Saugus · Los Angeles County

Schools in Saugus

Saugus’s 6 public elementary schools all sit between the 65th and the 90th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 6 schools

from 65th to 90th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Plum Canyon Elementary: 90th percentile, Strong
  • Emblem Academy: 88th percentile, Strong
  • Mountainview Elementary: 82nd percentile, Strong
  • Rosedell Elementary: 77th percentile, Strong
  • James Foster Elementary: 71st percentile, Solid
  • Highlands Elementary: 65th percentile, Solid
0Needs Support
0Developing
2Solid
4Strong

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High · 1 school

at 83rd · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Saugus High: 83rd percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
1Strong

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Schools around Saugus

7 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Saugus score highest?

Plum Canyon Elementary is highest, at the 90th percentile.

That’s higher than 90 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Saugus

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

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Context

The average Saugus elementary school had 4 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

High schools

Where does the high school we score in Saugus stand?

Saugus High is at the 83rd percentile.

That’s higher than 83 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Saugus.

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

  • Saugus HighWilliam S. Hart Union High · Broad base
    83rdStrongScope Score 70

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Common questions

Which public schools in Saugus rank highest?

Elementary: Plum Canyon Elementary, 90th percentile (Strong). High: Saugus High, 83rd percentile (Strong). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in Saugus decide which school my child attends?

No. A city can hold schools from more than one district, and attendance boundaries decide which school serves an address. Confirm the school for your address with the district.
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Are the public schools in Saugus good?

Saugus’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 65th to the 90th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Strong and 2 Solid. Saugus has one public high school we score, Saugus High, at the 83rd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Strong. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Saugus compare with California?

The average Saugus elementary school had 4 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools with a Saugus address, which can belong to more than one school district.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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