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Which teacher or staff member at MOUNTAIN VIEW EL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
765
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566006574
Mountain View Elementary School
500 MOUNTAIN LION RD, HARKER HEIGHTS, TX 76548 · (254) 336-1900 · Bell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
436 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 63% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
55.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 34.0% | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 29.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Elementary School
Mountain View Elementary School's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Elementary School this school | 765 | 57.0% | 50.4% |
| Dozier Elementary School FORT WORTH | 714 | 53.1% | 40.1% |
| Oveta Culp Hobby Elementary School FORT CAVAZOS | 730 | 58.9% | 50.3% |
| Kreinhop Elementary School KLEIN | 787 | 56.4% | 52.6% |
| Windermere Elementary School PFLUGERVILLE | 703 | 58.3% | 50.3% |
| Diane Winborn Elementary School KATY | 728 | 60.0% | 46.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,394 of 4,401 | #13 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,324 of 4,466 ▲ 214 | #7 of 55 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,117 of 4,466 ▲ 226 | #9 of 55 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,630 of 3,998 | #28 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #574 of 4,938 | #13 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #3,299 of 4,622 | #41 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.7% | #134 of 4,628 | #3 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.0% | #3,272 of 4,789 | #40 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #1,258 of 2,838 | #17 of 33 |
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
765
-75 (-9%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 765 | 47.8 | 16.0:1 | 57% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 740 | 49.9 | 14.8:1 | 49% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 787 | 51.3 | 15.3:1 | 45% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 840 | 54 | 15.6:1 | 40% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 945 | 60.6 | 15.6:1 | 33% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 925 | 59 | 15.7:1 | 34% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 48 | 15.9:1 | 22% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 806 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 37% (298) |
| 1990-91 | 778 | 41 | 19.0:1 | 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 19% (945 to 765); teachers down 21% (60.6 to 47.8).
About Mountain View Elementary School
Mountain View Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas. The school had 765 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
Mountain View Elementary School is among 55 schools run by KILLEEN ISD, which serves 42,883 students.
At Mountain View Elementary School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 34%. The school is also 26% White, 23% Black, 13% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Mountain View Elementary School's diversity index is 75%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 47.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligible students account for 57% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Bell County average 57%.
Mountain View Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.4% for Mountain View Elementary School. The school posts 50.4%, 1.0 points above the prediction.
In the county around the school, Bell County, the median household income is $68,865, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Bell County is home to 130 public schools and about 71,041 public school students.
The shortest distance from Mountain View Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Union Grove Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Mountain View Elementary School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Mountain View Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 765, a 9% decrease from 840 in 2020-21.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILLEEN ISD
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
Other schools in HARKER HEIGHTS
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Nolan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,068 students
- Skipcha Elementary SchoolElementary · 937 students
- Union Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Harker Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Eastern Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 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 7th largest of the 57.
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 903 students
- Mountain View ElementaryRiverside, CA · 851 students
- Mountain View Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 837 students
- Mountain View ElementaryTaylors, SC · 809 students
- Mountain View ElementaryLacey, WA · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Union Grove Middle School0.2 mi · 733
- Skipcha Elementary School0.6 mi · 937
- Harker Heights High School1.1 mi · 2,192
- Maude Moore Wood Elementary School1.2 mi · 728
- Timber Ridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 717
- Harker Heights Elementary School1.7 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View Elementary SchoolHow large is Mountain View Elementary School?
Mountain View Elementary School enrolls approximately 765 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mountain View Elementary School serve?
Mountain View Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mountain View Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Mountain View Elementary School.
How diverse is Mountain View Elementary School?
Mountain View Elementary School reports a student body of 26% White, 34% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Mountain View Elementary School public or private?
Mountain View Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by KILLEEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.