Monte Vista High School (Spring Valley, California)
Monte Vista High School is public, comprehensive high school located in Spring Valley, California, and serves 1,960 students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1961, Monte Vista is the seventh of twelve high schools built in the Grossmont Union High School District.
Monte Vista High School has been ranked among the top 6000 schools in the nation, coming in at #1147, due in part to its excellent record for AP testing and its steadily increasing Annual Performance Index. Monte Vista has one of the best AP programs in the Grossmont Union District.
Students
Monte Vista's student body is composed of pupils from the following ethnic backgrounds :- American Indian or Alaska Native – 0.1%
- Asian – 4.7%
- Black – 12.3%
- Hispanic – 59.7%
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander – 0.8%
- White – 15.5%
- Two or More – 6.9%
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
Monte Vista's athletic teams, the Monarchs, compete in the South League of the Grossmont Conference and the California Interscholastic Federation San Diego Section. Monte Vista offers a total of 21 Sports over a span of 3 Athletic seasons.| Fall | Winter | Spring |
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Notable alumni
- Jessica Aber, 1999, attorney
- Nick Cannon, 1998, rapper and actor
- Brooks Conrad, 1998, Major League Baseball player
- Carly Craig, 1998, actress and producer
- Erika Davies, 1999, American jazz vocalist and actress
- Larry Moore (American football)
- Royce Ring, 1999, Major League Baseball player
- Alexandra Slade, 2012, actress
- B.Slade, 1993, gospel singer
- Fred Stanley, 1966, Major League Baseball player
- Simon Tam, 1999, author, musician, activist, and entrepreneur.
- Mike Whitmarsh, 1980, professional volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist
- Michael Wiley, 1996, NFL football player