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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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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
62
Classroom Teachers
5

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

5

(10 is best)

Better than 46.8% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

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

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
29%
41%
47%
54%
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
12
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 4 6.5%
Grade 11 16 25.8%
Grade 12 42 67.7%
Total 62 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 8.1% 39.7% 22.7%
Black 3.2% 1.5% 5.4%
Hispanic 85.5% 28.5% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 29.7% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.6% 0.6% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 37.1% 11.1% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 37.1% 10.9% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.3% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 117,844 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,511.3 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.7% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.7% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.9% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 13.9% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 46,295 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 4.0% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.0% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 75.7% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 56.4% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.5% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.4% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.0% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.8% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.0% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 4.0% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,184 $64,125,864 43.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,719 $7,771,599 5.3%
Staff $1,001 $4,525,521 3.1%
General Administration $430 $1,944,030 1.3%
School Administration $1,570 $7,097,970 4.8%
Operation $1,346 $6,085,266 4.1%
Transportation $191 $863,511 0.6%
Other $1,385 $6,261,585 4.2%
Total Support $7,642 $34,549,482 23.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $10,819 $48,912,699 33.1%
Total Expenditures $32,645 $147,588,045 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%