Isaac Newton Graham Middle

Isaac Newton Graham Middle is a medium-sized intermediate school in Mountain View, California, operated by Mountain View Whisman. The school caters to 860 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Isaac Newton Graham Middle sits 31% bigger than that benchmark.

Isaac Newton Graham Middle is one of 11 schools operated by Mountain View Whisman, a district that caters to 4,624 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Isaac Newton Graham Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% Asian, 24% White, 12% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Isaac Newton Graham Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.9%, the actual is 57.4%, a residual of -6.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household earnings sit near $164,281, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Isaac Newton Graham Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Benjamin Bubb Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Isaac Newton Graham Middle. On composite proficiency, Isaac Newton Graham Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 69.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Isaac Newton Graham Middle's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 873 (now 860). White enrollment moved from 33% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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