District Boundaries

What Is My School District?

There is no SUSD boundary map published for distribution. District assignments are based on data provided by the Santa Clara County Assessor's Office.

To determine your school district of residence, take the following steps:

1. Visit the Santa Clara County Tax Assessor Property Search 
2. Enter the residence street address
3. Click on the "School District/Tax Rate Area" tab
4. If "Elementary School: Saratoga Union" is displayed, the property falls within SUSD.

Please Note: If the address does not come up, check the spelling or street number or search using the property APN number. You may also contact the Santa Clara County Tax Assessor's Office at (408) 299-5500. 

For high school (grades nine through 12), visit the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District website.

If you have questions about property boundary lines, contact the Santa Clara County Committee on District Boundaries at (408) 453-6869.

What Is My Elementary School?

SUSD is an open enrollment district, meaning no addresses are assigned to a specific school (Board Policy 5116.1: Education Code 35160.5). Parents may therefore request the transitional kindergarten (TK) through fifth grade school within the district they wish their student to attend, provided the student resides within the boundaries of the District and space permits.

During the registration process, newly enrolling transitional kindergarten (TK) through fifth grade families will be asked for their first and second choice of elementary school sites: Argonaut, Foothill or Saratoga elementary schools.

Please note:

•  District residents are guaranteed placement in one of the district schools, not necessarily their first or even second choice school. 
• Placement at an elementary school site is based on space availability. Proximity to school is not a criteria in placement. 
• The District attempts to keep elementary school siblings at the same site and to give families their first choice of school. However, due to the number of classrooms, class-size limitations and the need to balance class sizes at our schools, this is not always possible. 
• SUSD does not "overflow" students to other districts. As long as your child is a District resident, he/she is guaranteed a place at one of our three elementary schools. 
• Placement at a particular site is based on space availability for the grade level requested.

Waiting list:

• If a student does not receive placement at his/her first choice school, the student will be placed on a waiting list for the first two weeks of school.
• If the student does not move off the waitlist, he/she will finish the school year at the assigned school.
• In spring, all currently enrolled families have the opportunity to request a school transfer for the following school year. 

Regular Registration Period (early spring): 

• All elementary school requests are treated equally, ie. school placement is NOT determined by the registration completion date as long as the registration is completed and successfully submitted online by the due date. 
• Occasionally, a "lottery" is required when registration requests for a particular grade level at an elementary school site exceed the space available.
• If necessary, the lottery will be scheduled during the summer.

Conditional Registration Period (mid/late spring and onwards):

• For families moving into the District who do not have all the required proofs of residency documents yet), new elementary school students will be placed at schools first come, first served, based on space availability at the time the registration is successfully completed online.
• All student documents need to be complete but partial proofs of residency are acceptable. 
• Any outstanding documents must be brought in within 60 days. 
• Visit the Required Documents page and Conditional Registration page for more information. 

Sixth through eighth grade students who reside within District boundaries will attend Redwood Middle School. We only have one middle school, and do not allow "overflow" students to other districts.

For high school (grades nine through 12), visit the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District website.