Mountain View High School (Mountain View, California)
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. The two main feeder schools are Graham Middle School and Blach Intermediate School.
| Mountain View High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
3535 Truman Avenue , California 94040 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | MVLAUHD |
| Superintendent | Nellie Meyer |
| Principal | Kip Glazer |
| Teaching staff | 121.72 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,316 (2021-22)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.03[1] |
| Campus | Open |
| Color(s) | |
| Mascot | Spartans |
| Newspaper | The Oracle [2] |
| Website | Mountain View High School |
MVHS theater and entrance | |
Statistics edit
Awards and ranking edit
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 edit
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 2018–2019 school year, the enrollment at Mountain View High School was 2,062. During the 2019 school year, the students were 40% White, 23% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 3% Filipino, 2% Black, 1% Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander, <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native, and 10% two or more races.[8]
Standardized testing edit
History edit
Public education in Mountain View, California dates as far as 1858, but lacked a high school. Before Mountain View High School was created in 1902, students living within the town's limits commuted by train from Downtown Mountain View Station on Castro Street to attend either Palo Alto or Santa Clara High Schools. In August 1902, the town of Mountain View opened its first school at the corner of El Camino Real and Calderon Streets, named Mountain View Union High School.[citation needed] By the dawn of the 1920s, the high school saw a spike in enrollment and the campus was unable to accommodate any more students. In 1922, the school district built a new campus at a new location on Castro Street. The new campus first opened its doors in late August 1924. Several years later, in 1933, the opening of Moffett Field pushed the expansion of the campus with additional facilities to accommodate military children.
By the 1950s, Mountain View Union High School was once again facing challenges with a growing student body and, in 1956, the district added Los Altos High; in the once small rural town of Los Altos. By 1961, the district added an additional high school near Grant Road at the corners of Truman and Bryant. This was named Chester F. Awalt High School, the first superintendent of the district. Mountain View Union High School was closed in 1981 due to declining enrollment. Mountain View School District (known today as MVLA) decided to sell the original school buildings back to the city and relocate to the Awalt High School location, changing Awalt's name to Mountain View. Los Altos High School adopted the MV school colors and mascot. Thus, Mountain View became the black and gold Spartans and Los Altos dropped the Knights and became the blue and gray Eagles.
Classes edit
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 edit
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, volleyball, badminton, lacrosse, wrestling, and water polo.
Notable alumni edit
- Erik Davis, Major League Baseball pitcher, formerly with the Washington Nationals[11]
- Adam Krikorian, head coach of the UCLA water polo team and the US women's Olympic water polo team[12]
- Blake Krikorian, technology entrepreneur[13]
- Brendan Nyhan, political scientist[14]
- Kendal Smith, NFL player[15]
- Jose Antonio Vargas, Washington Post reporter and 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner[16]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Mountain View High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- ^ The Oracle Online
- ^ California Distinguished Schools Program
- ^ a b "Mountain View High School 2019-2020 Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ 2015 California Gold Ribbon Schools Award
- ^ America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com February 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "America's Top High Schools 2015". Newsweek Magazine. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
- ^ . Data Quest. California Department of Education. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ "2019 California SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report" (PDF). College Board. (PDF) from the original on 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ "Los Altos High School 2019-2020 Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ "Player Bio: Erik Davis". Stanford University sports. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ^ "Top-Seeded UCLA Seeks Fourth Consecutive NCAA Title". UCLA Bruins. May 6, 2008. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ^ "UCLA Alumnus Blake Krikorian Has Died at 48". UCLA Bruins Men's Water Polo. 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ^ Staff, Town Crier. "Harvard, Yale and others accept sizable crop of high school seniors". Los Altos Town Crier.
- ^ . profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ^ [/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1455&Itemid=56 "From MV to D.C.: Pulitzer Prize-winning Mountain View alumnus chats with mentor"]. Los Altos Online. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
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External links edit
- Official website
- The Oracle, MVHS school newspaper
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