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Which teacher or staff member at Mountain View Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001168
Mountain View Elementary
5600 McLeod Way, Haymarket, VA 20169 · (703) 754-4161 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
62 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -9.0pp since 2022
Math
89.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
84.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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
Mountain View Elementary's state test result (84.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View Elementary this school | 418 | 14.8% | 84.0% |
| Seldens Landing Elementary Leesburg | 508 | 15.7% | 82.0% |
| West Springfield Elementary Springfield | 524 | 13.4% | 87.7% |
| Sycolin Creek Elementary Leesburg | 452 | 10.0% | 86.6% |
| J.W. Alvey Elementary Haymarket | 523 | 9.6% | 89.3% |
| Cedar Point Elementary Bristow | 510 | 23.5% | 85.9% |
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 Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #205 of 1,101 | #16 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #143 of 1,111 ▼ 57 | #8 of 64 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #362 of 1,111 ▼ 281 | #23 of 64 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #768 of 1,176 | #59 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #965 of 1,105 | #44 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #315 of 1,106 | #36 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.8% | #1,076 of 1,157 | #63 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #56 of 759 | #4 of 45 |
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
418
-55 (-12%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 418 | 25.5 | 16.4:1 | 15% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 28.3 | 15.9:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 29.3 | 16.1:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 33 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 34.3 | 17.1:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 32 | 18.0:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 773 | 32 | 24.2:1 | 5% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 731 | 38 | 19.2:1 | 6% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (587 to 418); teachers down 26% (34.3 to 25.5).
About Mountain View Elementary
Mountain View Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Haymarket, Virginia, administered by Prince William County Public Schools. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 418 students on the rolls.
Mountain View Elementary is in Prince William County Public Schools, a district with 90,242 students across 95 schools.
About 51% of the student body at Mountain View Elementary is White. Other students are 15% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Prince William County residents are about 43% White. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Mountain View Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.4 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Prince William County average 55%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Mountain View Elementary is -0.1 points: 84.0% actual, 84.1% predicted.
Looking at the county, Prince William County, median household income comes to about $131,402, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 102 public schools and about 89,591 students.
Measured in a straight line, Battlefield High is about 0.6 miles from Mountain View Elementary. The five-mile area around Mountain View Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 84.0% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 473 (2020-21) to 418 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.4:1, from 14.3:1.
This page is set up for the Mountain View Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Prince William County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
488,880
Census ACS
Median income
$131,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
102
89,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince William County Public Schools
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
Other schools in Haymarket
- Battlefield HighHigh · 2,063 students
- Ronald Wilson Reagan MiddleMiddle · 1,436 students
- Haymarket ElementaryElementary · 963 students
- Samuel L. Gravely Jr. ElementaryElementary · 813 students
- J.W. Alvey ElementaryElementary · 523 students
Other Mountain View Elementary schools
56 other US public schools in 23 states are named Mountain View Elementary. Mountain View Elementary is the 34th largest of the 57.
- Mountain View ElementaryCharlottesville, VA · 769 students
- Mountain View ElementaryPurcellville, VA · 649 students
- Mountain View ElementaryCovington, VA · 415 students
- Mountain View ElementaryHarrisonburg, VA · 411 students
- Mountain View ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Battlefield High0.6 mi · 2,063
- J.W. Alvey Elementary1.5 mi · 523
- Bull Run Middle1.5 mi · 1,129
- Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary1.8 mi · 813
- Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle2.0 mi · 1,436
- George G. Tyler Elementary2.2 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mountain View Elementary?
Mountain View Elementary enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mountain View Elementary serve?
Mountain View Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mountain View Elementary?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Mountain View Elementary.
How diverse is Mountain View Elementary?
Mountain View Elementary reports a student body of 51% White, 14% Hispanic, 12% Black, 15% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Mountain View Elementary?
Mountain View Elementary is overseen by Prince William County Public Schools in Prince William County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.