Monta Vista High

Set in Cupertino, California, Monta Vista High is a sprawling 9-12 campus, one of the schools within Fremont Union High. It enrolls 1,630 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 95% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Monta Vista High is one of 6 schools operated by Fremont Union High, a district that instructs 9,422 students overall.

Demographically, Monta Vista High lists that the largest single group is Asian, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 9% multiracial, 7% White, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Monta Vista High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 6% of students at Monta Vista High 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 below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Monta Vista High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.0%; this one delivers 88.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Santa Clara County shows the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Monta Vista High is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Abraham Lincoln Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Monta Vista High comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 83.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Monta Vista High's enrollment has shrank 31% since 2018, when it stood at 2,370 (now 1,630). White enrollment moved from 13% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 today.

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