SCHOOL PROFILE 2011-2012

MONTA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL

Principal, April Scott 21840 McClellan Road, Cupertino, CA 95014 Phone: 408-366-7600 Fax: 408-252-1519 www.mvhs.fuhsd.org CEEB Code: 053466

Monta Vista High School opened in 1969 and continues to be one of the top comprehensive high schools in California and the United States. Students have a full range of academic, extra-curricular and co-curricular opportunities. Approximately 97 percent of our 2500 students will attend college after graduation. Monta Vista has been both a California Distinguished School and a National Blue Ribbon award winner, and has been recognized by Newsweek and US News and World Report for its outstanding student success. In 2009 we received the Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement. A teaching staff of about 115 and a support staff of 40 provide an environment that is both academically challenging and culturally enriching. Total Enrollment 2011-2012 Class of 2012 Asian White Other (Afr. Amer.,Latino, Native Am.) Percent Limited English 2519 664 75% 21% 4% 3%

College Bound (Class of 2011)

4 Year College/University: University of California: Calif. Private Colleges/Universities: California State Universities Out of State Colleges/Universities: Out of Country 76% 30% 20% 8% 16% 2% 2-Year College: 21% Other: 3%

College Admissions Test Scores

SAT Scores Class of 2011: % of Seniors who took SAT: 89% Mean MVHS State Natl Reading 623 499 497 Writing 648 499 489 Math 689 515 514 National Merit Program: Class of 2012 Semifinalists: 56 Commended: 128 Advanced Placement Testing Results (May 2011) # of Exams: 2548 tests taken by 1008 students % scoring 3 or higher: 91% % scoring 5: 46%

State API Score (out of 1000): 949 GPA and Related Procedures

State API ranking: 10/10

Note: Due to budgetary constraints, FUHSD students are generally limited to one course per subject area per year. Decile Ranking and Academic GPA 664 Students class of 2012 1 4.00 3.93 2 3.92 3.83 3 3.82 3.70 4 3.69 3.56 5 3.55 3.40 6 3.39 3.21 7 3.20 3.06 8 3.05 2.82 9 2.81 2.37 10 2.36 below (Note: MV does not weight GPAs) Graduation Requirements Subject English (4 years) Social Studies (3 years) Mathematics (2 years) Physical Education (2 years) Science (2 years) Electives Plus 10 credits in 2 of the following 3 areas: Modern Language (1 year) Applied Academics (1 year) Fine Arts (1 year) Total Credits Credits 40 30 20 20 70

Applied Academics includes Business, Engineering Tech, Industrial Tech, Multi Media, 30 Work Experience.
20

Fine Arts includes all courses in Art, Music and Drama. Monta Vista High School offers open access to Honors and AP courses.

10 10 10 220

Advanced Placement Testing May 2011

Test Taken Biology Calculus AB Calculus BC Chemistry Chinese Lang/Cult Comp Sci A Econ Macro Econ Micro Eng Lang/Comp Eng Lit/Comp French Lang Gov&Politics: US Japanese Lang Music Theory Physics B Physics C-Elec/Mag Physics C-Mechanics Psychology Spanish Lang Statistics US History World History # 317 157 136 181 160 66 256 27 123 117 30 205 28 28 51 39 39 15 75 188 231 5 % pass 89 89 99 93 100 99 71 78 98 97 93 86 93 86 100 97 100 87 93 94 96 100

Where Are They Now?.....Class of 2011 include

California Private Colleges/Univ. (besides our University of California, California State University and Community College students) Art Center College Of Design Art Institute San Diego Azusa Pacific California College of the Arts Cal Tech Chapman College Fashion Inst of Design/Merchand Harvey Mudd Laguna College of Art & Design Loyola Marymount Menlo College Mills College Occidental Otis Pepperdine Santa Clara University Scripps St. Marys Stanford University University of San Francisco Univ. of Southern California Univ. of the Pacific Out-of-State Colleges and Univ. (not a complete listing) Amherst College Arizona State University Boston College Carnegie Mellon Cornell Dartmouth Drexel Duke Harvard Indiana University Johns Hopkins MIT NYU Northwestern Princeton Purdue Rhode Island School of Design Rice Tufts Univ. of Arizona Univ. of Chicago Univ. of Denver Univ. of Michigan Univ. of Pennsylvania Univ. of Washington Yale

Student Government and Clubs

An active Associated Student Body, 85+ school clubs, and special interest organizations provide a myriad of opportunities for Monta Vista students to become active in their school community. Although volunteer hours are not a requirement of graduation, the vast majority of our students contribute many hours to our community, outside organizations and various social causes. A partial list of organizations includes: ASB government, Community Leadership, class government, Music (marching band, jazz band, orchestra, chamber orchestra, choir, elite mixed ensemble), Speech and Debate, Journalism, Yearbook, Key Club, Interact and Octagon (service clubs), Future Business Leaders of America, DECA, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society, Spanish and French Honor Societies, Dance team, Cheerleading and Color Guard, Drama, Mock Trial, Robotics and Amnesty International. Monta Vista students also participate in a full range of competitive athletics.

For More Information.

For more information about the educational opportunities at Monta Vista High School, please visit the campus or our website: www.mvhs.fuhsd.org We welcome your visit!