Mountain View High School (California)
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3535 Truman Avenue Mountain View, California United States |
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| Type | Public |
| School district | MVLA |
| Principal | David Grissom |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,851 (2012) |
| Campus | Open |
| Color(s) | Black and Gold |
| National ranking | 300 out of 300 (as of 2013) |
| Newspaper | The Oracle |
| Yearbook | Aegir |
| Website | Mountain View High School |
Mountain View High School (MVHS or MV) is located at 3535 Truman Avenue, Mountain View, California, 94040. It is one of two Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District public high schools.
The school earned the distinction of California Distinguished High School in 1988, 1994, and 2003. In 2000 and 2007, MVHS received a full 6-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school sent 97% of its graduating class of 2013 to post-secondary schools. In addition, the California Department of Education recognized Mountain View High School as a California Gold Ribbon School, citing its "Equal Opportunities Schools" program that identifies and supports first generation students taking rigorous academic courses.Newsweek ranked Mountain View High School as the 293th best public open enrollment high school in the nation in 2005 and the 280th best school in 2015.
Mountain View High School serves a diverse student body of over 1750 students from the cities of Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. As of 2012, the enrollment at Mountain View High School was 1,851. During the 2012 school year, the students were 51% White, 20% Hispanic, 25% Asian, 2% Black, 1% Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander, <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native, and 2% two or more races.
Public education in Mountain View, California dates as far as 1858, but lacked a high school. Before Mountain View High School was created in 1902, students living within the town's limits commuted by train from Downtown Mountain View Station on Castro Street to attend either Palo Alto or Santa Clara High Schools. In August 1902, the town of Mountain View opened its first school at the corner of El Camino Real and Calderon Streets, named Mountain View Union High School. By the dawn of the 1920s, the high school saw a spike in enrollment and the campus was unable to accommodate any more students. In 1922, the school district decided to build a new campus at a new location on Castro Street. The new campus first opened its doors in late August of 1924. By 1933, the opening of Moffett Field would force the school to add additional facilities on the campus to accommodate both local and the military children.
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