Mountain View K-8

Mountain View K-8, a big elementary-level community in Mountain View, Wyoming, operated by Uinta County School District #4, educates 454 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 110% larger than the state mean of about 216.

Mountain View K-8 is one of 2 schools operated by Uinta County School District #4, a district that hosts 684 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Mountain View K-8 lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Uinta County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mountain View K-8 records 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. The state averages about 10.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Uinta County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Mountain View K-8 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.6%, the actual is 59.8%, a residual of -5.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Uinta County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,980 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Mountain View K-8 is one of 14 public schools in Uinta County (combined enrollment of about 4,020 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mountain View High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mountain View K-8 comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 26%: 614 students in 2018 compared to 454 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 91% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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