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Mountain View High School

3535 Truman Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94040View on map

  • Public
  • Mountain View
  • 609 seniors
  • 2,173 students

Mountain View High School is a public high school in Mountain View (Mountain View-Los Altos Union High) with 609 seniors. In fall 2025, 74% of its 341 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC San Diego (UCSD), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and UC Davis (UCD). 80% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

74%

254 of 341 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

42%

254 of 609 seniors

County median 39%

Seniors who applied to UC

56%

341 of 609 seniors

County median 53%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

8.8%

23 of 261 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

12%

30 of 251 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Mountain View High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 9 campuses, about the same at 6 and worse at 2.

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    9%

    23 of 261 admitted

    This school9%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.30 (all applicants 4.01)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    12%

    30 of 251 admitted

    This school12%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 4.01)

  • IrvineAbout the same

    21%

    52 of 243 admitted

    This school21%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.21 (all applicants 3.98)

  • San Diego5 pts lower

    20%

    57 of 281 admitted

    This school20%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.23 (all applicants 3.98)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    80 of 270 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.25 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Davis11 pts lower

    26%

    68 of 265 admitted

    This school26%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.96)

  • Santa Cruz5 pts higher

    77%

    170 of 222 admitted

    This school77%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.92)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    90%

    107 of 119 admitted

    This school90%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.86)

  • MercedAbout the same

    99%

    91 of 92 admitted

    This school99%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.85 (all applicants 3.85)

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Mountain View High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 4 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo5 pts higher

    35%

    84 of 243 admitted

    This school35%Overall30%

  • San DiegoAbout the same

    32%

    62 of 193 admitted

    This school32%Overall34%

  • San Jose13 pts lower

    67%

    112 of 166 admitted

    This school67%Overall80%

  • ChicoAbout the same

    97%

    62 of 64 admitted

    This school97%Overall94%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (563 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

83%

467 of 563 graduates

UC or CSU

27%

153 graduates

Community college

18%

103 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC8415%
CSU6912%
CA private college448%
Out of state16730%
Community college10318%
Not enrolled9617%
Enrolled in college46783%
Total563100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Male, Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Two or more races, Filipino
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

23

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

104

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

55% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

75%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

375 of 500 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

55%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

313 of 569 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • English: 3 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 3 classes
  • Foreign language: 9 classes
  • Mathematics: 14 classes
  • Science: 34 classes
  • Social science: 31 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 88%County median 63%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 73%County median 42%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 66%County median 32%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 55%County median 24%
  • Low-income students 14%County median 47%
  • Graduates completing courses 80%County median 64%

Across California

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