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Los Altos 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
201 Almond Ave.
Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone
(650) 940-8812
District
MOUNTAIN VIEW-LOS ALTOS UNION HIGH
County
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2136
Classroom Teachers
113

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.3% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Los Altos High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
77%
41%
84%
54%
69%
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
19
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 9 518 24.3%
Grade 10 519 24.3%
Grade 11 545 25.5%
Grade 12 554 25.9%
Total 2136 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 37.9% 39.7% 22.7%
Black 1.1% 1.5% 5.4%
Hispanic 29.4% 28.5% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 31.1% 29.7% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.6% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 11.2% 11.1% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 11.1% 10.9% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.1% 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%