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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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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
69
Classroom Teachers
6

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

1

(10 is best)

Better than 6.3% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

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

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
10%
41%
20%
55%
0%
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 11 15.9%
Grade 11 26 37.7%
Grade 12 32 46.4%
Total 69 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 9.4% 38.1% 23.2%
Black 3.1% 1.3% 5.1%
Hispanic 70.3% 28.4% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.9% 31.6% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 6.3% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 44.9% 13.3% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 40.6% 12.7% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.3% 0.6% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 117,679 38,965,193
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,208.6 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.8% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.1% 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.8% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.5% 15.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 46,688 13,434,847
Single Parent Households With Children 4.3% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.8% 84.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 77.1% 36.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 59.7% 30.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.9% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.8% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.2% 13.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.3% 11.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.5% 8.0%
$15,000 or less 3.7% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $16,492 $73,358,000 40.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,814 $8,069,000 4.5%
Staff $947 $4,212,000 2.3%
General Administration $396 $1,761,000 1.0%
School Administration $1,761 $7,833,000 4.3%
Operation $1,410 $6,272,000 3.5%
Transportation $104 $464,000 0.3%
Other $1,538 $6,839,000 3.8%
Total Support $7,970 $35,450,000 19.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $16,246 $72,264,000 39.9%
Total Expenditures $40,709 $181,072,000 100.0%
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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