Monte Vista High

Summary:

Monte Vista High is a public high school located in Spring Valley, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,569 students. The school is part of the Grossmont Union High School District, which is ranked 660 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Monte Vista High performs below the district and state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. However, the school's performance is mixed compared to nearby schools, outperforming El Cajon Valley High and Mount Miguel High in most subject areas, but lagging behind higher-performing schools like Grossmont High and Valhalla High. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 77.7% to 86.3%, while its dropout rate has varied from 7.5% to 15.7%.

One significant concern at Monte Vista High is the sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, from 20.9% in 2017-2018 to 63.4% in 2020-2021, although the rate has since decreased to 31.8%. This trend is higher than most nearby schools, with only Altus Schools East County and REACH Academy having higher rates. Additionally, the school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with Hispanic and White students outperforming African American and multi-racial students on standardized tests.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 3230 Sweetwater Springs Blvd.
       Spring Valley, CA  91977-6934


(619) 660-3000

District: Grossmont Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
819th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,196 Help


Feeder schools for Monte Vista High:

Elementary:    Avocado Elementary
    Casa de Oro Elementary
    Highlands Elementary
    Loma Elementary
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Middle:    Spring Valley Academy

Student/teacher ratio:  19.9 Help
Number of students:  1,569

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
67.6%
White:
11.2%
African American:
9.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  76.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Monte Vista High ranks better than 64.7% of high schools in California. It also ranks 7th among 13 ranked high schools in the Grossmont Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.79. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Monte Vista High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (67.6%), White (11.2%), African American (9.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 76.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Monte Vista High is 19.9, which is the 6th best among 13 high schools in the Grossmont Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Monte Vista High is $14,196, which is the 4th highest among 13 high schools in the Grossmont Union High School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Monte Vista High:

SchoolDigger ranks Monte Vista High 819th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Monte Vista High in the ranking list.)

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Grossmont Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks Grossmont Union High 660th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Monte Vista High

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Rank History for all students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 60.36 334th 1653 79.8%
2005 60.52 403rd 1901 78.8%
2006 53.39 589th 1968 70.1%
2007 50.68 641st 2063 68.9%
2008 44.10 819th 2117 61.3%
2009 50.36 737th 2238 67.1%
2010 50.82 737th 2281 67.7%
2011 52.63 727th 2367 69.3%
2012 59.90 540th 2354 77.1%
2013 62.71 467th 2426 80.8%
2015 65.80 642nd 1994 67.8%
2016 68.01 618th 2039 69.7%
2017 72.97 541st 2021 73.2%
2018 67.89 634th 2017 68.6%
2019 45.16 1100th 2133 48.4%
2021 55.01 532nd 1290 58.8%
2022 45.51 1029th 2123 51.5%
2023 43.96 1014th 2348 56.8%
2024 51.79 819th 2323 64.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.65 292nd 366 20.2%
2019 26.26 325th 422 23.0%
2022 15.00 446th 515 13.4%
2023 15.43 640th 786 18.6%
2024 35.52 470th 804 41.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.23 151st 938 83.9%
2019 40.37 449th 941 52.3%
2021 80.82 44th 467 90.6%
2022 49.41 338th 1044 67.6%
2023 39.43 484th 1323 63.4%
2024 46.34 328th 1350 75.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 48.77 495th 1547 68.0%
2024 44.11 611th 1534 60.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.33 511th 1862 72.6%
2019 49.13 957th 1937 50.6%
2021 57.60 428th 1126 62.0%
2022 50.84 835th 1943 57.0%
2023 46.74 968th 2247 56.9%
2024 57.68 654th 2235 70.7%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 91.83 24th 417 94.2%
2024 72.18 86th 451 80.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.85 545th 1760 69.0%
2019 44.73 974th 1833 46.9%
2021 49.38 520th 1054 50.7%
2022 39.99 1053rd 1858 43.3%
2023 46.90 903rd 2118 57.4%
2024 47.22 891st 2098 57.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.39 593rd 1052 43.6%
2019 37.64 595th 1117 46.7%
2021 39.71 293rd 555 47.2%
2022 49.50 402nd 1161 65.4%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 77.09 42nd 234 82.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.05 687th 1834 62.5%
2019 39.83 1086th 1880 42.2%
2021 53.88 468th 1122 58.3%
2022 46.90 893rd 1916 53.4%
2023 39.16 1074th 2207 51.3%
2024 52.25 750th 2172 65.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.86 274th 582 52.9%
2019 17.94 493rd 592 16.7%
2022 42.80 261st 522 50.0%
2023 44.92 345th 720 52.1%
2024 33.55 455th 721 36.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.25 400th 1742 77.0%
2019 49.56 884th 1814 51.3%
2022 50.30 828th 1861 55.5%
2023 51.13 811th 2142 62.1%
2024 58.49 631st 2125 70.3%
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Rank History for White students at Monte Vista High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.59 449th 1173 61.7%
2019 42.81 728th 1222 40.4%
2022 52.40 562nd 1204 53.3%
2023 47.04 647th 1434 54.9%
2024 72.07 274th 1406 80.5%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Monte Vista High Test Scores
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Enrollment information for Monte Vista High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1637 106 126 275 8 n/a n/a 0 2152
1989 1477 114 124 281 5 n/a n/a 0 2001
1990 1325 114 124 293 5 n/a n/a 0 1861
1991 1218 134 143 306 9 n/a n/a 0 1810
1992 1193 150 151 320 9 n/a n/a 0 1823
1993 1199 154 154 337 11 n/a n/a 0 1855
1994 1134 177 165 392 13 n/a n/a 0 1881
1995 1133 237 172 466 24 n/a n/a 0 2032
1996 1133 237 172 466 24 n/a n/a 0 2032
1997 1099 285 168 457 30 n/a n/a 0 2039
1998 1038 294 212 454 31 n/a n/a 0 2029
1999 1074 320 177 473 21 n/a n/a 0 2065
2000 1062 303 150 482 39 n/a n/a 40 2076
2001 1014 313 135 523 37 n/a n/a 51 2073
2002 884 380 157 620 38 n/a n/a 32 2111
2003 884 380 157 620 38 n/a n/a 32 2111
2004 763 353 158 633 35 n/a n/a 0 1942
2005 711 309 98 647 23 n/a n/a 172 1960
2006 611 365 125 713 45 n/a n/a 108 1967
2007 538 306 164 801 38 n/a n/a 44 1891
2008 484 299 146 862 33 n/a n/a 0 1824
2009 400 284 97 911 21 21 253 0 1987
2010 462 334 124 1075 27 32 42 0 2096
2011 370 216 83 1099 12 19 141 0 1940
2012 334 203 75 1016 10 19 138 0 1795
2013 300 216 58 1004 11 20 133 0 1742
2014 282 209 74 1009 11 15 133 0 1733
2015 250 222 72 976 10 13 114 0 1657
2016 263 209 82 1016 2 13 117 0 1702
2017 243 183 80 1043 5 13 116 0 1683
2018 212 164 70 1081 3 8 102 0 1640
2019 218 155 76 1094 5 10 113 0 1671
2020 207 156 66 1101 7 13 101 0 1651
2021 220 186 68 1061 7 9 100 0 1651
2022 206 164 83 1150 7 9 96 0 1715
2023 176 155 75 1060 5 12 85 1 1569

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Monte Vista High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2152 82.6 26.0 n/a
1989 2001 78.9 25.3 n/a
1990 1861 71.0 26.2 n/a
1991 1810 68.4 26.4 n/a
1992 1823 69.5 26.2 10.3
1993 1855 71.5 25.9 11.5
1994 1881 70.2 26.8 11.7
1995 2032 74.0 27.5 19.9
1996 2032 74.0 27.5 19.9
1997 2039 79.0 25.8 22
1998 2029 76.4 26.6 25.3
1999 2065 72.0 28.7 28
2000 2076 78.4 26.5 22.7
2001 2073 78.8 26.3 33.5
2002 2111 85.1 24.8 32.6
2003 2111 85.1 24.8 32.6
2004 1942 91.3 21.3 33
2005 1960 83.0 23.6 35.9
2006 1967 85.0 23.1 45.8
2007 1891 75.9 24.9 40.6
2008 1824 87.6 20.8 54.3
2009 1987 79.4 22.2 58.9
2010 2096 85.4 24.5 61.8
2011 1940 n/a n/a 42.4
2012 1795 78.7 22.7 n/a
2013 1742 75.3 23.1 69
2014 1733 73.7 23.4 75.3
2015 1657 76.0 21.8 75
2016 1702 78.0 21.8 75.1
2017 1683 81.5 20.6 73.4
2018 1640 74.6 21.9 71.1
2019 1671 74.0 22.5 78.6
2020 1651 n/a n/a 74.6
2021 1651 76.8 21.4 73.9
2022 1715 75.4 22.7 77.5
2023 1569 78.5 19.9 76.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Monte Vista High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2152 82.6 26.0 n/a
1989 2001 78.9 25.3 n/a
1990 1861 71.0 26.2 n/a
1991 1810 68.4 26.4 n/a
1992 1823 69.5 26.2 10.3
1993 1855 71.5 25.9 11.5
1994 1881 70.2 26.8 11.7
1995 2032 74.0 27.5 19.9
1996 2032 74.0 27.5 19.9
1997 2039 79.0 25.8 22
1998 2029 76.4 26.6 25.3
1999 2065 72.0 28.7 28
2000 2076 78.4 26.5 22.7
2001 2073 78.8 26.3 33.5
2002 2111 85.1 24.8 32.6
2003 2111 85.1 24.8 32.6
2004 1942 91.3 21.3 33
2005 1960 83.0 23.6 35.9
2006 1967 85.0 23.1 45.8
2007 1891 75.9 24.9 40.6
2008 1824 87.6 20.8 54.3
2009 1987 79.4 22.2 58.9
2010 2096 85.4 24.5 61.8
2011 1940 n/a n/a 42.4
2012 1795 78.7 22.7 n/a
2013 1742 75.3 23.1 69
2014 1733 73.7 23.4 75.3
2015 1657 76.0 21.8 75
2016 1702 78.0 21.8 75.1
2017 1683 81.5 20.6 73.4
2018 1640 74.6 21.9 71.1
2019 1671 74.0 22.5 78.6
2020 1651 n/a n/a 74.6
2021 1651 76.8 21.4 73.9
2022 1715 75.4 22.7 77.5
2023 1569 78.5 19.9 76.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Monte Vista High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $14,196

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Monte Vista High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1100th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 1014th of 2348 High schools
 8.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Monte Vista High)44.843
 1.8%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Grossmont Union High)56.152.2
 3.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Monte Vista High)30.927.2
 3.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Grossmont Union High)32.725.9
 6.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Monte Vista High)2019.2
 0.8%
   11th Grade Science (Grossmont Union High)27.626.6
 1%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Monte Vista High)14.916.1
 1.2%
   12th Grade Science (Grossmont Union High)22.313.8
 8.5%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students16711569
 6.1%
African American155155
American Indian55
Asian7675
 1.3%
Hispanic10941060
 3.1%
Pacific Islander1012
 20%
White218176
 19.3%
Two or More Races11385
 24.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients78.6%76.3%
 2.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Monte Vista High

Students at Monte Vista High are 68% Hispanic, 11% White, 10% African American, 5% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,569 students attended Monte Vista High.

Monte Vista High ranks 819th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Monte Vista High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Avocado Elementary
Elementary : Casa de Oro Elementary
Elementary : Highlands Elementary
Elementary : Loma Elementary
Elementary : Sweetwater Springs Elementary
Middle : Spring Valley Academy


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