Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL DAUPHIN SD·NCES 420540007261
Mountain View Elementary School
400 Gibbel Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17112 · (717) 657-8585 · Dauphin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
378 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 59% · 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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
55.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 55.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.5% | 51.1% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Mountain View Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Dauphin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #644 of 1,396 | #13 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #654 of 1,511 ▲ 76 | #11 of 36 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #590 of 1,511 ▲ 105 | #11 of 36 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #984 of 1,638 | #21 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #723 of 1,528 | #19 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #312 of 1,531 | #19 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #244 of 1,600 | #7 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #795 of 1,045 | #14 of 17 |
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
373
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 319
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 373 | 28.9 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 100% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 30.1 | 13.1:1 | 99% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 100% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 26.6 | 15.0:1 | 100% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 31% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 16% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 12% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 319 | 17 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (399 to 373); teachers up 9% (26.6 to 28.9).
About Mountain View Elementary School
At 400 Gibbel Rd in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mountain View Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 373 students enrolled.
Central Dauphin SD is the local district for Mountain View Elementary School. It runs 19 schools with 12,389 students.
Mountain View Elementary School is 60% White by enrollment. Other students are 13% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 63% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mountain View Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.9:1. That is close to the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
allk12 grades Mountain View Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Mountain View Elementary School would score about 34.2%. It scores 58.1%, a top-10% result among Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Dauphin County residents, the median household income is $76,242, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mountain View Elementary School is one of 75 public schools in the county.
Linglestown Elementary School is located about 1.0 miles from Mountain View Elementary School. The five-mile area around Mountain View Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 58.9% on proficiency, and Mountain View Elementary School is below that at 58.1%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Mountain View Elementary School declined 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 387 to 373 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.5:1 in 2020-21, and 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Dauphin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
289,593
Census ACS
Median income
$76,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
72,718 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Dauphin SD
- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
- Central Dauphin East SHSHigh · 1,573 students
- Linglestown Middle SchoolMiddle · 841 students
- Central Dauphin Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- North Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Central Dauphin East Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
Other schools in Harrisburg
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CSCombined · 29,320 students
- Reach Cyber CSCombined · 5,721 students
- Central Dauphin SHSHigh · 1,966 students
- Central Dauphin East SHSHigh · 1,573 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,343 students
- Dauphin County Technical SchoolHigh · 1,187 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 42nd largest of the 57.
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolGreensburg, PA · 534 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolKingsley, PA · 494 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolMercersburg, PA · 185 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 903 students
- Mountain View ElementaryRiverside, CA · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Linglestown Elementary School1.0 mi · 475
- Paxtonia Elementary School1.0 mi · 682
- Linglestown Middle School1.1 mi · 841
- North Side Elementary School1.4 mi · 722
- Central Dauphin Middle School2.1 mi · 834
- Infinity CS2.1 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mountain View Elementary School?
Mountain View Elementary School enrolls approximately 373 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mountain View Elementary School serve?
Mountain View Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain View Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain View Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mountain View Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mountain View Elementary School are roughly 60% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Mountain View Elementary School public or private?
Mountain View Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Dauphin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.