schools and 182,518 students, Mountain View High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Mountain View High School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Black, 22% White, 11% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Mountain View High School reports 131 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mountain View High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Gwinnett County) reports that median household earnings sit near $87,890, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Gwinnett County's 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), Mountain View High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Twin Rivers Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mountain View High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Mountain View High School's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 2,623 (now 2,221). White enrollment moved from 38% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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