Mountain View Elementary, Fresno CA

Original Research by School Decision on Mountain View Elementary

Mountain View Elementary is a public school serving kindergarten through sixth grade in Fresno, located in the Clovis Unified School District. The school enrolls a diverse student body of about six hundred students. Roughly three in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of the families the school serves. The student population is racially and ethnically mixed, with students of Hispanic, white, and Asian backgrounds making up the largest shares, along with smaller populations of Black students and others.

On California's state assessments administered in 2024-25, the school's academic performance is below the midpoint for districts in Fresno County overall. In English language arts, students across the tested grades achieved proficiency at a level roughly in line with the bottom half of comparable schools. In mathematics, proficiency was somewhat lower; across grades three through six, roughly between four in ten and half of students demonstrated proficiency. In science, assessed in grade five, about half the students met standards. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among county district schools, which reflects its relative standing against a broad comparison group, though the raw achievement numbers themselves are modest.

The data shows a single year of testing results. Prior trends are not available, so parents looking for a sense of whether the school's performance is improving, stable, or declining will not find that information in the available metrics.

Mountain View sits within Clovis Unified, a fast-growing district that is now California's twelfth largest. The district approved Measure A, a school facilities bond, in November 2024, which extends the existing property-tax rate for schools without raising it and funds completion of a new high school campus and broader infrastructure upgrades. The district also opened a new educational center in southeast Clovis in August 2025 with a new intermediate school and phased-in high school, adding capacity for rapid enrollment growth. In April 2024 the board redrew attendance boundaries district-wide, effective in the 2025-26 school year, rebalancing overcrowded and under-enrolled schools. Families considering the area should verify their address against the current boundary map, since multiple schools were reassigned.

Fresno is California's Central Valley's largest city, with a sprawling, car-dependent layout shaped by decades of outward growth. The landscape is mixed: a historic downtown core anchored by the Fulton Street mall and civic venues sits alongside cultural districts such as Chinatown, Little Italy, and the Mural District, but much of the city's population lives in single-family subdivisions distant from the center. The regional economy carries a strong agricultural imprint, with farm employment roughly three times the national average as a share of the region's total; other major employers include government, healthcare, and manufacturing. The city has recently pivoted toward downtown revitalization, with state infrastructure grants and new housing projects aimed at increasing downtown residents and anchoring future development around a planned California High-Speed Rail station.

In the 93720 zip code where Mountain View sits, median home values are below the California state benchmark, and monthly rents are similarly affordable relative to state measures. The affordability metrics suggest monthly housing costs are manageable for households with moderate incomes, though families should verify current conditions before choosing a home.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 64% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 58% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 50% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 54% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 355%

School 55% · District 63% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 63% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 65% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 654%

School 54% · District 65% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 48% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

This schoolClovis Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income46%Higher-income69%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income30%Higher-income77%47 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income56%Higher-income70%14 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income43%Higher-income67%24 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income39%Higher-income71%33 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income30%Higher-income65%34 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income40%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income54%22 pp gap