Mountain View Elementary - 08

Mountain View Elementary - 08 operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in Spearfish, South Dakota, one of the schools within Spearfish School District 40-2. Current enrollment sits at 168 students spanning grade K.

Mountain View Elementary - 08 is one of 7 schools operated by Spearfish School District 40-2, a district that hosts 2,398 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Mountain View Elementary - 08 records that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Lawrence County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Mountain View Elementary - 08 shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at Mountain View Elementary - 08 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mountain View Elementary - 08 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 56.0%, a residual of +1.6 points.

Around the school, Lawrence County reports that median household income runs about $73,384, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Mountain View Elementary - 08 is one of 14 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 3,183 students).

Nearest neighbor: Spearfish Middle School - 05, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Mountain View Elementary - 08. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain View Elementary - 08 at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

Mountain View Elementary - 08 operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 13%: 149 students in 2018 compared to 168 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.