Mountain View High School
3535 Truman Ave.
Mountain View, CA 94040
Mountain View High School offers a comprehensive academic program supported by exceptional teachers and staff who provide the kind of nurturing and caring environment that enables students to learn and grow.
MVHS challenges students to stretch themselves toward new heights as they prepare for the rigors of further academic study and the world of work. An extensive co-curricular program allows students to expand their horizons through participation in clubs, multicultural activities, sports, and the performing arts.
Visitors to Mountain View High School remark about the sense of caring and security they feel while on the campus. There is an established an atmosphere and culture that emphasizes respect and responsibility.
Students' Needs:
MVHS's comprehensive, multifaceted curriculum is designed to challenge each and every student. MVHS offers a wide variety of programs to meet each student's special needs:
| * Honors & Advanced Placement Courses | * Work Experience/Job Shadowing |
| * Concurrent Community College Enrollment for Acceleration | * Monitoring of Individual Student Progress (MISP) in 9th grade |
| * California Mathematics League Competition | * Comprehensive Counseling Service |
| * GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) | * Community Service/Service Learning |
| * AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) | * Career and College Planning |
| * ELD (English Language Development) | * Student Study Teams |
* Special Education |
* Tutorial Center |
| * Regional Occupational Program |
Mountain View High vs. State and National Averages
| Mountain View High School | State Average | National Average | |
| Average SAT Math | 589 | 504 | 504 |
| Average SAT Verbal | 552 | 487 | 496 |
| Average ACT Math | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Average ACT Verbal | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Percent of Students attending 4-year colleges | 50% | 28% | 41% |
| Percent of Students attending junior colleges | 40% | 43% | 24% |
| National Merit Finalists | 5 |
Scores and statistics are from Realtor.com
Mountain View High's Scores on California Standardized Tests
| Reading | Math | Language | Science | Social Science | |
| 9th Grade | 94 | 97 | 93 | 96 | 96 |
| 10th Grade | 95 | 96 | 95 | 94 | 94 |
| 11 Grade | 95 | 96 | 95 | 97 | 97 |
Scores range from 1-99. A score of 99 indicates that the school scored higher than 99 percent of the other public schools in California. Scores are from "McCormack's Guides '99."
Learning Environment:
Thanks to the district's facilities renovation program, students now occupy updated classrooms, new science labs, and have access to state-of-the-art technology and computer labs.