Summary:
Mountain View Whisman has two middle schools serving grades 6–8: Isaac Newton Graham Middle and Crittenden Middle. In 2025–2026, both schools scored above California in ELA, math, and science, and the two-school averages were 64% in ELA, 58% in math, and 57% in science. The area’s strongest advantage over the state was in science, where its average was 21 percentage points higher.
Neither school leads in every subject: Crittenden was ahead in ELA and science, while Graham led in math. Crittenden posted 65% in ELA and 59% in science, compared with Graham’s 64% and 55%; Graham reached 59% in math, against Crittenden’s 56%. Those leads were about 2 points for Crittenden in ELA, 4 in science, and 3 for Graham in math. Grade-level results add nuance: Graham led grade 7 ELA by 1 point, while Crittenden led in grades 6 and 8; Graham led math in all three grades, including by 5 points in grade 6. Even Crittenden’s grade 6 math result, 50%, was above the state’s 37%.
Scores rose at both schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, though science was mixed against the state: the area average gained 2 points, while California gained 3. SchoolDigger gives both schools four stars; its 2025–2026 rankings place Crittenden at 363 of 2,703 California schools and Graham at 367, with both improving their rankings since 2023–2024. The schools report the same 17.5 student-teacher ratio for 2024–2025. Their 2024–2025 low-income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible, was 26% at Graham and 24% at Crittenden; these are differences in context, not explanations for scores. Chronic absenteeism was 11% at Graham and 13% at Crittenden, compared with 10% districtwide.
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