Los Gatos High School, originally Los Gatos Union High School, was founded in 1908 and remains the only high school in Los Gatos. From the late 1880s until then, high school age students were taught at Los Gatos Central School, a grammar school which was established in 1886. The original building was in
Mission Revival style, and on the site of the current library. The current
Neoclassical main building was dedicated on January 17, 1925; it was built using a $250,000 bond measure passed in 1923, and was designed by
W. H. Weeks, a famous architect of schools in California. The former building continued in use but was gradually demolished and by 1955 had entirely disappeared. The main building was extensively renovated in the mid-1960s, reopening in 1967. In 2001, the town of Los Gatos passed a $79 million
bond measure for a new renovation, which included several new buildings. Due to the unusual joint cooperative nature of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District, until 2005,
Saratoga High School shared Los Gatos High School's Prentiss Brown Auditorium for
performing arts and, until 2006, they shared Helm Field for
football games. Both are on the grounds of Los Gatos High School but are available for equal use by both schools. When the two schools played each other, the title of
home team rotated between them each year. == Academics and Activities ==