📍 500 Toft St., Mountain View, Santa Clara County, 94040
Mariano Castro Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mountain View, Santa Clara County. The school has 248 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Vernorris Taylor. It is part of the Mountain View Whisman school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
Mariano Castro Elementary enrolls 248 students across grades K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 6% Asian and 4.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 213 | 86% |
| Asian | 15 | 6% |
| White | 11 | 4.4% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.4% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
200 of the school's 248 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mariano Castro Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Mariano Castro Elementary is one of 12 schools in Mountain View Whisman, based in Mountain View, California. The district serves 4,644 students district-wide and employs 226 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 248 students, Mariano Castro Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 387 students per school.
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