Los Gatos Union Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 4 public elementary schools run from the 90th to the 97th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). High school is run by another district; confirm the school for your address with the district.
K5Elementary
68Middle
912High
Los Gatos Union Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 4 schools
from 90th to 97th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Daves Avenue Elementary: 97th percentile, Strong
Blossom Hill Elementary: 94th percentile, Strong
Louise Van Meter Elementary: 92nd percentile, Strong
Lexington Elementary: 90th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
4Strong
Middle · 1 school
at 94th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Raymond J. Fisher Middle: 94th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
1Strong
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level.
Schools around the Los Gatos Union Elementary district
The average elementary school in the Los Gatos Union Elementary district had 5 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.
Middle schools
Where does the middle school we score in the Los Gatos Union Elementary district stand?
Raymond J. Fisher Middle is at the 94th percentile.
That’s higher than 94 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Los Gatos Union Elementary.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Where does Los Gatos Union Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Los Gatos Union Elementary district spent $22,341 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 69 cents of every Los Gatos Union Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction.
Spending by function
Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.
Share by function, 2024–25
Instruction69%
Instruction support9%
Student services5%
Administration8%
Buildings & maintenance9%
Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.
What the district plans
$40.5 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 23 funded actions in 4 goals. That’s 61% of its $66.7 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.
The plan in short
Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 78 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 93% of the money. The plan itself puts 97% of it toward staff.
Hiring of teaching staff $34.1 million
Continue to improve the high quality child nutrition program of the District $2.0 million
MTSS Coaches and Specialists $1.7 million
20 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
7 of the plan’s 23 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, catch-up help or English learners
Reading $0.7 million
Catch-up help $1.8 million
English learners $0.3 million
Largest of these
MTSS Coaches and Specialists$1.7 million
Literacy professional development$644,288
Elementary ELD Teacher$217,303
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students
It plans $883,091 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $842,063 and estimates it spent $843,920, within 1% of the plan.
$843,920 spent (estimated)$842,063 planned
What changed
The total is $2.5 million (7%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Hiring of teaching staff, which went from $32.8 million to $34.1 million.
Largest increases
Hiring of teaching staff+$1.3 million
New in the 2026–27 plan
MTSS Coaches and Specialists$1.7 million
What its goals measure
Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.
What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 3 · Maintain high levels of student achievement
79%
77%
down 2 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 3 · Maintain high levels of student achievement
77%
77%
no change
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 1 · Create a culture of wellness
6 in 100
5 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2 · Build an inclusive community
1.0%
0.7%
down 0.3 pts
Goal 4 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.
Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.
The plan’s own titles and amounts
Hiring of teaching staff · $34,108,058
Continue to improve the high quality child nutrition program of the District · $1,960,330
MTSS Coaches and Specialists · $1,746,798
The full plan4 goals, 28 measures and where the money goes
We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($40.5 million).
Where does the money go?
95% to Goal 3, Maintain high levels of student achievement. Each segment is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a segment to open its goal.
Hiring of teaching staff · $34.1 million · +$1.3 million
Hiring of teaching staff is 84% of the plan.
Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title
fell 25% or more
fell 10–25%
fell 2–10%
within 2%
grew 2–10%
grew 10–25%
grew 25% or more
new or renamed title
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
small actions drawn together
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1Create a culture of wellness$2.0 million5% of action budgets
4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.0 million (+$63,510) · p. 11 ↗
Largest funded actions
Continue to improve the high quality child nutrition program of the District$2.0 millionaction 1.9 · p. 39 ↗
Continue to enforce attendance policyunder $0.1 millionaction 1.4 · p. 39 ↗
Utilize the Educlimber Data Management System to enter and refer to data from multiple sources as part of the MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports)under $0.1 millionaction 1.8 · p. 39 ↗
Continue implementing the Student Success Profile (Empathy, Learner’s Mindset, Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, and Adaptability)under $0.1 millionaction 1.7 · p. 39 ↗
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Continue to improve the high quality child nutrition program of the District+$0.1 million$1.9 million → $2.0 million · p. 39 ↗
Continue to enforce attendance policy+$2,000$40,000 → $42,000 · p. 39 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Utilize the Educlimber Data Management System to enter and refer to data from multiple sources as part of the MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) · $17,000 → $17,000 · p. 39 ↗unchanged
Continue implementing the Student Success Profile (Empathy, Learner’s Mindset, Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, and Adaptability) · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 39 ↗unchanged
How the plan measures it · 3 measures · 2 quoted
A: Percentage of students who attended school 96% or more of the timep. 11 ↗
Baseline
2023-2024: 64%
Target for year 3
2026-2027: 70%
B: CA School Dashboard chronic absenteeism ratesp. 11 ↗
Baseline
2022-2023 All: 12% …
Target for year 3
2025-2026 All: 4% …
1 more measure in the plan’s table.
Goal 2Build an inclusive community$64,500under 1% of action budgets
Continue regular District Equity Action Team (EAT) and Community Climate and Culture (CCC) meetings throughout the year · $1,500 → $1,500 · p. 40 ↗unchanged
How the plan measures it · 8 measures · 3 quoted
A: Participation rate of parents/guardians completing annual LEA strategic plan implementation surveyp. 17 ↗
Baseline
2023-2024: 30%
Target for year 3
2026-2027: 40%
B: Number of parent/ guardian attendees at DELAC meetingsp. 17 ↗
Baseline
2023-2024: 10 attendees
Target for year 3
2026-2027: 20 attendees
C: Percent of parents/guardians of students with a disability that indicates full participation in the IEP processp. 18 ↗
Baseline
2023-2024: 99.7%
Target for year 3
2026-2027: 100%
5 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 3Maintain high levels of student achievement$38.4 million95% of action budgets
11 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $36.0 million (+$2.4 million) · p. 22 ↗
Largest funded actions
Hiring of teaching staff$34.1 millionaction 3.1 · p. 40 ↗
MTSS Coaches and Specialists$1.7 millionaction 3.14 · p. 41 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $644,288 is state funding counted toward those services
Enrichment opportunities for students TK-5$0.9 millionaction 3.12 · p. 41 ↗
Literacy professional development$0.6 millionaction 3.4 · p. 40 ↗
Project Based Learning professional development$0.6 millionaction 3.10 · p. 41 ↗
6 more funded actions in this goal
Elementary ELD Teacher · action 3.7 · p. 41 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Middle school ELD teacher · action 3.8 · p. 41 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Adopt the integrated science model for middle school · action 3.3 · p. 40 ↗under $0.1 million
Literacy universal screening · action 3.5 · p. 40 ↗under $0.1 million
English Language Development professional development for teachers · action 3.9 · p. 41 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Implementation of new History/Social Studies and Science instructional materials in grades K-5 · action 3.2 · p. 40 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Hiring of teaching staff+$1.3 million$32.8 million → $34.1 million · p. 40 ↗
Project Based Learning professional development+$30,532$610,650 → $641,182 · p. 41 ↗
Literacy professional development−$19,320$663,608 → $644,288 · p. 40 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
MTSS Coaches and Specialists · $1.7 million · p. 41 ↗new or renamed
Enrichment opportunities for students TK-5 · $869,660 → $871,478 · p. 41 ↗+$1,818
All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.
Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends
Student mix
2024–25 · October enrollment count, 2,776 students
1White48%
2Asian28%
3Two or more races10%
4Hispanic or Latino10%
5Not reported2%
6Black or African American1%
7Filipino<1%
8American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
9Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools.
Free or reduced-price meals
6%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 166 of 2,775 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.
The district’s state records
Is the state giving the district extra help?
Los Gatos Union Elementary isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 66% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (76 of 115 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
Which public schools in the Los Gatos Union Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Daves Avenue Elementary, 97th percentile (Strong). Middle: Raymond J. Fisher Middle, 94th 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 the Los Gatos Union Elementary district decide which school my child attends?
Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in the Los Gatos Union Elementary district good?
Los Gatos Union Elementary’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 90th to the 97th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Strong. Los Gatos Union Elementary has one public middle school we score, Raymond J. Fisher Middle, at the 94th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 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 the Los Gatos Union Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Los Gatos Union Elementary district had 5 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.
How much does the Los Gatos Union Elementary district spend per student?
The Los Gatos Union Elementary district spent $22,341 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 69 cents of every Los Gatos Union Elementary dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.
What is in the Los Gatos Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $40.5 million into 23 funded actions in 4 goals, 61% of its $66.7 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $38.4 million, 95% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP) from spring 2026 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 governed and funded by the Los Gatos Union Elementary district, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.