Mountain View High

Located at 5775 Spindle Ct, in Centreville, Virginia, Mountain View High is a tiny secondary school that serves 145 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Fairfax County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 88% leaner than the state mean of about 1,213.

Fairfax County Public Schools comprises 199 schools with combined enrollment of 179,323 students; Mountain View High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Mountain View High lists that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 13% White, 9% Black, 8% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Fairfax County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Mountain View High has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fairfax County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fairfax County indicate median household income runs about $153,637, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Mountain View High is one of 222 public schools in Fairfax County (combined enrollment of about 174,475 students).

Powell Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 49%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 145 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 15% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 6.9:1 today.

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