Summary:
ZIP code 95070 has two public high schools, Prospect High and Saratoga High; both serve grades 9–12, making their all-grades results comparable. In 2025–2026, both schools exceeded California’s proficiency rates in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science. The most important finding is that performance varies substantially between the two schools, even though both are above state results in all three subjects.
Saratoga High stands out at the top, while Prospect High has lower results within this pair. Saratoga’s proficiency was 90% in ELA, 85% in math, and 74% in science, compared with Prospect’s 59%, 43%, and 46%—gaps of 31, 41, and 27 percentage points, respectively. Still, Prospect was above California by 10 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 10 in science; Saratoga’s leads over the state were 41, 47, and 38 points. SchoolDigger ranked Saratoga 28th of 2,137 schools and Prospect 517th.
Results rose in ELA and science at both schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but math moved in different directions: Prospect gained 3 points in ELA and 5 in science, while math fell 2 points; Saratoga gained 4 points in ELA, 9 in science, and 6 in math. The schools also differ in reported context. For 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 49% at Prospect and 4% at Saratoga; the student-teacher ratios were 21.4 and 19, respectively. These measures are observations, not explanations for the schools’ results; comparisons here describe only the two schools in the ZIP code.
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