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Mountainview Elementary

Q: Is Mountainview Elementary a good school?

Mountainview Elementary ranks 838 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

838^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 86% of California elementary schools

Summary

Mountainview Elementary is a large, well-regarded K-6 school serving 917 students in the Saugus Union district, consistently ranking in the top 15% of all California elementary schools with strong academic results that exceed state averages.

This school stands out for its exceptional support of specific student groups, ranking in the 94th percentile statewide for both Special Education students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, which indicates highly effective teaching strategies for diverse learners. While it is a solid 4-star school, the local area is competitive with several 5-star schools nearby, such as West Creek Academy and Tesoro del Valle Elementary, which have even higher test scores. Mountainview's science program is a particular strength, outperforming the district average, and the school has achieved a remarkable turnaround, reducing chronic student absenteeism from over 14% to just 5.2% in two years.

In summary, Mountainview Elementary is a high-performing school with a demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion, making it an excellent choice for families seeking a supportive and academically strong environment. Its success in improving attendance and its robust science curriculum are notable achievements within the Saugus Union district.

917

Students ?

25.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,481

Per pupil spending ?

20.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

22201 West Cypress Pl.
Saugus, CA 91390-4212

(661) 294-5325

District: Saugus Union

Students who attend Mountainview Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Arroyo Seco Junior High
High:	Academy of the Canyons
	Saugus High

Racial breakdown:

White:

49.8%

Hispanic:

32.1%

Two or more races:

9.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 80th percentile in 2022 → 86th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (64% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 14% of California elementary schools

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 86th (2025) from a 80th-percentile low (2022)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 25 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school64%

District avg66%

California avg41%

838^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 14%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 14Elementary Schools in the Saugus Union

180^th of 1,543Saugus Union among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	86.7	838 of 5857	85.7%	★★★★☆
2024	86.9	869 of 5869	85.2%	★★★★☆
2023	85.3	938 of 5859	84.0%	★★★★☆
2022	80.9	1150 of 5883	80.5%	★★★★☆
2019	83.2	1004 of 5789	82.7%	★★★★☆
2018	84.3	926 of 5662	83.6%	★★★★☆
2017	82.5	1026 of 5692	82.0%	★★★★☆
2016	85.8	865 of 5614	84.6%	★★★★☆
2015	86.9	787 of 5611	86.0%	★★★★☆
2013	89.7	480 of 5530	91.3%	★★★★★
2012	90.5	396 of 5390	92.7%	★★★★★
2011	90.5	406 of 5377	92.4%	★★★★★
2010	87.9	583 of 5314	89.0%	★★★★☆
2009	89.6	498 of 5193	90.4%	★★★★★
2008	90.3	461 of 5113	91.0%	★★★★★
2007	92.7	365 of 5113	92.9%	★★★★★
2006	87.8	604 of 4818	87.5%	★★★★☆
2005	87.6	615 of 4822	87.2%	★★★★☆
2004	90.6	477 of 4809	90.1%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	74.2	374 of 2227	83.2%	★★★★☆
2019	79.6	338 of 2585	86.9%	★★★★☆
2018	82.6	250 of 2128	88.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	82.0	988 of 5597	82.3%	★★★★☆
2024	83.3	948 of 5612	83.1%	★★★★☆
2023	82.5	1002 of 5609	82.1%	★★★★☆
2022	78.3	1189 of 5635	78.9%	★★★★☆
2019	76.9	1224 of 5492	77.7%	★★★★☆
2018	81.7	964 of 5413	82.2%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	88.0	418 of 5107	91.8%	★★★★★
2024	88.1	421 of 5107	91.8%	★★★★★
2023	85.8	517 of 5087	89.8%	★★★★☆
2022	78.2	816 of 5084	83.9%	★★★★☆
2019	76.8	838 of 4963	83.1%	★★★★☆
2018	75.4	879 of 4830	81.8%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.0	324 of 5460	94.1%	★★★★★
2024	90.6	426 of 5517	92.3%	★★★★★
2023	83.5	636 of 5363	88.1%	★★★★☆
2022	76.1	907 of 5264	82.8%	★★★★☆
2019	64.2	1498 of 5173	71.0%	★★★★☆
2018	57.4	1883 of 5084	63.0%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	88.0	691 of 5628	87.7%	★★★★☆
2024	87.7	730 of 5643	87.1%	★★★★☆
2023	85.2	858 of 5638	84.8%	★★★★☆
2022	80.7	1081 of 5663	80.9%	★★★★☆
2019	85.3	808 of 5510	85.3%	★★★★☆
2018	84.4	859 of 5431	84.2%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.8	414 of 718	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	60.7	324 of 670	51.6%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.8	179 of 2847	93.7%	★★★★★
2024	85.7	254 of 2635	90.4%	★★★★★
2023	80.1	307 of 2420	87.3%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	69.4	810 of 2598	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	70.4	798 of 2651	69.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.3	918 of 2661	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.9	1079 of 2726	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.7	912 of 2834	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	70.8	797 of 2737	70.9%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)94th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2025)94th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)92nd percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)88th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)83rd percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)82nd percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)69th percentile-17 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)42nd percentile-43 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy67%+18 vs state

Mathematics63%+26 vs state

Science59%+27 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Teachers are Excellent! Drop off and pick is a nightmare! Cars zoom by extremely fast, cars travel against traffic which creates even more of a nightmare. There are some parents who do not truely value their children as they drop them off to play "frogger" with both street traffic and parking lot traffic which is highly dangerous! In the main morning drop off lot there is maybe 1 staff near the entrance gate - there is no one to evaluate the horrible traffic situation and the safety of the children! I hope that it does not take a child getting injured, or worse killed to have school staff monitor the parking lot more closely. I would think that with all the parents that are in law enforcement (close to 50% at this school) that at least one of them would notify the chp traffic division or whoever handles school traffic safety. The gentleman who Is in charge of the crosswalk on the far end of school (cypress) is excellent! But he is far away from the nightmare happening on gold canyon (lot near park). I really wish they could figure out how to make things safe! In all honestly it is the parents responsibility! Pretty sad that so many do not care!!
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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mountainview Elementary	Public	K-6	22201 West Cypress Pl.	Saugus	91390	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5325	917	36	25.4	20.5%	457 (49.8%)	14 (1.5%)	294 (32.1%)	66 (7.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (9.1%)	86.7	838^th of 5857 public elementary schools	85.7%		86.9	869^th of 5869 public elementary schools	85.2%	31	59.2	59.2	60.8	62.3	73.3	72.7	67.3	70.0	69.7	51.7	60.3	62.9							$12,481	$11,908	$573
James Foster Elementary	Public	K-6	22500 Pamplico Dr.	Saugus	91350	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5355	508	18	28.5	39.2%	214 (42.1%)	18 (3.5%)	205 (40.4%)	35 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.1%)	76.9	1290^th of 5857 public elementary schools	78.0%		77	1289^th of 5869 public elementary schools	78.0%	1	49.5	49.5	53.3	75.8	55.0	59.0	59.8	64.0	74.2	41.8	53.6	56.7							$14,749	$14,194	$555
North Park Elementary	Public	K-6	23335 West Sunset Hills Dr.	Valencia	91354	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5370	441	17	25.9	25.4%	217 (49.2%)	9 (2.0%)	135 (30.6%)	36 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (10.0%)	91.5	579^th of 5857 public elementary schools	90.1%		86.8	871^st of 5869 public elementary schools	85.2%	292	64.1	64.1	75.3	71.4	79.7	80.9	76.9	76.7	58.7	59.4	64.7	65.3	92.7	96.4			96.4		$16,794	$16,260	$534
Rosedell Elementary	Public	K-6	27853 Urbandale Ave.	Saugus	91350	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5335	660	24	27.5	39.4%	258 (39.1%)	9 (1.4%)	294 (44.5%)	40 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (8.8%)	81.3	1105^th of 5857 public elementary schools	81.1%		81.7	1082^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	81.6%	23	50.6	50.6	68.3	60.6	64.6	68.3	65.2	68.3	57.8	44.3	54.5	56.3							$13,804	$13,190	$614
Tesoro del Valle Elementary	Public	K-6	29171 Bernardo Way	Valencia	91354	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5380	503	20	25.7	32.2%	152 (30.2%)	23 (4.6%)	113 (22.5%)	146 (29.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	66 (13.1%)	95	333^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	94.3%		94	429^th of 5869 public elementary schools	92.7%	96	69.8	69.8	66.7	80.3	74.4	82.2	76.3	72.2	86.9	79.1	78.1	79.2	88.2	90.2	90.2	90.2	88.2	90.2	$13,274	$12,692	$582
Highlands Elementary	Public	K-6	27332 Catala Ave.	Saugus	91350	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5320	666	27	24.6	34.1%	176 (26.4%)	19 (2.9%)	403 (60.5%)	35 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.0%)	79.8	1162^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	80.2%		71	1547^th of 5869 public elementary schools	73.6%	385	50.5	50.5	59.6	50.6	64.8	75.4	62.1	61.7	53.0	55.2	67.7	58.9	97.0			97.0	97.0	97.0	$12,143	$11,488	$655
Plum Canyon Elementary	Public	K-6	28360 North Alfred Way	Saugus	91350	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5365	876	31	28.2	28.0%	310 (35.4%)	48 (5.5%)	280 (32.0%)	164 (18.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (8.1%)	86.9	829^th of 5857 public elementary schools	85.8%		85.8	915^th of 5869 public elementary schools	84.4%	86	53.2	53.2	63.1	66.4	64.2	75.0	67.2	72.1	62.5	62.0	62.9	65.0							$12,159	$11,722	$437
West Creek Academy	Public	K-6	28767 North West Hills Dr.	Valencia	91354	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5385	983	34	28.9	20.1%	297 (30.2%)	28 (2.8%)	206 (21.0%)	342 (34.8%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (10.6%)	97.2	133^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	97.7%		97.5	121^st of 5869 public elementary schools	97.9%	12	78.7	78.7	82.0	76.6	84.4	90.9	83.8	87.8	73.8	80.9	84.0	81.7							$12,975	$12,616	$359
Charles Helmers Elementary	Public	K-6	27300 North Grandview Dr.	Valencia	91354	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5345	524	20	26.2	21.6%	215 (41.0%)	12 (2.3%)	182 (34.7%)	59 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (10.7%)	92.9	482^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	91.8%		95.9	276^th of 5869 public elementary schools	95.3%	206	62.9	62.9	76.3	87.5	74.2	72.7	77.7	69.5	81.3	63.9	63.6	69.6	96.1				96.1	96.1	$13,478	$12,908	$570
Emblem Academy	Public	K-6	22635 Espuella Dr.	Saugus	91350	Los Angeles County	Saugus Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 294-5315	810	31	26.1	32.7%	195 (24.1%)	37 (4.6%)	262 (32.3%)	235 (29.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (9.8%)	92.7	494^th of 5857 public elementary schools	91.6%		92.4	548^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.7%	54	64.8	64.8	78.2	75.7	85.2	74.3	77.7	76.5	73.0	72.7	54.5	68.1	98.2	98.2			98.2		$13,140	$12,568	$572

Frequently Asked Questions about Mountainview Elementary

Is Mountainview Elementary a good school?

Mountainview Elementary ranks 838^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Mountainview Elementary in?

Saugus Union

What schools do graduates of Mountainview Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mountainview Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Arroyo Seco Junior High
High : Academy of the Canyons
High : Saugus High

What is the racial makeup of Mountainview Elementary?

Students at Mountainview Elementary are 50% White, 32% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 7% Asian, 2% African American.

How many students attend Mountainview Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 917 students attended Mountainview Elementary.

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