MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM.

MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in MOUNTAIN VIEW, Missouri, one of the schools within MOUNTAIN VIEW-BIRCH TREE R-III, works with 396 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.

MOUNTAIN VIEW-BIRCH TREE R-III runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,184 students. MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Howell County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 36.0%, a residual of -14.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Howell County put the typical household earns roughly $50,993 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Howell County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,704 students), of which MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: LIBERTY SR. HIGH, around 3.4 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

On this page, the feed for MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.