Mountain View High School

2135 Mountain View Road

School District

Stafford County Public Schools
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:9
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 13, 2021

All 3 of our children graduated from Mountainview. We feel truly blessed to have been in the MHS district! 2 of our children completed the International Baccalaureate (IBS) program and were early admissions to University of Virginia. Both graduated from UVA and are positive that their enrollment in the IB program was a key to their success. All 3 were in the orchestra as well as other clubs and school activities and loved their experience at Mountainview!!
Submitted by other on June 27, 2021

Both of our oldest teens attended Mtn View HS and it was a great experience. Our kids seemed to have less issues with cliques or bullying or any of the other typical HS issues. The principal is fantastic, the teachers care, the counselors take time to meet with kids and parents. We've been overseas and lived in several states (being in the military) and we were VERY happy with MVHS. Our kids were involved in the culinary program, swim team, and Marine Corps JROTC. Compared to other high schools in the area, we are glad our kids went to MVHS instead of North Stafford, Stafford, or even Colonial Forge. In fact, we have one more going into MVHS and we look forward to a good experience again.
Submitted by parent on July 28, 2020

Excellent School. Strong academics, sports and activities. The principal is fantastic, well liked by parents, teachers AND students.
Submitted by parent on June 25, 2020

We came up from Florida for our Granddaughters graduaion ceremony last week. We didn't know what to expect. It was wonderful. It was very apparent the principal and staff were enjoying themselves as much as the students and families were. They obviously put a lot of thought and effort into the ceremonies to make them special for each student and their families. We could tell the principal and staff cared greatly for each student. Thank you for a wonderful experience, especially in these troubled times. We and our family appreciate everything you all did for our granddaughter and all of the other families.
Submitted by parent on January 29, 2020

Excellent High School. The administration really cares about the kids.
Submitted by parent on December 18, 2019

Excellent High School, from both a student and parent perspective.
Submitted by parent on June 13, 2019

MV is a wonderful school that is academically challenging, provides a magnitude of activities and clubs, and has competitive sports!
Submitted by student on January 17, 2019

Eh, it was ok, but I'm sure it could have been a lot worse elsewhere
Submitted by student on March 28, 2017

The teachers are fantastic, as are the classes I have to choose from. The cafeteria food is TERRIBLE, and students are not allowed to leave the building to get any other alternative food option. The security guards are very rude, demanding where you are going as if you're some hooligan about to shoot up a school instead of an innocent student walking to the bathroom. Staff can be very difficult when it comes to incidents in the home, such as a death in the family, a surgery or serious disease that has the student out for weeks, or anything else that cannot be helped. Once had the school call my parents to verify I was not forging my doctor's notes to get out of school. Just ridiculous and overly suspicious. I get that in recent times, schools need to be on guard, but stop treating every single student like they're up to something bad.
Submitted by other on September 03, 2016

Their utter lack of shop classes is a incredible disappointment. At my old school i could take welding and woodshop and all that stuff as a freshman, but here you cannot until youre a junior as it requires you to take a bus to another school. The cirriculum is terrible. I just hate this school.
Submitted by parent on May 16, 2011

My three older children graduated from Colonial Forge High School having attended from 2000 to 2008. We saw the school change dramatically over that course of time and decided to enroll our 4th child at Mountain View HS in the IB program. We couldn't be happier with the school - students, faculty and staff are wonderful and communication between the administration and the parents is exceptional. I find the incidence rates in the school are lower than they were at Colonial Forge, comparatively speaking. And while many in the school district insist the scores are higher at one school over another, I personaly don't see it. The history scores are 1% lower but their reading and writing scores are higher as of 2010. It's a perfect fit for my child - academically, athletically, and socially.