Saratoga Union Elementary runs schools through 8th grade. Its 3 public elementary schools run from the 95th to the 99th 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
Saratoga Union Elementary · grades K–8
Another district · grades 9–12
Elementary · 3 schools
from 95th to 99th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Argonaut Elementary: 99th percentile, Strong
Saratoga Elementary: 98th percentile, Strong
Foothill Elementary: 95th percentile, Strong
0Needs Support
0Developing
0Solid
3Strong
Middle · 1 school
at 99th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Redwood Middle: 99th 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 Saratoga Union Elementary district
The average elementary school in the Saratoga 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 Saratoga Union Elementary district stand?
Redwood Middle is at the 99th percentile.
That’s higher than 99 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). It’s the only public middle school we score in Saratoga Union Elementary.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean
Redwood MiddleHigh ceiling · Broad base · Grade-to-grade gains
99thStrongScope Score 91
The district
Where does Saratoga Union Elementary’s money go, and what does it plan?
The Saratoga Union Elementary district spent $25,793 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Saratoga 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
Instruction64%
Instruction support9%
Student services6%
Administration11%
Buildings & maintenance10%
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
$6.8 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 19 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 14% of its $48.8 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, 88 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 76% of the money. The plan itself puts 90% of it toward staff.
Promote positive behaviors $2.4 million
Provide opportunities to students for innovation in technology, music, garden, and arts $2.1 million
ELA/ELD focused services for English learner students $763,526
16 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
5 of the plan’s 19 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
Reading $1.1 million
Math $0.3 million
Catch-up help under $0.1 million
English learners $1.3 million
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
ELA/ELD focused services for English learner students$763,526
ELA/ELD full implementation CCSS TK-8$287,648
Mathematics - full implementation CCSS TK-8$261,055
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 $951,394 in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $1.0 million and estimates it spent $1.0 million, within 1% of the plan.
$1.0 million spent (estimated)$1.0 million planned
What changed
The total is $147,006 (2%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Provide opportunities to students for innovation in technology, music, garden, and arts, which went from $1.9 million to $2.1 million.
Largest cuts
ELA/ELD focused services for English learner students−$76,035
Staff and Student Voices−$63,372
Largest increases
Provide opportunities to students for innovation in technology, music, garden, and arts+$110,338
ELA/ELD full implementation CCSS TK-8+$49,557
Promote positive behaviors+$49,189
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
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 3
5 in 100
5 in 100
no change
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
0.1%
0.7%
up 0.6 pts
Goal 1 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
Promote positive behaviors · $2,365,142
Provide opportunities to students for innovation in technology, music, garden, and arts · $2,053,681
ELA/ELD focused services for English learner students · $763,526
The full plan3 goals, 26 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 ($6.8 million).
Where does the money go?
59% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1All Saratoga Union School District students will reach high academic achievement and experience continued…$4.0 million59% of action budgets
“All Saratoga Union School District students will reach high academic achievement and experience continued growth by receiving high-quality curriculum and instruction aligned to Common Core State and Next Generation Science Standards, and assessments” p. 17 ↗
9 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $3.9 million (+$102,325)
Largest funded actions
Provide opportunities to students for innovation in technology, music, garden, and arts$2.1 millionaction 1.2 · p. 49 ↗
ELA/ELD focused services for English learner students$0.8 millionaction 1.4 · p. 49 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $705,333 is state funding counted toward those services
ELA/ELD full implementation CCSS TK-8$0.3 millionaction 1.8 · p. 49 ↗
Use assessments to measure and analyze student progress and drive instruction$0.3 millionaction 1.1 · p. 49 ↗
Mathematics - full implementation CCSS TK-8$0.3 millionaction 1.5 · p. 49 ↗
4 more funded actions in this goal
Extended time for students performing below grade level and English learners · action 1.6 · p. 49 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.2 million
Science - full implementation of NGSS TK-8 · action 1.3 · p. 49 ↗$0.2 million
New Teacher Induction · action 1.9 · p. 49 ↗under $0.1 million
ELA/ELD Interventions · action 1.7 · p. 49 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Provide opportunities to students for innovation in technology, music, garden, and arts+$0.1 million$1.9 million → $2.1 million · p. 49 ↗
ELA/ELD focused services for English learner students−$76,035$839,561 → $763,526 · p. 49 ↗
ELA/ELD full implementation CCSS TK-8+$49,557$238,091 → $287,648 · p. 49 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Use assessments to measure and analyze student progress and drive instruction · $298,988 → $286,735 · p. 49 ↗−$12,253
Mathematics - full implementation CCSS TK-8 · $269,326 → $261,055 · p. 49 ↗−$8,271
Extended time for students performing below grade level and English learners · $174,832 → $199,876 · p. 49 ↗+$25,044
Science - full implementation of NGSS TK-8 · $153,631 → $179,576 · p. 49 ↗+$25,945
New Teacher Induction · $22,400 → $11,400 · p. 49 ↗−$11,000
ELA/ELD Interventions · $5,000 → $4,000 · p. 49 ↗−$1,000
How the plan measures it · 13 measures · 1 quoted
Priority 1: Basic Teachers in the LEA are appropriately assigned and fully credentialed. Source: School Accountability Report Card, SARCp. 18 ↗
Baseline
2023-24: 96.2% of SUSD teachers are fully credentialed.
Target for year 3
2026-27: 100% of SUSD teachers are fully credentialed.
12 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 2SUSD will support all students with social-emotional and physical well-being in order to create safe…$2.7 million39% of action budgets
“SUSD will support all students with social-emotional and physical well-being in order to create safe, inclusive, and positive learning environments” p. 30 ↗
6 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $2.6 million (+$78,046)
Largest funded actions
Promote positive behaviors$2.4 millionaction 2.1 · p. 49 ↗
Social-emotional learning for a positive foundation$0.1 millionaction 2.2 · p. 49 ↗
Inclusive Practices$0.1 millionaction 2.5 · p. 50 ↗
Ensure safety and good health practicesunder $0.1 millionaction 2.3 · p. 50 ↗
Foster Youth Servicesunder $0.1 millionaction 2.4 · p. 50 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
1 more funded action in this goal
Restorative Practices · action 2.6 · p. 50 ↗under $0.1 million
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Promote positive behaviors+$49,189$2.3 million → $2.4 million · p. 49 ↗
Ensure safety and good health practices+$18,530$31,011 → $49,541 · p. 50 ↗
Social-emotional learning for a positive foundation+$11,110$121,405 → $132,515 · p. 49 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Inclusive Practices · $58,000 → $52,000 · p. 50 ↗−$6,000
Restorative Practices · $8,000 → $10,000 · p. 50 ↗+$2,000
How the plan measures it · 7 measures · 3 quoted
Priority 5: School Engagement Middle school dropout rates Source: Local datap. 31 ↗
Baseline
2023-24: 0% of middle school school students dropped out of school
Target for year 3
2026-27: 0% of middle school school students
Priority 6: School Climate Student Suspension Rate Source: CA Dashboardp. 31 ↗
Baseline
2022-23: 1% of students suspended one or more times
Target for year 3
2025-26: 0.5% of students suspended one or more times
Priority 6: School Climate Student Expulsion Rate Source: Local datap. 31 ↗
Baseline
2023-24: 0% of students were expelled
Target for year 3
2026-27: 0% of students expelled
4 more measures in the plan’s table.
Goal 3SUSD district and school sites will maintain and encourage meaningful family, student, and community…$132,1102% of action budgets
“SUSD district and school sites will maintain and encourage meaningful family, student, and community engagement that supports student learning” p. 37 ↗
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, 1,653 students
1Asian61%
2White19%
3Not reported9%
4Hispanic or Latino5%
5Two or more races5%
6Filipino<1%
7Black or African American<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. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.
Free or reduced-price meals
4%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 61 of 1,651 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?
Saratoga 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, 56% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (31 of 55 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 Saratoga Union Elementary district rank highest?
Elementary: Argonaut Elementary, 99th percentile (Strong). Middle: Redwood Middle, 99th 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 Saratoga 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 Saratoga Union Elementary district good?
Saratoga Union Elementary’s 3 public elementary schools run from the 95th to the 99th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong. Saratoga Union Elementary has one public middle school we score, Redwood Middle, at the 99th 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 Saratoga Union Elementary district compare with California?
The average elementary school in the Saratoga 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 Saratoga Union Elementary district spend per student?
The Saratoga Union Elementary district spent $25,793 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 64 cents of every Saratoga 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 Saratoga Union Elementary district’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $6.8 million into 19 funded actions in 3 goals, 14% of its $48.8 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $4.0 million, 59% 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 Saratoga 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.