Mountain View High School: Full Guide

Location: Lucerne Valley, CA

Are you a student or parent at Mountain View High School? Want to understand how to get the most out of high school?

We've written the best guide to Mountain View High available. Here we'll cover:

Breakdowns of student ethnicity, gender, and family income
How safe Mountain View High is to attend
SAT/ACT/AP scores earned by Mountain View High students
Which AP/IB classes you can take at Mountain View High
Every sports team you can join at Mountain View High

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Basic Information

Mountain View High School is a public school, supporting grades 7 to 12 . It's located in Lucerne Valley, CA in San Bernardino County.

Based on its location, Mountain View High is classified as a school in a distant rural area, somewhat far from an urbanized area. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

Mountain View High School
8560 Aliento Rd.
Lucerne Valley, CA 92356-7678

Phone number: 7602482408

Mountain View High School homepage: https://lucernevalleyusd.org/

Principal: Suzette Davis
Email the principal: [email protected]

Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at Mountain View High School is 24 students, making it a small high school, in the bottom 25% of all California high schools by size.

With at most a few dozen students in your class, you'll get to know most other Mountain View High students well. But the small student body size may mean that you won't get access to the full range of activities and classes that other high schools offer.

If you find that your interests aren't well served by Mountain View High, consider transferring to a larger high school if possible, or find ways to supplement your interests in your community or on the Internet.

Growth in Student Body Size

Is Mountain View High School growing or shrinking? This will help you see trends in where the school is headed.

From our calculations, the enrollment at Mountain View High has decreased over the past few years. We calculate this by comparing enrollment in grades 9 to 12.

	Male Students	Female Students	All Students
9^th grade	3	1	4
10^th grade	4	1	5
11^th grade	4	4	8
12^th grade	2	5	7

As you can see in the table above, the senior class is 3 students larger than the freshman class. This suggests that Mountain View High is shrinking in size and taking on fewer students.

There are a few reasons this can happen. The population of Lucerne Valley could be decreasing, thus sending fewer students into Mountain View High. Alternatively, other schools (like charter or private schools) might be appearing, drawing students away.

Gender Split

Are there more boys or girls at Mountain View High School?

From our statistics, Mountain View High has a 55:45 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

Mountain View High has a balanced male-female ratio that's largely representative of the general population in San Bernardino County. Since the student body is roughly half and half, it should feel like there are equal numbers of boys and girls in your classes.

This usually means that Mountain View High doesn't strongly select for either males or females, unlike other schools that have a large majority of males or females.

Ethnicity Breakdown

What's the racial diversity at Mountain View High School? Does one ethnicity make up most of the student body, or is it fairly balanced?

From our statistics, Mountain View High has a somewhat homogenous student body, with the majority of students identifying as one ethnicity, but not representing over 70% of the student body. Most schools in California fit this profile, so Mountain View High isn't out of the ordinary. Most students attending class with you will be of the predominant ethnicity, but there will be meaningful diversity from other races.

The majority of students at Mountain View High are white. In California, white students make up 26.3% of all California students, and are the second most common ethnicity after Hispanic students. Thus Mountain View High is one of hundreds of schools in the state that have a majority of white students.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	4.1%	1
Asian	0.0%	0
Hispanic	29.1%	7
Black	0.0%	0
White	66.6%	16
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0.0%	0
Two or more races	0.0%	0

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of Lucerne Valley. If you'd like to see how other nearby schools look in diversity, just google "[name of school] prepscholar" to find our guide to that specific school.

Income Level of Mountain View High Families

What are the family incomes of students at Mountain View High School? To determine this, we look at the number of students who qualify for free or reduced lunches, a classification by the US federal government.

To qualify for a reduced price meal, family income needs to be below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $45,000 or below.

To qualify for a free meal, family income needs to be below 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a family of 4, this means an income of around $32,000 or below.

The lower the percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced price meals, the higher the income levels are likely to be.

At Mountain View High, 0.0% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 58.3% qualify for free lunches.

This means Mountain View High has a below average level of poverty. With most students not qualifying for free or reduced price lunches, Mountain View High is below average among California schools in poverty level. The income level of families in Lucerne Valley is thus likely to be relatively high.

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	0	0.0%
Free lunches	14	58.3%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	10	41.6%

As with ethnicity, this likely reflects the surrounding community in Lucerne Valley and doesn't speak much about the school itself.

Mountain View High is in the middle 50% of schools by income level. Generally, higher income level schools are better-funded and have a higher quality range of classes and activities. Mountain View High is likely in the middle of the pack in this regard and will give you a good set of options to try.

If you have any interests that Mountain View High doesn't cover, look to your local community for activities, or to the Internet for self-study AP classes.

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School Safety

How safe is Mountain View High School to attend? Can you expect a lot of conflict as a student here?

To study this, we look at disciplinary data for two types of incidents at Mountain View High: referrals to law enforcement (when incidents are reported to police), and arrests.

These are the most serious disciplinary actions available to school administration and are more severe than suspensions or expulsions. Suspensions are often discretionary and can be given just for being disruptive in class. In contrast, law enforcement referrals and arrests often indicate incidents that put the safety of other Mountain View High students at risk.

In the school year of 2011-2012, there were 13 referrals to law enforcement (6 male, 7 female), and 2 school-related arrests (2 males, 0 females). This is out of a total enrollment of 39 students.

To put this into perspective, most California schools (59% of them) reported 0 law enforcement referrals and arrests.

This means that 38.4 Mountain View High has major safety issues. For every 100 students, there were 38.4 law-enforcement related actions. This is a very high number that puts Mountain View High in the top 10% of schools with disciplinary actions.

With this record, is Mountain View High School significantly different from other schools in the area? It could be that Mountain View High has an especially bad record, or it could be that the local area shows a pattern.

Compare this school with other high schools in the same school district, using the following table:

Lucerne Valley Unified School District Safety

School Name	Total Referred	Enrollment
Lucerne Valley Community Day	2	13
Lucerne Valley High	0	260
Sky Mountain Charter	0	1720

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