Test Results

Advanced Placement tests are offered in 16 subjects, including European history, calculus and physics. To become eligible for college credit, students must score at least 3 out of a possible 5 points on the test. The rate at which high school juniors and seniors qualified for college credit by taking the tests has more than tripled in the past decade.

For example, 10 years ago, the statewide percentage was 3.4%, meaning that fewer than four students per 100 earned college credit.

Here are results for the state, Southland counties and Los Angeles County school districts:

Passing exams per % point change 100 students in 1993-94 from 1983-84 Statewide: 10.8 +7.4

COUNTYWIDE PERFORMANCE

Passing exams per % point change 100 students in 1993-94 from 1983-84 Los Angeles 12.7 +8.9 Orange 17.5 +12.0 Riverside 8.3 +7.3 San Bernardino 7.8 +6.6 San Diego 14.6 +10.9 Ventura 13.8 +10.7

SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN L.A. COUNTY

Passing exams per % point change 100 students in 1993-94 from 1983-84 ABC Unified 33.6 +29.3 Alhambra City High 18.0 +13.2 Antelope Valley Union 5.8 +5.0 Arcadia Unified 44.2 +32.6 Azusa Unified 1.3 +1.3 Baldwin Park Unified 8.1 +8.1 Bassett Unified 5.0 +5.0 Bellflower Unified 5.8 +5.6 Beverly Hills Unified 44.3 +20.3 Bonita Unified 8.7 +6.8 Burbank Unified 15.3 +11.3 Centinela Valley Union 6.6 +6.3 Charter Oak Unified 5.0 +4.9 Claremont Unified 29.0 +29.0 Compton Unified 1.9 +1.8 Covina-Valley Unified 14.1 +11.5 Culver City Unified 24.5 +17.0 Downey Unified 14.4 +12.8 Duarte Unified 4.0 +4.0 El Monte Union High 4.7 +4.7 El Rancho Unified 7.1 +7.1 El Segundo Unified 8.6 +7.0 Glendale Unified 13.1 +9.1 Glendora Unified 25.5 +23.4 Hacienda La Puente Unif 14.0 +12.5 Inglewood Unified 0.3 0.0 La Canada Unified 55.1 +37.4 Las Virgenes Unified 21.0 +10.6 Long Beach Unified 10.3 +5.8 Los Angeles Unified 11.5 +6.7 Lynwood Unified 4.6 +4.1 Manhattan Beach Unified 35.6 NA Monrovia Unified 6.5 +4.0 Montebello Unified 8.2 +6.9 Norwalk-La Mirada Unified 4.5 +4.2 Palos Verdes Peninsula 61.4 +43.2 Paramount Unified 2.9 +2.9 Pasadena Unified 5.5 +3.5 Pomona Unified 3.5 +3.5 Redondo Beach Unified 26.0 NA Rowland Unified 13.6 +12.2 San Marino Unified 50.0 +32.0 Santa Monica-Malibu 23.6 +17.9 South Pasadena Unified 30.3 +17.6 Temple City Unified 12.7 +12.1 Torrance Unified 18.0 +13.6 Walnut Valley Unified 30.7 +25.6 West Covina Unified 9.6 +8.5 Whittier Union High 6.8 +5.2 Wm. S. Hart Union High 14.5 +11.9

Source: California Dept. of Education, Sacramento