Argonaut Elementary

Argonaut Elementary is one of the small K-5 schools in Saratoga, California, part of Saratoga Union Elementary, with 367 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Saratoga Union Elementary runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,651 students. Argonaut Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Argonaut Elementary reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school records 14% multiracial, 10% White, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Argonaut Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 78.0%; Argonaut Elementary posts 92.5%, +14.4 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Argonaut Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Saratoga High, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Argonaut Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 81.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Argonaut Elementary has climbed 7%, going from 343 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 78% to 74% across the same window.

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