Saratoga High School is a grade 9–12, public high school located in Saratoga, California. In 2021 it was ranked No. 1 Best College Prep Public High School in California according to Niche.

Academics

Saratoga High School is consistently designated a top academic high school.

Saratoga High School has a four-year Project Lead the Way engineering program, and is ranked No. 23 in the U.S. for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The school offers 35 honors and Advanced Placement courses.

The graduation rate is 99%, and 97% of students attend college. It is a diverse high school, with total minority enrollment of 75%.

Activities

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Athletics

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The Saratoga Falcons compete in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) of the CIF Central Coast Section (CCS).

More than 60% of students participate in Saratoga High School athletics. The team formerly played night games at Los Gatos High School; in April 2006, the Trustees of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District approved permanent lights for the football field.

SHS Baseball won a Division II CCS championship in 1999.

In 2009, the girls' varsity tennis team defeated rival Monta Vista High School 5-2 for their first CCS championship in the history of the program and went on to win the title again in 2010.

Theater arts and music

Performing Arts is a strong area of achievement at Saratoga High School. Almost 40% of students perform onstage through theater arts, vocal ensembles and instrumental music. The Marching Band and Color Guard marched in the 2016 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. The Marching Band participated in the 2012 Macy's Parade in New York City. In 2024, the Winter Percussion team attended the WGI World Championships at the University of Dayton Arena, making the finals round.

Robotics teams

The FRC and VEX robotics teams at the high school consistently advance to the FIRST and VEX World Championships. The FRC robotics team has consistently qualified to the World Championship almost every year. The VEX robotics team won the 2024 National Championship and were 2025 World Semifinalists and Division Champions.

Chess team

At the 2005 National Grade Level Chess Championships in Houston, the 9th graders were national champions. The team won the NorCal State Championship for a record six consecutive years (2004–2010).

Science Bowl team

The Science Bowl team qualified for the 2023 National Science Bowl competition in Washington DC.

Campus

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The school has 8 tennis courts, an all weather track, an artificial turf football field, an artificial turf soccer field, an artificial turf softball field, a quad, and an Olympic-size swimming pool. The McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture Center, a community facility, opened in 2006.

Notable alumni

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  • Mark Ames (1983) – journalist
  • Andrew Bosworth (2000) – CTO of Meta Platforms
  • Zach Gill (1993) – musician
  • Lance Guest (1978) – actor
  • Lee Hancock (1985) – MLB player
  • Bill Haselman (1984) – MLB player and coach
  • Andrew Hong (2023) – Chess grandmaster
  • Dan Janjigian (1991) – actor and bobsledder
  • Alex Lagemann (2007) – musician
  • Beth Lisick (1987) – author
  • Patricia Miranda (1997) – bronze medalist in wrestling at 2004 Summer Olympics
  • Richa Moorjani
  • Cyndy Poor (1971) – 1976 Olympian and American record holder
  • Anil Raj (2002) – human rights activist, Amnesty International board member, killed in Kabul while working on United Nations Development Programme.
  • Kyle Shanahan (1993) – head coach of NFL's San Francisco 49ers
  • Varun Sivaram (2007) – Rhodes Scholar, CTO of ReNew Power, and author
  • Ed Solomon (1978) – actor, director, writer and producer
  • Steven Spielberg (1965) – Academy Award-winning film director
  • Mark Suciu (2010) – professional skateboarder
  • Vienna Teng (1996) – singer-songwriter
  • David Warshofsky (1979) – actor