Scores in Advanced Placement Tests

Here are the Advanced Placement test results for Los Angeles County high school districts and the statewide average. The figures shown for the classes of 1983-84 and 1991-92 are the number of exams per 100 students that received passing scores. The percentage of change indicates the improvement or decline in the number of passing tests between 1983-84 and 1991-92.

NUMBER OF CLASS OF CLASS OF SENIORS ‘83-’84 ‘91-’92 % CHANGE State Average 260,693 7.2 20.7 +188 County Average 65,674 9.4 27.3 +190

Los Angeles County School Districts

NUMBER OF CLASS OF CLASS OF SENIORS ‘83-’84 ‘91-’92 % CHANGE ABC 1,469 10.5 62.5 +495 Alhambra City 1,993 10.6 37.9 +258 Antelope Valley 1,353 1.8 11.6 +544 Arcadia 619 24.2 108.7 +349 Azusa 545 0.4 * 0.7 +75 Baldwin Park 639 4.6* 15.5 +237 Bassett 286 1.9* 9.8 +418 Bellflower 499 0.5 14.0 +2,700 Beverly Hills 456 49.8 86.4 +73 Bonita 554 4.5 16.1 +258 Burbank 819 9.0 33.9 +277 Centinela Valley 1,162 0.8 10.4 +1,200 Charter Oak 321 1.9 6.2 +226 Claremont 414 17.4* 51.4 +195 Compton 750 0.3 4.8 +1,500 Covina-Valley 634 6.0 27.3 +355 Culver City 291 16.7 44.7 +168 Downey 942 3.5 33.9 +869 Duarte 234 0.8* 10.3 +1,617 El Monte Union 1,338 0.1 10.5 +10,400 El Rancho 561 1.2* 12.5 +942 El Segundo 152 3.3 14.5 +339 Glendale 1,800 8.7 20.5 +137 Glendora 327 4.5 40.7 +785 HaciendaL.Puente 1,487 3.5 22.5 +549 Inglewood 663 0.7 2.6 +271 L.A. County 153 22.1* 9.8 -56 La Canada 280 35.0 95.7 +173 Las Virgenes 677 22.4 34.4 +54 Long Beach 3,522 9.5 19.9 +107 Los Angeles 24,892 11.3 26.2 +132 Lynwood 625 1.3 9.0 +592 Monrovia 253 5.5 19.0 +239 Montebello 1,825 3.3 22.1 +570 Norwalk-La Mirada 864 0.7 10.8 +1,443 P.V. Peninsula 803 36.3 112.2 +209 Paramount 603 1.8* 2.3 +28 Pasadena 1,223 4.4 8.2 +86 Pomona 891 0.1* 6.4 +6,300 Rowland 1,184 3.1 25.8 +732 San Marino 253 34.8 75.9 +118 S. Monica-Malibu 682 13.1 37.8 +189 South Bay Union 704 14.5 44.5 +207 South Pasadena 280 25.7 50.0 +95 Temple City 361 1.3 22.4 +1,623 Torrance 1,337 9.0 40.9 +354 Walnut Valley 966 11.1 47.1 +324 West Covina 490 8.1 12.7 +57 Whittier Union 1,288 3.4 12.2 +259 William S. Hart 1,208 5.5 35.8 +551

* 1983-84 data not available. The substituted figure is for the first year after 1983-84 with data available.Source: California Department of Education