Foothill Elementary

Foothill Elementary, a close-knit primary school in Saratoga, California, one of the schools within Saratoga Union Elementary, works with 278 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Foothill Elementary sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Saratoga Union Elementary (1,651 students total), Foothill Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Foothill Elementary reports that Asian students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder consists of 17% White, 15% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Foothill Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 9% of students at Foothill Elementary qualify 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%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Foothill Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.2%; this one delivers 83.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Foothill Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Saratoga High, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Foothill Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 85.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Foothill Elementary has shrank 10%, going from 309 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 25% to 17% over that span.

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