Mountain View High Class Sizes, Higher than State Average

If your child raises his or her hand in class, does their teacher see them?

Class sizes can be a determining factor in the success of your child and most local public high schools exceed the California averag. However all boast student-to-teacher ratios lower than the state norm, according to data from the 2011-12 school year released earlier this month.

Mountain View High reported an average class size of 25.1 students. That's almost two students above the state average of 23.6 students in each class, according to the statistics published on the Ed-Data website.

Los Altos High reported 24.2 students, not too far from the state average.

Alta Vista High, a continuation school with a student population of 143, touts the lowest average class size in the area at 14.5 students.

All area high schools bested the state pupil-to-student ratio average of 22.7.

Compare Silicon Valley high schools here here or pick other schools for comparisons on the Ed-Data website:

Alta Vista High

Private schools and not included in this data. The statistics are published by the the Ed-Data website, a partnership between the California Department of Education (CDE), EdSource, and the Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team to provide data about K-12 education.

There's a longstanding debate surrounding the importance of class size. A report issued two years ago by the Brookings Institute indicated significant class size reduction—along the lines of seven to 10 students—had the biggest impact on student achievement, but this was much more pronounced in younger students than at the high school level.

Do you think average class sizes at high schools in Mountain View are too high? How does this impact students' learning? Tell us in the comment section below.

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