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Monta Vista High

Public Grades 9-12

48^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 98% of California high schools

Summary

Monta Vista High is a large, top-performing public high school serving about 1,630 students in grades 9-12 within the highly-regarded Fremont Union High district in Cupertino, consistently ranking among the top 2% of all California high schools.

The school's strengths are clear: exceptional graduation rates (97.5%), remarkably low chronic absenteeism (7.1%), and strong, consistent test scores across all subjects. It also shows impressive effectiveness in supporting specific student subgroups, with its special education program recently ranked #7 in the state. However, it's important for parents to know that Monta Vista exists in an extraordinary cluster of elite schools; within just a few miles, you'll find other top-100 schools like Lynbrook High (#19), Cupertino High (#49), Saratoga High (#54), and Mountain View High (#70). Notably, Lynbrook High consistently outperforms Monta Vista across all academic metrics despite nearly identical resources and demographics.

While Monta Vista delivers outstanding results, recent data shows some trends to watch, including a slight decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years and dips in test scores and subgroup performance for some populations. The school's performance is part of a broader pattern within its own district, where schools like Homestead High and Fremont High show varied outcomes despite similar per-student funding, highlighting that factors beyond budget influence performance.

1,630

Students ?

23.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,048

Per pupil spending ?

Free/discounted lunch ?

21840 McClellan Rd.
Cupertino, CA 95014-4055

(408) 366-7600

District: Fremont Union High

Feeder schools for Monta Vista High:

Elementary:	Abraham Lincoln Elementary
	Blue Hills Elementary
	Garden Gate Elementary
	Stevens Creek Elementary
Middle:	John F. Kennedy Middle

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

78.7%

Two or more races:

8.6%

White:

7.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 100th percentile in 2015 → 98th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (81% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 2% of California high schools

✓98% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school81%

District avg73%

California avg41%

48^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 2%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 5High Schools in the Fremont Union High

57^th of 1,543Fremont Union High among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.3	48 of 2162	97.8%	★★★★★
2024	98.5	28 of 2159	98.7%	★★★★★
2023	98.9	20 of 2170	99.1%	★★★★★
2022	98.9	18 of 2123	99.2%	★★★★★
2021	97.3	24 of 1290	98.1%	★★★★★
2019	98.9	21 of 2133	99.0%	★★★★★
2018	97.7	33 of 2017	98.4%	★★★★★
2017	97.8	15 of 2021	99.3%	★★★★★
2016	98.4	8 of 2039	99.6%	★★★★★
2015	98.6	7 of 1994	99.6%	★★★★★
2013	89.9	30 of 2426	98.8%	★★★★★
2012	90.1	33 of 2354	98.6%	★★★★★
2011	92.6	16 of 2367	99.3%	★★★★★
2010	94.6	8 of 2281	99.6%	★★★★★
2009	88.6	19 of 2238	99.2%	★★★★★
2008	85.3	61 of 2117	97.1%	★★★★★
2007	87.5	48 of 2063	97.7%	★★★★★
2006	89.6	33 of 1968	98.3%	★★★★★
2005	90.9	21 of 1901	98.9%	★★★★★
2004	88.2	30 of 1653	98.2%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	80.0	110 of 585	81.2%	★★★★☆
2024	86.7	47 of 573	91.8%	★★★★★
2023	87.3	36 of 591	93.9%	★★★★★
2022	87.9	38 of 581	93.5%	★★★★★
2019	90.3	26 of 582	95.5%	★★★★★
2018	87.7	39 of 581	93.3%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	99.9	5 of 1161	99.6%	★★★★★
2019	96.7	34 of 1117	97.0%	★★★★★
2018	87.8	99 of 1052	90.6%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	79.0	86 of 1085	92.1%	★★★★★
2022	100.0	4 of 1044	99.6%	★★★★★
2018	94.6	45 of 938	95.2%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.8	37 of 1906	98.1%	★★★★★
2024	98.0	24 of 1915	98.7%	★★★★★
2023	98.2	27 of 1915	98.6%	★★★★★
2022	98.2	28 of 1858	98.5%	★★★★★
2021	96.6	26 of 1054	97.5%	★★★★★
2019	98.2	23 of 1833	98.7%	★★★★★
2018	96.8	25 of 1760	98.6%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	98.3	33 of 1900	98.3%	★★★★★
2024	93.9	91 of 1902	95.2%	★★★★★
2022	94.8	74 of 1861	96.0%	★★★★★
2019	73.7	369 of 1814	79.7%	★★★★☆
2018	85.0	227 of 1742	87.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	84.0	267 of 2013	86.7%	★★★★☆
2024	90.6	151 of 2026	92.5%	★★★★★
2023	97.1	57 of 2030	97.2%	★★★★★
2022	98.6	31 of 1943	98.4%	★★★★★
2019	98.0	34 of 1937	98.2%	★★★★★
2018	95.5	79 of 1862	95.8%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.3	52 of 1942	97.3%	★★★★★
2024	98.4	40 of 1948	97.9%	★★★★★
2023	99.2	18 of 1963	99.1%	★★★★★
2022	99.3	16 of 1916	99.2%	★★★★★
2021	97.8	23 of 1122	98.0%	★★★★★
2019	99.2	15 of 1880	99.2%	★★★★★
2018	98.0	37 of 1834	98.0%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.4	44 of 577	92.4%	★★★★★
2024	93.8	21 of 574	96.3%	★★★★★
2023	96.1	11 of 541	98.0%	★★★★★
2022	94.2	7 of 515	98.6%	★★★★★
2019	89.2	26 of 422	93.8%	★★★★★
2018	87.8	32 of 366	91.3%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	99.9	7 of 1252	99.4%	★★★★★
2024	87.1	98 of 1216	91.9%	★★★★★
2023	94.8	47 of 1197	96.1%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	76.3	255 of 1155	77.9%	★★★★☆
2024	94.2	37 of 1173	96.8%	★★★★★
2023	94.8	39 of 1193	96.7%	★★★★★
2022	93.9	41 of 1204	96.6%	★★★★★
2019	95.6	27 of 1222	97.8%	★★★★★
2018	91.4	61 of 1173	94.8%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2022)100th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)99th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)98th percentile~ school

Female (2025)98th percentile~ school

Male (2025)97th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)92nd percentile-5 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)92nd percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)87th percentile-11 vs school

Asian (2025)81st percentile-17 vs school

White (2025)78th percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics86%+48 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy83%+35 vs state

Science74%+41 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Friday, December 30, 2016

Cupertino is an excellent place to bring up children and I have been 100 impressed with the education that these kids have received from Monta Vista High. They are very well educated, the teachers care about these young adults, and community really cares about them too. I have worked with the youth from many different communities for quite some time now and I can really see the difference with the children from Cupertino. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Monta Vista High	Public	9-12	21840 McClellan Rd.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 366-7600	1,630	68	23.9	6.0%	118 (7.2%)	1 (0.1%)	75 (4.6%)	1,282 (78.7%)	8 (0.5%)	6 (0.4%)	140 (8.6%)	97.3	48^th of 2162 public high schools	97.8%		98.5	28^th of 2159 public high schools	98.7%	20	74.3		73.5	83.3	83.3	85.7	85.7	$24,048	$326	$23,722
Homestead High	Public	9-12	21370 Homestead Rd.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-2500	2,224	98	22.6	15.9%	524 (23.6%)	18 (0.8%)	458 (20.6%)	973 (43.8%)	8 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	240 (10.8%)	93.2	140^th of 2162 public high schools	93.5%		96.4	79^th of 2159 public high schools	96.3%	61	63.1	27.8	60.0	74.6	74.6	68.1	68.1	$22,511	$293	$22,218
Cupertino High	Public	9-12	10100 Finch Ave.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 366-7300	1,800	79	22.9	10.2%	168 (9.3%)	7 (0.4%)	196 (10.9%)	1,285 (71.4%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	137 (7.6%)	97.2	49^th of 2162 public high schools	97.7%		98.2	35^th of 2159 public high schools	98.4%	14	75.9	29.4	74.2	84.5	84.5	81.6	81.6	$23,811	$267	$23,544
Community Day	Public	9-12	589 West Fremont Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-2233	6	3	2.2		0 (0.0%)	1 (16.7%)	4 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								$90,920	$146	$90,774
Fremont High	Public	9-12	575 West Fremont Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-2400	2,060	97	21.1	23.7%	326 (15.8%)	27 (1.3%)	899 (43.6%)	640 (31.1%)	18 (0.9%)	14 (0.7%)	136 (6.6%)	84.2	329^th of 2162 public high schools	84.8%		82.8	362^nd of 2159 public high schools	83.2%	33	50.5	6.7	49.2	66.6	66.6	47.0	47.0	$23,841	$384	$23,457
Lynbrook High	Public	9-12	1280 Johnson Ave.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Fremont Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 366-7700	1,702	74	23.1	6.5%	93 (5.5%)	5 (0.3%)	61 (3.6%)	1,395 (82.0%)	11 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	136 (8.0%)	98.8	19^th of 2162 public high schools	99.1%		99.2	14^th of 2159 public high schools	99.4%	5	85.9		85.3	92.0	92.0	92.7	92.7	$24,485	$466	$24,019
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%)	28.1	1523^rd of 2162 public high schools	29.6%		26.8	1555^th of 2159 public high schools	28.0%	32		15.4	15.4	35.0	35.0	5.3	5.3	$53,369	$9,330	$44,039
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%)	96.5	70^th of 2162 public high schools	96.8%		97.3	60^th of 2159 public high schools	97.2%	10		66.7	66.7	80.1	80.1	68.6	68.6	$31,795	$1,081	$30,714
Prospect High	Public	9-12	18900 Prospect Rd.	Saratoga	95070	Santa Clara County	Campbell Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 626-3408	1,460	68	21.4	49.2%	275 (18.8%)	57 (3.9%)	572 (39.2%)	438 (30.0%)	11 (0.8%)	11 (0.8%)	90 (6.2%)	75.4	488^th of 2162 public high schools	77.4%		84.2	342^nd of 2159 public high schools	84.2%	146	41.9		41.5	55.9	55.9	45.5	45.5	$20,461	$1,516	$18,945
Saratoga High	Public	9-12	20300 Herriman Ave.	Saratoga	95070	Santa Clara County	Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 867-3411	1,161	61	19.0	3.4%	189 (16.3%)	3 (0.3%)	62 (5.3%)	732 (63.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	169 (14.6%)	97	54^th of 2162 public high schools	97.5%		98	42^nd of 2159 public high schools	98.1%	12	64.5		64.2	85.9	85.9	79.3	79.3	$24,505	$1,250	$23,255

Frequently Asked Questions about Monta Vista High

How many students attend Monta Vista High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,630 students attended Monta Vista High.

What schools feed into Monta Vista High?

Monta Vista High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Abraham Lincoln Elementary
Elementary : Blue Hills Elementary
Elementary : Garden Gate Elementary
Elementary : Stevens Creek Elementary
Middle : John F. Kennedy Middle

What is the racial makeup of Monta Vista High?

Students at Monta Vista High are 79% Asian, 9% Two or more races, 7% White, 5% Hispanic.

Is Monta Vista High a good school?

Yes! Monta Vista High is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 48^th of 2162 California high schools.

What district is Monta Vista High in?

Fremont Union High

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