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Mountain View-Los Altos Union School District

Public school districtGrades 9–12Regional · 4 towns

Serves Mountain View, Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, and parts of Sunnyvale.

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

Students
4,435
Schools
3
Spent per student
$33,926
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
18:1
Free or reduced lunch
15%
Debt
$226M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Mountain View-Los Altos Union School District

  • Its letter, A: results better than 94% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 36 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 36 pts above the state
  • Graduation rate 8 pts above the state
  • Spends 60% more per student than the CA average
  • 18 students per teacher
  • Debt of $226M, about $50,959 per student
  • Only 74% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A: better than 94% 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
A+
GraduationFour-year graduation well above the state, class of 2023
B+
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
AMountain View 85,438A+Palo Alto 67,609A+Los Altos 30,965A+Los Altos Hills 8,419

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Mountain View. Grade by grade →

K–59 elementary schoolsMountain View Whisman Elementary School District
6–82 middle schoolsMountain View Whisman Elementary School District
9–12Mountain View HighThis district

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency69%
State average 33.1% · 848 students tested
Reading / language arts83%
State average 46.7% · 868 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)94%
State average 86.2% · 1,187 in the class

74% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

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
$33,926 per student · 60% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 63%Support & administration 35%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 88%State 11%Federal 1%

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

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

Enrollment over time
4,537’20
4,514’21
4,430’22
4,388’23
4,435’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 31%Asian 30%Hispanic 26%Two or more races 11%Black 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

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

Mountain View High
High · Grades 9–12 · Mountain View
A+
2,187 students18:1
Los Altos High
High · Grades 9–12 · Los Altos
A+
2,170 students18:1
Alta Vista High
High · Grades 9–12 · Mountain View
B+
78 students14:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Fremont Union High School DistrictCupertino, Santa Clara
$24,927per student
Sequoia Union High School DistrictEast Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Portola Valley
$27,344per student
Cupertino Union Elementary School DistrictCupertino
$18,329per student
Ravenswood City Elementary School DistrictEast Palo Alto, Menlo Park
$39,727per student

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.