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.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.