Amy Imai Elementary

As a small elementary school in Mountain View, California, Amy Imai Elementary caters to 388 students from grades K through 5, run under Mountain View Whisman.

Within Mountain View Whisman, which oversees 11 schools and 4,624 students, Amy Imai Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Amy Imai Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% White, 15% multiracial, 13% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Amy Imai Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 11% of students at Amy Imai Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Amy Imai Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Amy Imai Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Benjamin Bubb Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Amy Imai Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Amy Imai Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 76.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Amy Imai Elementary has declined 36%, going from 605 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 38% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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