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Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Mountain View, and parts of Sunnyvale.

Mountain View’s School Grade A better than 93% of California school districts

Students
4,624
Schools
11
Spent per student
$25,472
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
19:1
Free or reduced lunch
28%
Debt
$353.5M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District

  • Its letter, A: results better than 93% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 26 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 19 pts above the state
  • Spends 20% more per student than the CA average
  • 19 students per teacher
  • Debt of $353.5M, about $76,443 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A: better than 93% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
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The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Mountain View. Grade by grade →

K–59 elementary schoolsThis district
6–82 middle schoolsThis district
9–12Mountain View HighMountain View-Los Altos Union School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency59%
State average 33.1% · 2,934 students tested
Reading / language arts66%
State average 46.7% · 2,887 students tested

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 94% at Mountain View-Los Altos Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$25,472 per student · 20% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 62%Support & administration 34%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 83%State 14%Federal 3%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
4,748’20
4,507’21
4,509’22
4,572’23
4,624’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 39%Asian 25%White 23%Two or more races 13%Black <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

11 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.