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Mountain View High School (Mountain View, California)

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Coordinates: 37°21′36″N 122°04′03″W / 37.36000°N 122.06750°W / 37.36000; -122.06750
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Mountain View High School
MVHS theater and entrance
Location
Map
3535 Truman Avenue

Mountain View
,
California 94040

United States
Information
TypePublic
School districtMVLAUHD
SuperintendentEric Volta
PrincipalKip Glazer
Teaching staff114.42 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,187 (2024-2025)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.24[1]
CampusOpen
Color     
MascotSpartans
NewspaperThe Oracle [2]
WebsiteMountain View High School

Mountain View High School (MVHS) is located at 3535 Truman Avenue, Mountain View, California, 94040. It is one of two Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District public high schools - the other being Los Altos High School, located adjacently to the south. The three main feeder schools are Graham Middle School, Crittenden Middle School, and Blach Intermediate School.

History

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Education in Mountain View dates to 1858, but the community did not have a local high school until the early twentieth century. Prior to 1902, students seeking secondary education traveled by train to attend Palo Alto High School or Santa Clara High School. In 1902, Mountain View opened its first high school at the intersection of present-day El Camino Real and Calderón Avenue. The school’s original colors were blue and gray, and its mascot was the eagle.

As Mountain View grew following World War I, the original campus became insufficient to serve the increasing student population. In 1924, a larger campus opened on Castro Street. Over the following years, additional facilities were added, including an auditorium and gymnasium. Enrollment increased further after the opening of Moffett Field in 1933, as the school began admitting children of military personnel stationed in the area.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese American students were removed from the school in accordance with Executive Order 9066 and sent to internment camps. After World War II, Mountain View experienced significant population growth during the postwar baby boom. New high schools opened within the district, including Los Altos High School in 1956 and Awalt High School in 1961.

In 1981, the original Mountain View High School closed due to declining enrollment. Awalt High School subsequently adopted the Mountain View High School name while retaining its Spartan mascot. Los Altos High School discontinued use of its Knights mascot. In later decades, Mountain View High School received national recognition in various high school rankings. In 2016, the school received national media attention following controversy surrounding a classroom lesson by a social studies teacher that compared then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to a dictator.

Statistics

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Awards and ranking

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The school earned the distinction of California Distinguished High School in 1988, 1994, and 2003.[3] In 2000, 2007, 2013, and 2019, MVHS received a full 6-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school sent 95% of its graduating class of 2019 to post-secondary schools.[4] In addition, the California Department of Education recognized Mountain View High School as a California Gold Ribbon School, citing its "Equal Opportunities Schools" program that identifies and supports first generation students taking rigorous academic courses.[5] Newsweek ranked Mountain View High School as the 293rd best public open enrollment high school in the nation in 2005 and the 280th best school in 2015.[6][7]

Demographics

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Further information: Mountain View, California § Demographics

Mountain View High School serves a diverse student body of over 2000 students from the cities of Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. As of 2025–2026 school year, the enrollment at Mountain View High School was 2,187. During the 2025-2026 school year, the students were 33.8% White, 21.6% Hispanic, 30.9% Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.4% Black, <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native, and 12.3% two or more races.[8]

Standardized testing

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SAT Scores for 2019–2020 [9][4][10]
Math Average Writing Average
Mountain View High School 652 633
District 650 632
Statewide 534 531

Classes

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The high school holds an open enrollment policy: any student may register for any class being offered at the school, regardless of a student's grade. Mountain View High, like most Bay Area schools, offers all 8 of the AP advanced STEM classes. Environmental Science AP and Psychology AP were added as class options for the academic year of 2013–2014.

Athletics

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MVHS Athletics is part of Central Coast Section (CCS), which governs High School Athletics from San Francisco to King City, and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). The school sponsors the following interscholastic teams for young men and women: basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, football, baseball, volleyball, badminton, lacrosse, wrestling, and water polo.

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mountain View High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  2. ^ The Oracle Online
  3. ^ California Distinguished Schools Program
  4. ^ a b "Mountain View High School 2019-2020 Profile" (PDF). Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  5. ^ 2015 California Gold Ribbon Schools Award
  6. ^ America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com Archived February 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "America's Top High Schools 2015". Newsweek Magazine. August 19, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  8. ^ "Mountain View High Student Body". Data Quest. California Department of Education. 2020. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  9. ^ "2019 California SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report" (PDF). College Board. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 24, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  10. ^ "Los Altos High School 2019-2020 Profile" (PDF). Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  11. ^ Hill, Sommer (May 17, 2023). "Faces of NPR AAPI Heritage Month: Ailsa Chang". NPR. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  12. ^ "Player Bio: Erik Davis". Stanford University sports. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  13. ^ "Top-Seeded UCLA Seeks Fourth Consecutive NCAA Title". UCLA Bruins. May 6, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  14. ^ "UCLA Alumnus Blake Krikorian Has Died at 48". UCLA Bruins Men's Water Polo. August 4, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  15. ^ "Allie Montoya - Women's Soccer 2024". Stanford Cardinal - Official Athletics Website.
  16. ^ "Harvard, Yale and others accept sizable crop of high school seniors". Los Altos Town Crier.
  17. ^ "Kendal Smith". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  18. ^ "From MV to D.C.: Pulitzer Prize-winning Mountain View alumnus chats with mentor". Los Altos Town Crier. October 15, 2008. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  19. ^ "Maya Higa's High School Career Home". www.maxpreps.com. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
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