Mountain View High School (Mesa, Arizona)
Mountain View High School is a high school in Mesa, Arizona. It was established in 1976, the third public high school in Mesa. It is known for its numerous athletic and academic accomplishments. The school's mascot is a Toro. Known as the Campus of Champions. The Toro Spiritline has won many state and national titles. In the 1984–85 school year, it was honored as a Blue Ribbon school. Mountain View was named a silver medal school by "U.S. News & World Report". Athletics. Mountain View was included on "Sports Illustrated"'s 2005 list of  Top 25 High School Athletic Programs in the Nation: Though the school hasn't been around for long, Mountain View has quickly established itself as king of the hill in Arizona. In the last decade the Toros have produced scores of top athletes, including Todd Heap and John Beck (Washington Football Team), Shea Hillenbrand (Toronto Blue Jays) and Max Hall (Arizona Cardinals). More stars are on the horizon: Mountain View has had 15 scholarship athletes in each of the last two years. And over the last 10 years, the Toros have won 21 state championships in 10 sports, including football  (four), boys' track (four), boys' basketball (three), girls' track (three), spiritline (6+), and boys' and girls' cross-country, girls' swimming, girls' volleyball, girls' basketball, wrestling and baseball (one each). <nowiki> </nowiki>"Sports Illustrated" later listed Mountain View as the top athletic high school in Arizona. Academics. In 2007, the Siemens Foundation recognized Mountain View as having the top Advanced Placement program in Arizona. Academic Decathlon. Mountain View High School has accomplished 61 state championships (the most in Arizona Academic Decathlon history) and four state championship winning streaks since 1990. Each streak has lasted for at least two  years (5, 2, 4 and 2 respectively). In addition, the team has broken the 50,000 barriers three times. Mountain View has finished second at the national USAD competition on five occasions (1992, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2010). Demographics. During the 2018–2019 school year, the demographic break of the 3,204 students enrolled was: