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's student body is composed of pupils from the following ethnic backgrounds (2015–2016 school year):[1] Monte Vista's athletic teams, the Monarchs, compete in the South League of the Grossmont Conference and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) San Diego Section.

Monte Vista offers a total of 21 Sports over a span of 3 Athletic seasons.

Monte Vista's choir program competes in several festivals in southern California.

Monte Vista is also one of only three high schools in the Grossmont district to offer class piano.