Gabriela Mistral Elementary

Gabriela Mistral Elementary is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in Mountain View, California, part of Mountain View Whisman, with 366 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 21% smaller than typical.

Mountain View Whisman runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,624 students. Gabriela Mistral Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Gabriela Mistral Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder comes out to 14% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Gabriela Mistral Elementary logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Gabriela Mistral Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household earnings sit near $164,281, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Gabriela Mistral Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mariano Castro Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Gabriela Mistral Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Gabriela Mistral Elementary's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 366). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 59% to 77%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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