Mountain View (Continuation) High School: Full Guide

Location: Oakhurst, CA

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

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

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

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Basic Information

Mountain View (Continuation) High School is a public school, supporting grades 9 to 10 . It's located in Oakhurst, CA in Madera County.

Based on its location, Mountain View Continuation High is classified as a school in a rural fringe area, near an urbanized area. Here's the location on a map:

Contact Information

Mailing address:

Mountain View (Continuation) High School
50200 Rd. 427
Oakhurst, CA 93644-9506

Phone number: 5596838801

Mountain View (Continuation) High School homepage: http://mountainviewhighschoolalumni.com/

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Student Demographics

Student Enrollment

The total enrollment at Mountain View (Continuation) High School is 7 students, making it a very small high school, in the bottom 10% of all California high schools by size.

Attending Mountain View Continuation High will feel very cozy, and you'll likely know everyone in your school. This will be a very intimate learning environment.

Unfortunately, with a tiny class size, you may lack a large diversity of activities and classes to join. If you feel your interests aren't well catered by Mountain View Continuation High, you might consider independent learning or looking at nearby, larger high schools.

Growth in Student Body Size

Is Mountain View (Continuation) 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 Continuation High has increased 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	2	1	3
10^th grade	4	0	4
11^th grade	0	0	0
12^th grade	0	0	0

Gender Split

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

From our statistics, Mountain View Continuation High has a 86:14 split between male and female students in the high school grades.

There is a large male majority at Mountain View Continuation High, and much more than you would expect from the general population in Madera County. As a result, it'll feel like there are a lot more girls than boys in your classes.

Sometimes this imbalance can result from random chance and may not suggest anything about Mountain View Continuation High. In other cases, the school might preferentially select for males. For example, in our data we find that continuation high schools unfortunately seem to be male-dominated. In yet other cases, other neighboring schools might attract female students, drawing them away from Mountain View Continuation High.

If the male majority is concerning to you, we suggest contacting Mountain View Continuation High administration and asking if they have any thoughts about why there's a gender imbalance. Their phone number is 5596838801.

Ethnicity Breakdown

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

From our statistics, Mountain View Continuation High has a homogenous student body, with the overwhelming majority of students identifying as one ethnicity. Only a third of California schools show as little diversity as Mountain View Continuation High does. When attending class, most students will be of the same ethnicity, with some variation.

The majority of students at Mountain View Continuation 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 Continuation High is one of hundreds of schools in the state that have a majority of white students.

	Percentage	Number
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.0%	0
Asian	0.0%	0
Hispanic	14.2%	1
Black	0.0%	0
White	71.4%	5
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander	0.0%	0
Two or more races	14.2%	1

High schools usually reflect the population in the surrounding area, so the ethnicities of students likely resembles those of Oakhurst. 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 Continuation High Families

What are the family incomes of students at Mountain View (Continuation) 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 Continuation High, 0.0% of students qualify for reduced-price lunches, and 57.1% qualify for free lunches.

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

	Number	Percent
Reduced-price lunches	0	0.0%
Free lunches	4	57.1%
Do not qualify for reduced-price or free lunches	3	42.8%

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

Mountain View Continuation 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 Continuation 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 Continuation 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 (Continuation) 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 Continuation 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 Continuation High students at risk.

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

Yosemite Unified School District Safety

School Name	Total Referred	Enrollment
Yosemite High	50	816
Ahwahnee High	2	24
Raymond Granite High	0	2
Foothill High (alternative)	2	13
Evergreen High	2	38
Glacier High School Charter	0	99

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