An equity score of 53/100 ranks Mountain View Whisman #674 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,471 per pupil, Mountain View Whisman ranks #266 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,522
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$22,471
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mountain View Whisman operates 11 public schools serving 4,522 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 elementary, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Santa Clara County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,471 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 81.8% local, 13.5% state, and 4.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 53/100, ranked #674 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 574.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 40.9% Hispanic or Latino, 23.7% Asian, 21.8% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary, with a diversity index of 74.9/100.
Its largest campus is Isaac Newton Graham Middle, enrolling 860 students (19% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mariano Castro Elementary, at 248 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Isaac Newton Graham Middle accounts for 18.6% of all Mountain View Whisman student enrollment
That concentration means Mountain View Whisman-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Mountain View Whisman school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
Mountain View Whisman school enrollment ranges from 248 students (lowest) to 860 students (highest), a spread of 612 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mountain View Whisman student-counselor ratio is 575:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Mountain View Whisman chronic absenteeism rate is 19.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Mountain View Whisman is typically wider than the Mountain View Whisman-aggregate figure suggests.