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How has Mint Valley Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONGVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530447000704
Mint Valley Elementary
2745 38th Avenue, Longview, WA 98632 · (360) 575-7581 · Cowlitz County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
269 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 51%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2022-23 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
WA avg 49.0% . +7.4pp since 2014
Math
28.4%
WA avg 39.2% . +1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 49 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
366
-67 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.2:1
% White
60%
was 68%
% Hispanic
26%
was 21%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Mint Valley Elementary
Mint Valley Elementary is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in Longview, Washington, run under Longview School District, serveing 366 students in grades K through 5.
Within Longview School District, which oversees 17 schools and 6,382 students, Mint Valley Elementary is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Mint Valley Elementary shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Cowlitz County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mint Valley Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Mint Valley Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cowlitz County's rate of about 58%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cowlitz County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,531, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Cowlitz County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,080 students), of which Mint Valley Elementary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Robert Gray Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mint Valley Elementary has ticked down 15%, going from 433 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 68% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.
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Cowlitz County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,360
Census ACS
Median income
$76,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Longview School District
- R A Long High SchoolHigh · 926 students
- Mark Morris High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Monticello Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Robert Gray ElementaryElementary · 415 students
- Mt. Solo Middle SchoolMiddle · 401 students
Other schools in Longview
- R A Long High SchoolHigh · 926 students
- Mark Morris High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Monticello Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Robert Gray ElementaryElementary · 415 students
- Mt. Solo Middle SchoolMiddle · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Gray Elementary1.0 mi · 415
- Columbia Valley Garden Elem Schl1.1 mi · 362
- Cascade Middle School1.7 mi · 463
- Columbia Heights Elementary1.8 mi · 331
- Olympic Elementary School1.9 mi · 381
- R A Long High School2.0 mi · 926
Frequently asked questions
About Mint Valley ElementaryHow large is Mint Valley Elementary?
Mint Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mint Valley Elementary serve?
Mint Valley Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mint Valley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mint Valley Elementary is approximately 15.3:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mint Valley Elementary?
Mint Valley Elementary reports a student body of 60% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mint Valley Elementary public or private?
Mint Valley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Longview School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.