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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.

Monte Vista's student body is composed of pupils from the following ethnic backgrounds (2015–2016 school year):^[1]

• American Indian or Alaska Native – 0.1%
• Asian – 4.7%
• Black – 12.3%
• Hispanic – 59.7%
• Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander – 0.8%
• White (not Hispanic) – 15.5%
• Two or More – 6.9%

• Jessica D. Aber, 1999, attorney^[2]
• Nick Cannon, 1998, rapper and actor^[3][4]
• Brooks Conrad, 1998, Major League Baseball player^[5]
• Carly Craig, 1998, actress and producer
• Erika Davies, 1999, American jazz vocalist and actress
• Royce Ring, 1999, Major League Baseball player^[6]
• Alexandra Slade, 2012, actress
• Fred Stanley, 1966, Major League Baseball player
• Simon Tam, 1999, author, musician, activist, and entrepreneur.
• Tonéx, 1993, gospel singer^[7]
• Mike Whitmarsh, 1980, professional volleyball player and Olympic silver medalist (1996)^[8]
• Michael Wiley, 1996, NFL football player^[9]

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