Mountain View Whisman runs schools through 8th grade. Its 9 public elementary schools run from the 23rd to the 98th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.
K5Elementary
68Middle
912High
Mountain View Whisman · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 9 schools
from 23rd to 98th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Amy Imai Elementary: 98th percentile, Strong
Stevenson Elementary: 97th percentile, Strong
Benjamin Bubb Elementary: 95th percentile, Strong
Edith Landels Elementary: 92nd percentile, Strong
Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary: 80th percentile, Strong
The average elementary school in Mountain View Whisman had 9 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.
Middle schools
Which middle schools in Mountain View Whisman score highest?
Isaac Newton Graham Middle is highest, at the 90th percentile.
That’s higher than 90 in 100 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in Mountain View Whisman
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does Mountain View Whisman’s money go, and what does it plan?
Mountain View Whisman spent $27,113 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Mountain View Whisman dollar went to classroom instruction.
Spending by function
Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.
Share by function, 2024–25
Instruction64%
Instruction support12%
Student services6%
Administration11%
Buildings & maintenance7%
Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.
What the district plans
$13.5 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 29 funded actions in 6 goals. That’s 10% of its $129.6 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.
The plan in short
Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 181 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 44% of the money. The plan itself puts 83% of it toward staff.
Response to Instruction $2.5 million
Student Social Emotional Health - Counselors $2.0 million
At Risk Supervisors $1.4 million
26 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
7 of the plan’s 29 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, math or English learners
Reading $1.5 million
Math under $0.1 million
English learners $0.4 million
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
Early Literacy Team$910,220
Early Literacy Team$606,814
English Language Learners - Newcomer Students$411,955
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students
It plans $5.0 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $7.0 million and estimates it spent $6.9 million, $0.1 million (2%) less than planned (our arithmetic).
$6.9 million spent (estimated)$7.0 million planned
What changed
The total is $981,390 (7%) lower than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Instructional Coaches, which went from $3.1 million to $1.2 million.
Largest cuts
Instructional Coaches−$1.9 million
Targeted Student Support Funding−$254,016
Technology Devices−$242,996
Largest increases
Summer Programming+$483,000
Early Literacy Team+$230,772
Student Social Emotional Health - Counselors+$176,200
New in the 2026–27 plan
Professional Development - Core Instruction$700,000
Multi Tiered System of Support$45,920
Ask: What did Instructional Coaches pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $1.9 million less?
What its goals measure
Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.
What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 6
63%
65%
up 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 6
58%
61%
up 3 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoals 2 and 6
11 in 100
10 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoals 2 and 6
2.7%
2.6%
down 0.1 pts
Goals 3, 4 and 5 aren’t shown because they track other measures.
Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.
The plan’s own titles and amounts
Response to Instruction · $2,542,740
Student Social Emotional Health - Counselors · $2,035,566
At Risk Supervisors · $1,402,219
The full plan6 goals, 77 measures and where the money goes
We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($13.5 million).
Where does the money go?
51% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1Develop and Implement effective and consistent instructional practices that meet the needs of all students$6.9 million51% of action budgets
15 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $7.7 million (−$817,456) · p. 35 ↗
Largest funded actions
Response to Instruction$2.5 millionaction 1.5 · p. 137 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Instructional Coaches$1.2 millionaction 1.1 · p. 137 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Early Literacy Team$0.9 millionaction 1.14 · p. 138 ↗
Summer Programming$0.7 millionaction 1.6 · p. 137 ↗
Professional Development - Core Instruction$0.7 millionaction 1.2 · p. 137 ↗
10 more funded actions in this goal
English Language Learners - Newcomer Students · action 1.11 · p. 138 ↗$0.4 million
Supports for Students with Disabilities - Differentiated Assistance · action 1.12 · p. 138 ↗$0.2 million
Targeted Student Support Funding · action 1.7 · p. 137 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Multi Tiered System of Support · action 1.13 · p. 138 ↗under $0.1 million
Data Platform - SchoolCity · action 1.3 · p. 137 ↗under $0.1 million
New Title: Designated English Language Development - English Learners and Long Term English Learners Differentiated Assistance · action 1.9 · p. 138 ↗under $0.1 million
New Title: Integrated English Language Development - English Learners and Long Term English Learners Differentiated Assistance · action 1.10 · p. 138 ↗under $0.1 million
Course Access · action 1.15 · p. 139 ↗under $0.1 million
Mathematics Programming and Curriculum Adoption · action 1.17 · p. 139 ↗under $0.1 million
Addressing Academic Outcomes for Homeless Students in ELA/Math - Differentiated Assistance · action 1.18 · p. 139 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Instructional Coaches−$1.9 million$3.1 million → $1.2 million · p. 137 ↗
Summer Programming+$483,000$257,000 → $740,000 · p. 137 ↗
Targeted Student Support Funding−$254,016$354,538 → $100,522 · p. 137 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Response to Instruction · $2.4 million → $2.5 million · p. 137 ↗+$0.1 million
Early Literacy Team · $679,448 → $910,220 · p. 138 ↗+$230,772
Professional Development - Core Instruction · $700,000 · p. 137 ↗new or renamed
English Language Learners - Newcomer Students · $537,027 → $411,955 · p. 138 ↗−$125,072
Supports for Students with Disabilities - Differentiated Assistance · $4,000 → $167,019 · p. 138 ↗+$163,019
Multi Tiered System of Support · $45,920 · p. 138 ↗new or renamed
Data Platform - SchoolCity · $38,100 → $26,980 · p. 137 ↗−$11,120
New Title: Designated English Language Development - English Learners and Long Term English Learners Differentiated Assistance · $25,000 · p. 138 ↗new or renamed
New Title: Integrated English Language Development - English Learners and Long Term English Learners Differentiated Assistance · $5,000 · p. 138 ↗new or renamed
Goal 3Cultivate and maintain an inclusive and welcoming culture that acknowledges, embraces, and empowers all stakeholders$1.3 million10% of action budgets
2 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.2 million (+$82,896) · p. 92 ↗
Largest funded actions
School and Community Engagement Facilitators (SCEF)$1.3 millionaction 3.1 · p. 140 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Goal 5Develop and implement plans and protocols to ensure the equitable distribution of resources that support student success$310,0002% of action budgets
All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.
Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends
Student mix
2024–25 · October enrollment count, 4,644 students
1Hispanic or Latino39%
2White23%
3Asian23%
4Two or more races12%
5Filipino2%
6Black or African American<1%
7Pacific Islander<1%
8Not reported<1%
9American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
28%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 1,290 of 4,624 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.
The district’s state records
Is the state giving the district extra help?
The state is giving Mountain View Whisman extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 51% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (387 of 761 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Mariano Castro ElementaryExtra targeted support: English learners, Hispanic or Latino students and low-income students
This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.
Which public schools in Mountain View Whisman rank highest?
Elementary: Amy Imai Elementary, 98th percentile (Strong). Middle: Isaac Newton Graham Middle, 90th percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
Does living in the Mountain View Whisman district decide which school my child attends?
Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in Mountain View Whisman good?
Mountain View Whisman’s 9 public elementary schools run from the 23rd to the 98th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 5 Strong, 3 Solid and 1 Needs Support. Mountain View Whisman’s 2 public middle schools run from the 88th to the 90th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Strong. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.
How does chronic absence in Mountain View Whisman compare with California?
The average elementary school in Mountain View Whisman had 9 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does Mountain View Whisman spend per student?
Mountain View Whisman spent $27,113 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Mountain View Whisman dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.
What is in Mountain View Whisman’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $13.5 million into 29 funded actions in 6 goals, 10% of its $129.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $6.9 million, 51% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.
Sources and methodology
This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Mountain View Whisman, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.