Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Saratoga High School
Public · Saratoga · Santa Clara County · 1,143 students · Class of 2025
★ Top 5% UC Reach
UC Reach · Class of 2025
73%
Higher than 97% of California high schools
+40.0 pp above peer median (32.9%)
· Ranked #4 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 65.3%
2025 · 72.9%
-2%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+3.8 pp
vs. Santa Clara County baseline (-6%)
~1073
5-yr projected enrollment (70 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Saratoga High School sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #4 of 11): 73% vs. a peer median of 33%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has slipped 8 points since 2018 — worth watching.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 2% (329→321 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of -9%.
- ▸In business terms, this is market-share growth during a market contraction. Santa Clara County's senior population shrank 6% over the same window — Saratoga High School only shrank 2%. So Saratoga High School picked up about 4 percentage points of relative share — families chose it over the alternatives even as the overall pool got smaller. That's overperforming the market in a shrinking market.
- ▸At its recent rate (-2.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~1073 by 2029 — about 70 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect High School | Public | 36.3% | -2% |
| Del Mar High School | Public | 10.4% | +22% |
| Westmont High School | Public | 28.7% | +12% |
| Lynbrook High School | Public | 85.7% | -5% |
| Monta Vista High School | Public | 85.5% | -31% |
| Pioneer High School | Public | 35.4% | -10% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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