Summary
Crittenden Middle serves 616 students in grades 6–8 in Mountain View, California. Its 2025–2026 results were above California’s proficiency levels in English language arts (ELA), math, and science, but its performance is less strong against its district and nearby schools. The most important concern is sixth-grade math: 50% of students were proficient, compared with 60% in grade 7 and 59% in grade 8, and the sixth-grade result was below the district’s.
Science is the school’s strongest subject relative to its district, while math is its clearest comparative weakness. Overall, Crittenden scored 59% in science—2 points above the Mountain View Whisman district—and 56% in math, 4 points below it. Compared with California, Crittenden was ahead by 16 points in ELA, 18 in math, and 23 in science. Among nearby schools serving grades 6–8, its ELA and science results were 3 and 1 points above the peer averages, respectively, while math was 3 points below. Its results ranked fifth of nine in ELA and science, and seventh of nine in math, so strong results against the state do not make it a neighborhood leader.
Scores have improved since 2022–2023: ELA rose 2 points, math 5, and science 3, though math’s advantage over the state grew even as the score improved. SchoolDigger gives Crittenden 4 stars and an 87th-percentile statewide ranking for 2025–2026, close to Isaac Newton Graham Middle at the 86th percentile. SchoolDigger’s statewide assessment of how well Crittenden serves low-socioeconomic-status students placed it at the 46th percentile, 41 points below the school’s overall percentile and down from 64 in 2023–2024. The school’s 17.5:1 student–teacher ratio is near the nearby average of 17.0:1; 24% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, also close to the nearby average. Chronic absenteeism has fallen to 13%, but remains above the district’s 10%.
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