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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMAL ISD·NCES 481473011987
Mt Valley Elementary School
310 CANNAN RD, CANYON LAKE, TX 78133 · (830) 885-9500 · Comal County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- BThree-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
13.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
229 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 22 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
61.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 43.0% | 27.0% | 18.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 32.0% | 19.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 61.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 60.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Mt Valley Elementary School
Mt Valley Elementary School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Valley Elementary School this school | 488 | 46.9% | 64.2% |
| Glen Rose Elementary School GLEN ROSE | 499 | 47.5% | N/A |
| Kline Whitis Elementary School LAMPASAS | 449 | 47.0% | 55.2% |
| Hilltop Elementary School AZLE | 537 | 48.2% | 42.6% |
| Lone Oak Elementary School LONE OAK | 540 | 49.4% | 47.1% |
| College Street Elementary School LINDALE | 512 | 44.5% | 76.5% |
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 Mt Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Comal County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #556 of 4,401 | #7 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #867 of 4,466 ▼ 275 | #11 of 22 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #718 of 4,466 ▼ 137 | #9 of 22 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,647 of 3,998 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #2,646 of 4,938 | #13 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #831 of 4,622 | #9 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #2,598 of 4,628 | #20 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.9% | #3,705 of 4,789 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #606 of 1,307 | #8 of 11 |
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
488
+45 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 488 | 37.5 | 13.0:1 | 47% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 39.9 | 12.0:1 | 51% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 52% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 39 | 11.4:1 | 53% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 32.8 | 13.1:1 | 46% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 46% (184) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (430 to 488); teachers up 14% (32.8 to 37.5).
About Mt Valley Elementary School
Mt Valley Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in CANYON LAKE, Texas. It had 488 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 37 schools in COMAL ISD, with 29,839 students enrolled.
More than half of the students at Mt Valley Elementary School are White (67%). The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mt Valley Elementary School scores 48%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mt Valley Elementary School is 13.0:1, based on 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Mt Valley Elementary School counts 47% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Comal County report 32%.
Mt Valley Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Texas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Mt Valley Elementary School would be expected to post about 53.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.2%.
The county, Comal County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $101,889 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Mt Valley Elementary School, Comal County has 49 public schools.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Trinity Charter Schools - Canyon Lake Campus, is the closest to Mt Valley Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 61.6% proficiency; Mt Valley Elementary School posts 64.2%.
NCES assigns Mt Valley Elementary School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment rose by 10% across 4 years, from 443 in 2020-21 to 488 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.4:1 in 2020-21 to 13.0:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Mt Valley Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Comal County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,826
Census ACS
Median income
$101,889
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
29,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COMAL ISD
- Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,414 students
- Smithson Valley High SchoolHigh · 2,098 students
- Pieper High SchoolHigh · 2,093 students
- Canyon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,251 students
- Davenport High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Johnson Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,185 students
Other schools in CANYON LAKE
- Mt Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Startzville Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Trinity Charter Schools - Canyon Lake CampusHigh · 15 students
Nearby schools
- Trinity Charter Schools - Canyon Lake Campus0.8 mi · 15
- Mt Valley Middle School1.2 mi · 781
- Canyon Lake High School6.0 mi · 1,066
- Startzville Elementary School6.3 mi · 465
- Hoffmann Lane Elementary School6.4 mi · 705
- Rebecca Creek Elementary School9.2 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Valley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mt Valley Elementary School?
Mt Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mt Valley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mt Valley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mt Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mt Valley Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mt Valley Elementary School?
At Mt Valley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Mt Valley Elementary School public or private?
Mt Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by COMAL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.