MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL

MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized middle-grades schools in BLACKFOOT, Idaho, operated by BLACKFOOT DISTRICT, with 526 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Across the 12 schools in BLACKFOOT DISTRICT (3,796 students total), MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder is composed of 22% Hispanic, 16% Native American, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 49% of students at MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bingham County) logs that median household income runs about $77,878, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Bingham County (combined enrollment of about 12,273 students).

Nearest neighbor: INDEPENDENCE ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 526). Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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