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Los Gatos High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
20 High Sch Ct.
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Phone
(408) 354-2730
District
LOS GATOS-SARATOGA UNION HIGH
County
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2127
Classroom Teachers
98

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 96.9% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Los Gatos High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
76%
41%
85%
54%
66%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
22
21
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 506 23.8%
Grade 10 532 25.0%
Grade 11 536 25.2%
Grade 12 553 26.0%
Total 2127 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 68.0% 51.2% 22.7%
Black 0.3% 0.3% 5.4%
Hispanic 11.5% 9.2% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 19.7% 38.9% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.5% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 6.5% 5.8% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 6.3% 5.6% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.3% 0.2% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 56,591 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 413.4 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.2% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 20.6% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 35.3% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 20.0% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 20,891 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 3.3% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.4% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 78.3% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 63.0% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.1% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.9% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 5.0% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.3% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.9% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 3.8% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,103 $35,704,002 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,395 $4,929,930 7.5%
Staff $662 $2,339,508 3.6%
General Administration $339 $1,198,026 1.8%
School Administration $1,173 $4,145,382 6.3%
Operation $1,714 $6,057,276 9.2%
Transportation $143 $505,362 0.8%
Other $855 $3,021,570 4.6%
Total Support $6,282 $22,200,588 33.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,205 $7,792,470 11.9%
Total Expenditures $18,590 $65,697,060 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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