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Best Public Schools in Mountain View, CA

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Schools

7,254

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedSpringer Elementary12^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Mariano Castro Elementary up 399 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Benjamin Bubb Elementary 17.2 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Springer Elementary	Public	K-6	1120 Rose Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 943-4200	365	18	20.4	4.9%	126 (34.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.8%)	161 (44.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	52 (14.2%)	99.1	12^th of 5817 public elementary schools	99.8%		98.9	15^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.7%	3	78.4			78.4	94.4	91.7	92.2	92.6				92.6	86.5	98.0	88.2	96.3				92.7	96%	2%	$21,429	$102	$21,327
Benjamin Bubb Elementary	Public	K-5	525 Hans Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3480	312	18	17.2	17.3%	89 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (21.5%)	104 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (16.7%)	94.4	381^st of 5817 public elementary schools	93.5%		92.7	490^th of 5857 public elementary schools	91.6%	109	73.9			73.9	71.1	73.1	76.9					74.1	78.7	75.0	73.9					75.6	≥ 98%		$25,456	$352	$25,104
Mariano Castro Elementary	Public	K-5	500 Toft St.	Mountain View	94041	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3590	248	14	17.7	82.7%	9 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	226 (91.1%)	10 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	15.4	5191^st of 5817 public elementary schools	10.8%		10.7	5590^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.6%	399	16.3			16.3	14.7	28.6	20.9					21.4	22.9	22.9	16.3					20.4	≥ 98%		$38,335	$2,023	$36,312
Isaac Newton Graham Middle	Public	6-8	1175 Castro St.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 965-9292	860	49	17.5	26.3%	203 (23.6%)	5 (0.6%)	338 (39.3%)	204 (23.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	107 (12.4%)	84.5	375^th of 2740 public middle schools	86.3%		84.4	383^rd of 2761 public middle schools	86.1%	8		54.7		54.7				60.3	69.4	60.4		63.6				55.0	61.4	61.4		59.4			$25,631	$362	$25,269
Edith Landels Elementary	Public	K-5	115 West Dana St.	Mountain View	94041	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3520	399	19	21.0	21.1%	112 (28.1%)	5 (1.3%)	131 (32.8%)	106 (26.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	43 (10.8%)	92.2	527^th of 5817 public elementary schools	90.9%		89	712^th of 5857 public elementary schools	87.8%	185	63.8			63.8	73.5	75.8	76.8					75.4	71.0	73.0	63.8					69.2	≥ 98%		$26,781	$574	$26,207
Crittenden Middle	Public	6-8	1701 Rock St.	Mountain View	94043	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 903-6945	616	35	17.5	23.7%	156 (25.3%)	11 (1.8%)	243 (39.4%)	127 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	76 (12.3%)	84.9	371^st of 2740 public middle schools	86.5%		84.8	374^th of 2761 public middle schools	86.5%	3		58.6		58.6				63.3	68.2	65.1		65.5				49.8	60.3	59.1		56.3			$24,400	$295	$24,105
Monta Loma Elementary	Public	K-5	460 Thompson Ave.	Mountain View	94043	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 903-6915	298	17	17.5	29.5%	77 (25.8%)	10 (3.4%)	132 (44.3%)	39 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	34 (11.4%)	63.8	1891^st of 5817 public elementary schools	67.5%		63.8	1889^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.7%	2	33.3			33.3	50.0	66.7	50.0					55.3	60.0	59.0	31.0					50.0	98%	0%	$28,090	$430	$27,660
Theuerkauf Elementary	Public	K-5	1625 San Luis Ave.	Mountain View	94043	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 903-6925	308	15	20.5	38.6%	54 (17.5%)	3 (1.0%)	145 (47.1%)	63 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (14.0%)	45.1	2906^th of 5817 public elementary schools	50.0%		44.7	2903^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	50.4%	3	28.9			28.9	46.2	38.5	36.5					40.0	48.8	36.8	40.4					42.0	97%	0%	$26,996	$392	$26,604
Amy Imai Elementary	Public	K-5	253 Martens Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3490	388	18	21.4	11.1%	99 (25.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (13.4%)	176 (45.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	59 (15.2%)	97.6	93^rd of 5817 public elementary schools	98.4%		97.6	106^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.2%	13	76.4			76.4	82.5	91.9	82.1					85.6	79.4	98.4	82.1					86.7	≥ 99%		$27,942	$550	$27,392
Stevenson Elementary	Public	K-5	750 San Pierre Way	Mountain View	94043	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 903-6950	461	19	24.2	13.4%	115 (24.9%)	3 (0.7%)	67 (14.5%)	186 (40.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (19.5%)	97.9	76^th of 5817 public elementary schools	98.7%		97.6	104^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.2%	28	78.4			78.4	77.9	86.2	86.4					84.0	86.8	89.7	80.7					85.6	≥ 98%		$21,861	$284	$21,577
Gabriela Mistral Elementary	Public	K-5	505 Escuela Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3575	366	18	20.3	48.4%	50 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	280 (76.5%)	14 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.0%)	50.9	2558^th of 5817 public elementary schools	56.0%		53.7	2380^th of 5857 public elementary schools	59.4%	178	42.2			42.2	47.5	45.8	44.4					46.0	47.5	28.8	40.0					38.7	≥ 98%		$25,541	$510	$25,031
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary	Public	K-5	220 North Whisman Rd.	Mountain View	94043	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 903-6952	368	18	20.4	23.4%	84 (22.8%)	8 (2.2%)	109 (29.6%)	109 (29.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	56 (15.2%)	85	918^th of 5817 public elementary schools	84.2%		78.7	1207^th of 5857 public elementary schools	79.4%	289	64.7			64.7	62.9	60.0	71.6					65.4	67.6	47.8	69.1					63.2	≥ 98%		$27,071	$542	$26,529
Mountain View High	Public	9-12	3535 Truman Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View-Los Altos Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 940-4602	2,187	118	18.4	12.7%	729 (33.3%)	31 (1.4%)	469 (21.4%)	661 (30.2%)	1 (0.0%)	11 (0.5%)	264 (12.1%)	97.8	31^st of 2135 public high schools	98.5%		96.5	70^th of 2162 public high schools	96.8%	39			70.3	70.3							88.3	88.3							72.6	72.6			$34,649	$875	$33,774
Alta Vista High	Public	9-12	1325 Bryant Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View-Los Altos Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 691-2433	78	6	13.7	50.0%	6 (7.7%)	2 (2.6%)	51 (65.4%)	7 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.7%)	5 (6.4%)	24.4	1588^th of 2135 public high schools	25.6%		28.1	1523^rd of 2162 public high schools	29.6%	65			7.7	7.7							37.9	37.9							4.4	4.4			$50,989	$6,979	$44,010

Cities Near Mountain View

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sunnyvale	2.12 mi	20	167^th
Palo Alto	3.12 mi	17	23^rd
Los Altos	3.47 mi	12	6^th
Santa Clara	4.01 mi	24	215^th
Alviso	4.64 mi	1	252^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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