Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARATOGA UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063591006149
Foothill Elementary
13919 Lynde Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070 · (408) 867-4036 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
25 students
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Foothill Elementary→Redwood Middle
Based on grade levels within Saratoga Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
74.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.2pp since 2014
Math
80.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 51.0% | 23.8% | 17.5% | 7.7% |
| Math | 61.8% | 18.8% | 11.8% | 7.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 80.6% |
| 2023-24 | 80.5% | 87.1% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 88.2% |
| 2021-22 | 85.1% | 90.1% |
| 2020-21 | 87.6% | 86.3% |
| 2018-19 | 82.6% | 86.4% |
| 2017-18 | 87.3% | 89.5% |
| 2016-17 | 83.8% | 87.3% |
| 2015-16 | 85.0% | 90.0% |
| 2014-15 | 83.0% | 85.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Foothill Elementary
Foothill Elementary's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothill Elementary this school | 278 | 9.0% | 80.6% |
| Vista Grande Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | 355 | 11.0% | 81.1% |
| Meadows Elementary Millbrae | 360 | 14.7% | 75.5% |
| Green Hills Elementary Millbrae | 338 | 14.8% | 79.1% |
| Stevens Creek Elementary Cupertino | 407 | 13.3% | 77.2% |
| Franklin Elementary Burlingame | 357 | 17.1% | 81.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Foothill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #198 of 5,151 | #35 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #210 of 5,172 ▼ 146 | #38 of 226 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #503 of 5,172 ▼ 267 | #58 of 226 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.9pp | #143 of 5,116 | #13 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #4,943 of 5,915 | #222 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #397 of 5,352 | #26 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #2,034 of 5,354 | #120 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.0% | #5,495 of 5,625 | #223 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #2,694 of 3,837 | #154 of 189 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
278
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 278 | 15 | 18.5:1 | 9% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 16 | 18.3:1 | 6% (19) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 16 | 18.9:1 | 5% (15) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 16 | 18.3:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 17 | 18.2:1 | 2% (5) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | N/A | N/A | 2% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 25 | 19.9:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 15 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foothill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (309 to 278); teachers down 12% (17 to 15).
About Foothill Elementary
Foothill Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Saratoga, California, under Saratoga Union Elementary. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 278 students. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 40% smaller than that.
The 4 schools of Saratoga Union Elementary, including Foothill Elementary, enroll 1,651 students.
Roughly 60% of students at Foothill Elementary are Asian. The rest of enrollment is 17% White, 15% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Among all residents of Santa Clara County, the Asian share is about 41%. Foothill Elementary's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 15 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.5:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 9%. That is 28 points below the 37% average for public schools in Santa Clara County.
In California, Foothill Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 80.6% actual against a predicted 74.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Santa Clara County show that the median household income is $164,281, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Foothill Elementary, Santa Clara County has 411 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Saratoga High, about 0.3 miles away. Foothill Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 86.0% on proficiency, and Foothill Elementary is below that at 80.6%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 5% from its 2020-21 level of 292.
Community posts for Foothill Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saratoga Union Elementary
- Redwood MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Argonaut ElementaryElementary · 367 students
- Saratoga ElementaryElementary · 297 students
- Saratoga Special Services PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Saratoga
- Prospect HighHigh · 1,460 students
- Saratoga HighHigh · 1,161 students
- Redwood MiddleMiddle · 709 students
- Marshall Lane ElementaryElementary · 427 students
- Blue Hills ElementaryElementary · 424 students
- Argonaut ElementaryElementary · 367 students
Other Foothill Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 2 states are named Foothill Elementary. Foothill Elementary is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Foothill ElementaryCorona, CA · 640 students
- Foothill ElementaryPrather, CA · 609 students
- Foothill ElementaryPittsburg, CA · 551 students
- Foothill ElementaryRiverside, CA · 451 students
- Foothill ElementarySanta Barbara, CA · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Saratoga High0.3 mi · 1,161
- Saratoga Elementary0.7 mi · 297
- Argonaut Elementary0.9 mi · 367
- Redwood Middle1.1 mi · 709
- Blue Hills Elementary1.7 mi · 424
- Marshall Lane Elementary2.1 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Foothill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Foothill Elementary?
Foothill Elementary enrolls approximately 278 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Foothill Elementary serve?
Foothill Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Foothill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Foothill Elementary is approximately 18.5:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Foothill Elementary?
At Foothill Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 60% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Foothill Elementary in?
Foothill Elementary is part of Saratoga Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.