Martens - Carmelita Neighborhood, Mountain View, CA

Martens - Carmelita Neighborhood —A self-contained neighborhood with a mix of young families and lifelong residents

Martens-Carmelita, or the Huff neighborhood as it is often referred to, is a neighborhood of about 100 homes conveniently located near Highway 85 and highway 237 and Huff Elementary School. Residents can walk to school and to shop and commuting is a breeze with the highways nearby. This convenient location plus an involved community make Martens-Carmelita an excellent place to raise a family in Mountain View, California.

Martens - Carmelita Neighborhood Real Estate Insider

Homes in Martens-Carmelita are priced between $852,600 and $2,195,000 with the median home priced at $1,340,000 in 2006. Condominiums are also available in the area, with the median condo selling for $830,000 in 2006.

Many new residents are drawn to Martens-Carmelita by the potential that the affordable properties offer. Smaller houses have been renovated and remodeled, with families expanding and adding floors to the one story single family homes. Styles range from adobe houses with red-tiled roofs to cottages and contemporary updates of the Green and Green style. There are also a few apartment complexes and a mobile home park in the area.

Located between Grant Road, Sleeper Avenue, Highway 85, El Camino Real and Phyllis Avenue, Martens-Carmelita’s location is largely a blessing but occasionally can seem like a curse, as Huff Elementary School attracts a heavy flow of traffic at 8:10 and 2:30. The Martens-Carmelita Neighborhood Association helps address traffic concerns, in addition to organizing an annual block party and formulating an emergency response plan.

Shopping is available at Mountain View Center as well as at Grant Park Plaza on Grant Road. Huff Park and the Huff Elementary playgrounds also serve as meeting points for residents and their children.

Martens - Carmelita Neighborhood School Information

The Martens-Carmelita neighborhood of Mountain View, California falls into the Mountain View-Whisman School District and the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District. Students attend Huff Elementary School, Graham Middle School and Mountain View High School. Huff scores in the low to mid 900’s, while Graham scores in the high 700’s, and Mountain View High reported scores of about 820. However, students that perform well at the elementary and middle school levels tend to continue to perform well in high school, regardless of API scores. Top tier High School students go on to attend prestigious national universities including Stanford University, UC Berkeley and other UC campuses and the Ivies. Alternately, parents can opt to send their children to the nearby Girl’s Middle School, a private school located on Rengstroff Ave serving grades six through eight, and dedicated to developing young women as tomorrow’s leaders and tech entrepreneurs. Some families opt to send their children to the highly rated St. Francis High School in Mountain View or The German International School of Silicon Valley.

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