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What's the most underrated thing about Mountain View Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
880
Middle
DISTRICT 554 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOFFSTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330324000536
Mountain View Middle School
41 Lauren Ln., Goffstown, NH 03045 · (603) 497-8288 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL880 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Hampshire public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
124 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 26%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 182 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 176 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 278 | 32% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 33% · 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
Mountain View Middle School→Goffstown High School
Based on grade levels within Goffstown School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
43.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
Source: NHSAS. 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire'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 Middle School
Mountain View Middle School's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Middle School this school | 880 | 14.1% | 45.5% |
| Londonderry Middle School Londonderry | 918 | 14.4% | 48.4% |
| Timberlane Regional Middle School Plaistow | 723 | 15.1% | 43.7% |
| Cooperative Middle School Stratham | 945 | 9.2% | 55.8% |
| James Mastricola Upper Elementary School Merrimack | 533 | 14.1% | 50.4% |
| Amherst Middle School Amherst | 635 | 8.2% | 63.5% |
Matched among New Hampshire middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #41 of 85 | #11 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #32 of 85 | #10 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #42 of 85 | #11 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 880 | #7 of 101 | #4 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #63 of 74 | #24 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #44 of 74 | #19 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #66 of 90 | #18 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #13 of 15 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
880
+21 (+2%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 1,268
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 880 | 69 | 12.8:1 | 14% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 866 | 66.9 | 12.9:1 | 14% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 829 | 72.6 | 11.4:1 | 13% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 859 | 68 | 12.6:1 | 12% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 840 | 66.9 | 12.6:1 | 18% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 863 | 66 | 13.1:1 | 23% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 908 | 64 | 14.2:1 | 17% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 1,268 | 70 | 18.1:1 | 5% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (840 to 880); teachers up 3% (66.9 to 69).
About Mountain View Middle School
In Goffstown, New Hampshire, Mountain View Middle School is a large middle school. The school reports 880 students in grades 5 through 8. The school's enrollment is 132% larger than the 379 average for middle schools in New Hampshire.
In Goffstown School District, 5 schools enroll a combined 2,772 students.
Most students at Mountain View Middle School are White: 88% of enrollment. The remaining students are 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Mountain View Middle School comes in at 22%.
Teachers at Mountain View Middle School total 69 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in New Hampshire average 11.1:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 14%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hillsborough County is 26%.
Measured against New Hampshire public middle schools, Mountain View Middle School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Mountain View Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.5% is 8.9 points below the 54.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Hillsborough County has these Census figures: median household income is about $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Hillsborough County number 127 and enroll about 53,974.
Nearest public school: Glen Lake School, about 1.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Mountain View Middle School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Mountain View Middle School is Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 859 to 880, a small change.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,378
Census ACS
Median income
$103,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
53,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Goffstown School District
- Goffstown High SchoolHigh · 1,008 students
- Maple Avenue SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Glen Lake SchoolElementary · 194 students
- Bartlett Elementary SchoolElementary · 177 students
Other schools in Goffstown
- Goffstown High SchoolHigh · 1,008 students
- Maple Avenue SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Glen Lake SchoolElementary · 194 students
Other Mountain View Middle schools
15 other US public schools in 8 states are named Mountain View Middle. Mountain View Middle School is the 6th largest of the 16.
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMechanicsburg, PA · 1,403 students
- Mountain View MiddleMoreno Valley, CA · 1,114 students
- Mountain View MiddleBeaumont, CA · 978 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolBonney Lake, WA · 937 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLERIO RANCHO, NM · 931 students
Nearby schools
- Glen Lake School1.2 mi · 194
- Goffstown High School2.0 mi · 1,008
- Maple Avenue School2.4 mi · 513
- Bartlett Elementary School3.2 mi · 177
- Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School3.4 mi · 96
- Northwest Elementary School3.8 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View Middle SchoolHow many students attend Mountain View Middle School?
Mountain View Middle School enrolls approximately 880 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Mountain View Middle School serve?
Mountain View Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mountain View Middle School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Mountain View Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountain View Middle School?
At Mountain View Middle School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Mountain View Middle School public or private?
Mountain View Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Goffstown School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.