Monte Vista High

Located at 3131 Stone Valley Rd., in Danville, California, Monte Vista High is a sprawling four-year high school that caters to 2,042 students (grades 9 through 12), part of San Ramon Valley Unified. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 144% larger than typical.

San Ramon Valley Unified runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 28,554 students. Monte Vista High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Monte Vista High records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 38% Asian, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Monte Vista High has 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Contra Costa County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Monte Vista High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.3%, the actual is 71.6%, a residual of -4.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Contra Costa County reports that median household income runs about $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Monte Vista High is one.

The closest other public school is Los Cerros Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monte Vista High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 2,428 students in 2018 compared to 2,042 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 61% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 in 2025.

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