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Best kept secret on campus at Mountain View K-8?
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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UINTA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #4·NCES 560450000558
Mountain View K-8
3100 County Road 241, Mountain View, WY 82939 · (307) 782-6202 · Uinta County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
113 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 47%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mountain View K-8→Mountain View High School
Based on grade levels within Uinta County School District #4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.4%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
51.0%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
Source: WY-TOPP. 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Wyoming 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 Wyoming'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
454
-160 (-26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 13.0:1
% White
91%
was 96%
% Hispanic
4%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On allk12, members of the Mountain View K-8 community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Uinta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,644
Census ACS
Median income
$82,980
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,020 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Uinta County School District #4
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 230 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain View High School0.7 mi · 230
- Urie Elementary3.6 mi · 242
- Lyman Intermediate School4.2 mi · 228
- Lyman High School4.9 mi · 254
- McKinnon Elementary26.1 mi · 12
- Granger Elementary28.8 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain View K-8How many students attend Mountain View K-8?
Mountain View K-8 enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Mountain View K-8 serve?
Mountain View K-8 serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain View K-8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain View K-8 is approximately 10.2:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mountain View K-8?
Mountain View K-8 reports a student body of 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mountain View K-8 in?
Mountain View K-8 is part of Uinta County School District #4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.