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Mountain View High

Public Grades 9-12
1948th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,162 California High Schools
Better than 10% of California high schools
Summary

Mountain View High is a small public high school serving 231 students in grades 9-12 within the San Jacinto Unified district, operating in a high-need community where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

This school presents a complex picture, with a very low statewide academic ranking in the bottom 10% and alarmingly high chronic absenteeism, where about 8 out of 10 students miss a significant amount of school—a rate far exceeding nearby schools like San Jacinto High (23.7%) and San Jacinto Leadership Academy - Magnet (7.7%). Despite these severe attendance and academic proficiency challenges, the school maintains a strong 89.8% graduation rate and a very low dropout rate of 0.5%, suggesting it may have effective systems to help students complete their credits.

Compared to other options in the district, such as the high-performing San Jacinto Middle College High, Mountain View High stands out for having the highest per-student funding yet the lowest test scores, indicating a significant disconnect between resources and outcomes. The school's performance has declined recently, and its extreme absenteeism appears to be the central issue undermining classroom learning and achievement.

231
Students ?
19.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$34,856
Per pupil spending ?
93.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1000 Ramona Blvd.
       San Jacinto, CA  92582-2576

(951) 487-7710

District: San Jacinto Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
84.4%
African American:
6.5%
White:
5.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 24th percentile in 2013 → 10th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (7% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (79% vs 19% California)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school7%
District avg24%
California avg41%
1,948th of 2,162
California public high schools ?
Bottom 10%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 5High Schools in the San Jacinto Unified
1171st of 1,543San Jacinto Unified 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202511.31948 of 21629.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.11757 of 215918.6%★☆☆☆☆
202316.21801 of 217017.0%★☆☆☆☆
202215.81772 of 212316.5%★☆☆☆☆
201914.21798 of 213315.7%★☆☆☆☆
201813.51652 of 201718.1%★☆☆☆☆
201712.51685 of 202116.6%★☆☆☆☆
201610.11860 of 20398.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201510.51813 of 19949.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201315.81846 of 242623.9%★☆☆☆☆
201218.41676 of 235428.8%★☆☆☆☆
201114.81861 of 236721.4%★☆☆☆☆
201016.11778 of 228122.1%★☆☆☆☆
200922.01744 of 223822.1%★☆☆☆☆
200820.81514 of 211728.5%★☆☆☆☆
200715.71686 of 206318.3%★☆☆☆☆
200613.61688 of 196814.2%★☆☆☆☆
200523.31265 of 190133.5%★★☆☆☆
200428.1981 of 165340.7%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202230.9353 of 52232.4%★★☆☆☆
201917.9492 of 59216.9%★☆☆☆☆
201812.4520 of 58210.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202245.1401 of 104461.6%★★★☆☆
201928.2836 of 94111.2%★☆☆☆☆
201825.4739 of 93821.2%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202510.51715 of 190610.0%★☆☆☆☆
202317.91561 of 191518.5%★☆☆☆☆
202212.11679 of 18589.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.81532 of 183316.4%★☆☆☆☆
20189.21560 of 176011.4%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202513.61638 of 190013.8%★☆☆☆☆
202414.71632 of 190214.2%★☆☆☆☆
202316.41609 of 191716.1%★☆☆☆☆
202216.01572 of 186115.5%★☆☆☆☆
201914.31533 of 181415.5%★☆☆☆☆
201814.91389 of 174220.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202511.41816 of 20139.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.21731 of 202614.6%★☆☆☆☆
202318.31645 of 203019.0%★☆☆☆☆
202218.01601 of 194317.6%★☆☆☆☆
201914.31652 of 193714.7%★☆☆☆☆
201813.51539 of 186217.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202510.41764 of 19429.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.01671 of 194814.2%★☆☆☆☆
202313.91701 of 196313.3%★☆☆☆☆
202217.11574 of 191617.8%★☆☆☆☆
201912.11670 of 188011.2%★☆☆☆☆
201814.81465 of 183420.1%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202524.41019 of 125218.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201911.01081 of 122211.5%★☆☆☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2022)62nd percentile+45 vs school
African American (2022)32nd percentile+16 vs school
Special Education (2025)19th percentile+9 vs school
Hispanic (2025)14th percentile+4 vs school
White (2019)12th percentile-4 vs school
Female (2025)10th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school
Male (2025)9th percentile~ school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy12%-37 vs state
Science6%-27 vs state
Mathematics2%-35 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 231 students attended Mountain View High.

Mountain View High ranks in the bottom 9.9% of California high schools.

Students at Mountain View High are 84% Hispanic, 6% African American, 5% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.


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2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026
2024–25 CSA Spanish test scoresDec 22, 2025
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesNov 14, 2025


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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