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Mountain View School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
490th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 547 Utah Elementary Schools
Better than 10% of Utah elementary schools
Summary

Mountain View School is an elementary school in Salt Lake City, Utah, serving 588 students in grades PK-6. The school is part of the Salt Lake District, which is ranked 55 out of 93 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past 10 years, Mountain View School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Utah elementary schools, with a ranking between 431 and 534 out of over 500 schools.

Mountain View School faces significant challenges in student performance, attendance, and serving its high-needs population. The school consistently underperforms compared to the Salt Lake District and state averages on RISE assessments in Mathematics, Science, and English Language Arts across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 35.3% of 3rd graders at Mountain View were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 50% for the Salt Lake District and 48.6% for the state. Additionally, Mountain View School has had very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 23.8% to 45.6% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

When comparing Mountain View School to the nearby schools in the same district, such as Edison, Franklin, Whittier, Parkview, and Riley, it is clear that Mountain View is one of the lowest-performing schools in the area. The nearby schools generally have higher student performance, lower chronic absenteeism, and lower percentages of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

629
Students ?
21.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,717
Per pupil spending ?
99.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1380 S Navajo
       Salt Lake City, UT  84104

(801) 974-8315

District: Salt Lake District


Students who attend Mountain View School usually attend:

Middle:    Glendale Middle
High:    Innovations Early College High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
56.9%
Pacific Islander:
14.3%
White:
10.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 20th percentile in 2015 → 10th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Utah average (27% vs 49% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (38% vs 24% Utah)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school27%
District avg46%
Utah avg49%
490th of 547
Utah public elementary schools ?
Bottom 10%▼ down 9 pts since 2015
From bottom 20% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Utah Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
15th of 23Elementary Schools in the Salt Lake District
55th of 93Salt Lake District among Utah 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202512.4490 of 54710.4%★☆☆☆☆
20249.9512 of 5618.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.5492 of 56112.3%★☆☆☆☆
202214.0478 of 55113.2%★☆☆☆☆
20219.7510 of 5598.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.7504 of 57211.9%★☆☆☆☆
201820.3438 of 52817.0%★☆☆☆☆
201720.9435 of 52617.3%★☆☆☆☆
201623.7431 of 53319.1%★☆☆☆☆
201523.0432 of 53719.6%★☆☆☆☆
201420.6422 of 50917.1%★☆☆☆☆
201320.0507 of 57612.0%★☆☆☆☆
20129.4559 of 5793.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201116.5514 of 5638.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201018.1460 of 51811.2%★☆☆☆☆
20097.4498 of 5092.2%☆☆☆☆☆
200815.9456 of 4988.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202560.73 of 1275.0%★★★★☆
202445.510 of 2356.5%★★★☆☆
202365.45 of 2580.0%★★★★☆
202268.85 of 2680.8%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202554.114 of 3357.6%★★★☆☆
202440.427 of 4944.9%★★☆☆☆
202360.114 of 4568.9%★★★★☆
202267.68 of 4481.8%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202551.445 of 10958.7%★★★☆☆
202443.689 of 16245.1%★★☆☆☆
202337.088 of 13233.3%★★☆☆☆
202243.058 of 11147.7%★★☆☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2025)75th percentile+65 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)59th percentile+48 vs school
Hispanic (2025)58th percentile+47 vs school
By subject vs Utah (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics28%-20 vs state
Science26%-24 vs state

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Mountain View School ranks in the bottom 10.4% of Utah elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 629 students attended Mountain View School.

Students at Mountain View School are 57% Hispanic, 14% Pacific Islander, 10% White, 10% African American, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Mountain View School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Glendale Middle
High : Innovations Early College High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Utah State Board of Education.

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