Mountain View Elementary

As a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Mountain View Elementary enrolls 411 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Rockingham County Public Schools.

Within Rockingham County Public Schools, which oversees 23 schools and 11,679 students, Mountain View Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Mountain View Elementary lists that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 27% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Rockingham County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mountain View Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 70.8%; Mountain View Elementary posts 52.1%, -18.6 points below that line.

Around the school, Rockingham County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,693 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Rockingham County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,397 students), Mountain View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bluestone Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mountain View Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.0%.

Mountain View Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mountain View Elementary has ticked down 15%, going from 485 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 72% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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