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Alta Vista High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1325 Bryant Ave.
Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone
(650) 691-2433
District
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High
County
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
72
Classroom Teachers
7

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

2

(10 is best)

Better than 17.6% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Alta Vista High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
41%
28%
55%
11%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
10
19
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 0 0.0%
Grade 10 10 13.9%
Grade 11 28 38.9%
Grade 12 34 47.2%
Total 72 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 10.6% 36.1% 23.2%
Black 1.5% 1.3% 5.1%
Hispanic 78.8% 28.6% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 7.6% 33.4% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.5% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 50.0% 14.8% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 44.4% 14.2% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.6% 0.7% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 117,210 38,965,193
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,195.8 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.7% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.5% 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.4% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.8% 15.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 46,969 13,434,847
Single Parent Households With Children 4.4% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.9% 84.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 77.5% 36.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 60.9% 30.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.6% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.7% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 6.8% 13.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.8% 11.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.4% 8.0%
$15,000 or less 3.7% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $17,773 $78,309,000 40.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,185 $9,625,000 4.9%
Staff $1,046 $4,608,000 2.4%
General Administration $554 $2,442,000 1.2%
School Administration $1,868 $8,229,000 4.2%
Operation $1,818 $8,008,000 4.1%
Transportation $219 $966,000 0.5%
Other $1,764 $7,774,000 4.0%
Total Support $9,453 $41,652,000 21.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $17,203 $75,796,000 38.7%
Total Expenditures $44,430 $195,757,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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