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What's the most underrated thing about Mountain View Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKINGHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510339002545
Mountain View Elementary
2800 Rawley Pike, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 · (540) 438-1965 · Rockingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
262 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 66%
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 | 37 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · 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
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +15.0pp since 2022
Math
59.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +18.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 18 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 41.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 71% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
Mountain View Elementary's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Elementary this school | 411 | 63.7% | 52.1% |
| Apple Pie Ridge Elementary Winchester | 393 | 65.4% | 54.1% |
| Elmont Elementary Ashland | 383 | 68.7% | 72.4% |
| John C. Myers Elementary Broadway | 473 | 66.4% | 69.6% |
| Locust Grove Primary Locust Grove | 500 | 69.4% | N/A |
| Lacey Spring Elementary Harrisonburg | 350 | 73.1% | 55.0% |
Matched among Virginia 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #956 of 1,101 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #911 of 1,111 ▲ 67 | #10 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #960 of 1,111 ▲ 112 | #12 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #787 of 1,176 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #487 of 1,105 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #660 of 1,106 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #762 of 1,157 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #292 of 759 | #2 of 6 |
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
411
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 411 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 64% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 30.4 | 14.6:1 | 67% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 29.5 | 13.8:1 | 53% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 30 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 30.5 | 15.9:1 | 46% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 46% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 40% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 33 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (485 to 411); teachers down 2% (30.5 to 30).
About Mountain View Elementary
Mountain View Elementary is an elementary school in Harrisonburg, Virginia, according to federal school records. Enrolled students number 411 students, in pre-K through 5.
Mountain View Elementary is among 23 schools run by Rockingham County Public Schools, which serves 11,679 students.
White students are the majority at Mountain View Elementary, with 60% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Rockingham County, the White share is about 86%. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Mountain View Elementary's 30 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.7:1. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 64%. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Rockingham County, the school's rate is higher.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Mountain View Elementary is 70.8%. It actually posts 52.1%, which is 18.6 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Rockingham County, the median household income is $80,693, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Mountain View Elementary is one of 22 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Bluestone Elementary is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Mountain View Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 56.0%, higher than Mountain View Elementary's 52.1%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 20 fewer students in 2024-25.
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Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,600
Census ACS
Median income
$80,693
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
11,397 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockingham County Public Schools
- Turner Ashby HighHigh · 998 students
- Broadway HighHigh · 932 students
- Spotswood HighHigh · 880 students
- East Rockingham HighHigh · 821 students
- J. Frank Hillyard MiddleMiddle · 726 students
- Wilbur S. Pence MiddleMiddle · 671 students
Other schools in Harrisonburg
- Rocktown HighHigh · 1,011 students
- Harrisonburg HighHigh · 998 students
- Thomas Harrison MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- Skyline MiddleMiddle · 738 students
- Bluestone ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- Waterman ElementaryElementary · 557 students
Other Mountain View Elementary schools
56 other US public schools in 23 states are named Mountain View Elementary. Mountain View Elementary is the 36th largest of the 57.
- Mountain View ElementaryCharlottesville, VA · 769 students
- Mountain View ElementaryPurcellville, VA · 649 students
- Mountain View ElementaryHaymarket, VA · 418 students
- Mountain View ElementaryCovington, VA · 415 students
- Mountain View ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Bluestone Elementary0.8 mi · 566
- Harrisonburg High0.9 mi · 998
- Thomas Harrison Middle1.3 mi · 771
- Keister Elementary2.1 mi · 475
- Waterman Elementary2.2 mi · 557
- Wilbur S. Pence Middle2.9 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View ElementaryHow many students attend Mountain View Elementary?
Mountain View Elementary enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mountain View Elementary serve?
Mountain View Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain View Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain View Elementary is approximately 13.7:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mountain View Elementary?
Student demographics at Mountain View Elementary are roughly 60% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Mountain View Elementary in?
Mountain View Elementary is part of Rockingham County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.