Monta Vista High School
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21840 McClellan Road Cupertino, California 95014 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°18′52″N 122°03′24″W / 37.3145°N 122.0567°WCoordinates: 37°18′52″N 122°03′24″W / 37.3145°N 122.0567°W |
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| Type | Public four-year high school |
| Established | 1969 |
| School district | Fremont Union High School District |
| Principal | April Scott |
| Staff | 169 (2014–2015) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2373 (2014–15) |
| Color(s) | Purple and gold |
| Athletics conference | Santa Clara Valley Athletic League |
| Nickname | Matadors |
| USNWR ranking | 92 |
| Newspaper | El Estoque |
| Yearbook | El Valedor |
| Website | Monta Vista High School |
Monta Vista High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Silicon Valley city of Cupertino, California, US. Part of the Fremont Union High School District, the school serves most of the suburban residential and industrial technology enriched area of western Cupertino. Monta Vista is ranked by Newsweek as one of the top public high schools in California, and ranked 92 by US News & World Report.
Monta Vista High opened in 1969, initially offering only freshman and sophomore classes; the first class graduated in 1972. The first year also included the freshman class from Fremont High in Sunnyvale, which were displaced by a fire in the main building after the 1969 graduation. Since then, its student body size has averaged about 2400 students. The campus can be seen featured in the 1973 comedy film The Cheerleaders, about a cheer squad that sleeps with the opposing football team to weaken the offense. Many of the common MVHS sites, such as the rally court and closet under the B-building stairs, can be seen featured in the film.
For the 2014–15 school year, Monta Vista reported enrollment of 2373 students, with demographics as 79.8% Asian, 16.4% White, and 3.8% Other (African American, Latino, Native American). 3.1% of students were classified as Limited English.
A controversial 2005 Wall Street Journal article described the influx of Asians at Monta Vista and suggested that the school was experiencing a "white flight" caused by White American families feeling overwhelmed by the academic focus of the school's majority Asian American students.
In 2012 and 2013, Monta Vista scored 10/10 with 956 points out of 1000 for the Academic Performance Index; this score is the highest API score of all high schools in the Santa Clara County, followed by Lynbrook High (946) and Saratoga High (933). After analyzing 21,069 public high schools in America, US News & World Report issued America's Best High Schools in 2009 which ranked Monta Vista #73. In 2007, Newsweek's 1,200 top U.S. schools ranked Monta Vista #85, the 7th Californian high school. The highest ranked school in the Fremont Union High School District, The Washington Post magazine ranked Monta Vista as the 57th best high school in the United States, the fourth highest academically performing high school in all of California, and the highest academically ranked school in the Fremont Union High School District in 2005. Though these rankings exclude private schools, many have selective admission policies, whereas public schools like Monta Vista and Lynbrook are open to all students that live within the assigned school boundaries, and each year proof of residency is required and verified for enrollment. For this reason, these rankings do not necessarily provide accurate results for all high schools.
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