Mountain Vista Elementary is a public school in Indio for grades K–6 with about 580 students. The school has classrooms that are about the right size for structured instruction, with a student-teacher ratio of about 21:1. About 17% of students meet or exceed proficiency standards in math, and about 29% do the same in English Language Arts, according to performance data. Mountain Vista Elementary's main goals are to teach the basics of reading and writing, as well as math skills that are in line with state standards. The student body is very culturally and ethnically diverse, which is in line with Indio's population. State averages for public funding per student are in line with this school. This money goes toward hiring teachers, running intervention programs, and providing student services. The school is in the Coachella Valley and serves a growing residential community where housing costs are lower than in most of Southern California. Mountain Vista Elementary still has a lot of work to do in the area of targeted support programs that improve academic outcomes. This school is working hard to be one of the top elementary schools in California.