How do I obtain the result summary from within a form on the view page? I have a design requirement or ask that wants to have a search form at the top of a Views page look like the attached image.



So there is an exposed full text input, exposed sort by filters.

However, the result summary for the view would appear to need to go in the middle of the form.

Since this is on a View page, is there a way to get the current View and fetch its result summary within a hook_form_alter()?
However, the result summary for the view would appear to need to go in
  the middle of the form.
  
  Since this is on a View page, is there a way to get the current View
  and fetch its result summary within a hook_form_alter()?


Don't complicate your Drupal life, and just KISS.

I assume you already added the Result Summary to your View's header. So just:

style.css

.view-id-[your-id] .view-header {

  position: absolute;
  top: 70px;

}