Summary:
ZIP code 96003 has one middle school, Mountain View Middle, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 327 students. In 2025–26, its all-grades proficiency was 41% in English language arts (ELA), 23% in math and 31% in science, compared with statewide rates of 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. Math is the clearest concern: the school’s result was 15 percentage points below the state, and it trailed the state in every reported grade, with the largest gap—19 points—in grade 6.
Because it is the only school listed, Mountain View Middle is both the area’s highest and lowest by default; there is no school-to-school comparison. Science is its strongest all-grades subject relative to the state, though still 5 points below; it was nearly level with Columbia Elementary district results, at 31% versus 31%. Eighth grade offers a brighter spot: ELA proficiency was 51%, 2 points above the same-grade state result, and science was 36%, essentially level with the state. By contrast, grade 6 ELA was 24%, 24 points below the state.
Results moved farther behind the state from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects: the school’s ELA rate slipped from 42% to 41%, math from 25% to 23%, and science edged from 31% to 31%, while state results rose in each subject. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from the 65th percentile in 2023–24 to the 40th percentile in 2025–26. Other context: the student-teacher ratio was 18.2:1 in 2024–25, and 41% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–26 was 12%, below the state’s 18% but above the district’s 8%.
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