State Releases Remaining API Scores for 91 Schools

The California Department of Education on Thursday released the Academic Performance Index results for 91 Los Angeles County schools that were omitted from the state’s release of data in October.

Scores for those schools, along with those of about 400 others throughout the state, were not computed at that time because of faulty demographic information and other problems.

The list below indicates whether these schools met the improvement targets set for them by the state.

California’s Academic Performance Index is the cornerstone of Gov. Gray Davis’ push to hold schools accountable for student performance.

The initial release of API information was in January, when the state issued an index score for nearly every public school in the state, based on the Stanford 9 standardized test that students took in spring 1999. (The index scores are computed on a scale of 200 to 1,000, with 800 being a statewide target.)

At that time, the state set improvement goals for each school, using the 1999 index score as a base. The API information contained in today’s tables indicates whether these schools met those targets--for the school overall and for sizable subgroups within each school’s population.

Schools must meet the targets to qualify for hundreds of millions of dollars in rewards that the state has set aside to encourage academic improvement.

Last January, the state ranked the schools on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 representing the top 10% of schools. The new rankings will be released late next month.

Results for all schools and districts in California are available on the World Wide Web at https://www.cde.ca.gov/psaa.

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How to Read These Tables

* Find the school district. Districts are listed in alphabetical order.

* Search for the individual school. Schools within a district are listed in alphabetical order by level, with elementary schools first.

* For each school, the table first lists the 2000 API score, on a scale of 200 to 1,000.

* Next comes the school’s growth target. That is the number of points the index must have risen for the school to qualify for rewards. An asterisk indicates that no target was set because the API was 800 or higher in 1999. A school in that category had to improve its score by only 1 point.

* The third column is the number of points that the school’s score rose or declined. If the school met or exceeded its target, that number is in boldface.

* The next column indicates with a Y for yes or an N for no whether the school met its growth targets for significant subgroups. Those include students from low-income families and students from various ethnic groups.

* Next comes the percentage of students tested. To qualify for rewards, elementary and middle schools must have tested 95% or more of eligible students. High schools must have tested at least 90% of eligible students.

* Finally, a Y or an N indicates whether a school qualifies for the state’s reward program. If a school meets its overall growth target, but fails to hit its targets for subgroups or participation rate, it is not eligible for rewards.

Los Angeles County Alhambra City Elementary

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Baldwin Elementary 689 7 19 Y 100 Y Brightwood Elementary 789 2 34 Y 100 Y Emery Park Elementary 631 10 34 Y 100 Y Fremont Elementary 657 9 37 Y 99 Y Garfield Elementary 692 9 68 Y 100 Y Granada Elementary 643 11 54 Y 100 Y Marguerita Elementary 696 7 32 Y 100 Y Monterey Highlands Elementary 754 4 30 Y 99 Y Northrup Elementary 636 11 62 Y 100 Y Park Elementary 650 10 40 Y 99 Y Ramona Elementary 680 7 19 Y 99 Y Repetto Elementary 723 6 42 Y 100 Y Ynez Elementary 755 4 43 Y 99 Y

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Compton Unified

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Dickison Elementary 499 16 11 Y 96 N Foster Elementary 508 14 -18 N 83 N Kennedy Elementary 586 12 20 Y 100 Y Laurel Street Elementary 596 14 72 Y 100 Y Longfellow Elementary 438 17 -23 N 100 N Rosecrans Elementary 480 20 81 Y 100 Y Washington Elementary 468 19 45 Y 99 Y Bunche Middle 420 19 1 N 100 N Walton Middle 466 19 48 N 100 N Whaley Middle 403 20 1 N 91 N

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El Rancho Unified

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Birney Elementary 612 13 74 Y 98 Y Durfee Elementary 587 13 49 Y 100 Y Magee Elementary 592 12 32 Y 98 Y Meller Elementary 578 15 86 Y 99 Y North Ranchito Elementary 553 17 88 Y 100 Y Pio Pico Elementary 488 18 50 Y 100 Y Rio Vista Elementary 625 11 43 Y 100 Y Rivera Elementary 574 13 33 Y 100 Y Selby Grove Elementary 532 14 15 Y 100 Y South Ranchito Elementary 594 16 108 Y 98 Y Valencia Elementary 569 15 65 Y 100 Y Burke Middle 584 12 17 Y 100 Y North Park Middle 488 17 29 Y 100 Y Rivera Middle 568 15 63 Y 100 Y El Rancho High 524 16 40 Y 100 Y

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Hermosa Beach City Elementary

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Hermosa Valley Elementary 851 * 13 Y 100 Y

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Inglewood Unified

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Bennett/Kew Elementary 775 1 -1 N 98 N Centinela Elementary 670 7 12 Y 98 Y Hudnall Elementary 781 4 63 Y 100 Y Lane Elementary 581 14 55 Y 99 Y Monroe Junior High 545 14 21 N 96 N

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Keppel Union Elementary

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Gibson Elementary 571 13 30 Y 100 Y Pearblossom Elementary 658 7 2 N 100 N

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Lawndale Elementary

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Rogers Middle 543 15 35 Y 100 Y

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Lennox Elementary

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Felton Elementary 433 20 26 N 97 N Moffett Elementary 430 19 13 N 100 N Lennox Middle 520 16 38 N 99 N

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Los Angeles Unified

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Clifford Street Elementary 592 12 32 Y 100 Y Commonwealth Avenue Elementary 650 12 99 Y 100 Y Fairburn Avenue Elementary 893 * 25 Y 97 Y Fenton Avenue Elementary 509 16 36 Y 99 Y Fifteenth Street Elementary 482 19 68 Y 100 Y Micheltorena Street Elementary 414 22 45 Y 99 Y Ninth Street Elementary 512 18 66 Y 99 Y Norwood Street Elementary 444 19 33 Y 100 Y One Hundred Twenty-Second Street 461 19 37 Y 100 Y Elem. San Fernando Elementary 502 18 66 Y 99 Y San Pascual Avenue Elementary 593 12 42 Y 98 Y Granada Hills Senior High 727 4 3 N 98 N

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Long Beach Unified

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Constellation Community Middle 466 16 -24 N 98 N

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Los Nietos Elementary

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Nelson Elementary 539 15 39 Y 98 Y Los Nietos Middle 559 14 31 Y 97 Y

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Monrovia Unified

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Bradoaks Elementary 607 12 54 Y 99 Y Mayflower Elementary 712 5 14 N 100 N Monroe Elementary 600 13 63 Y 100 Y Plymouth Elementary 572 13 41 Y 100 Y Wild Rose Elementary 608 12 45 Y 100 Y Clifton Middle 673 8 26 Y 99 Y Santa Fe Middle 637 10 36 Y 97 Y Monrovia High 602 12 33 Y 99 Y

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Saugus Union Elementary

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Bouquet Canyon Elementary 869 * 5 Y 100 Y Cedarcreek Elementary 713 4 -4 N 100 N Emblem Elementary 823 * 17 Y 100 Y Foster Elementary 849 * 9 Y 99 Y Helmers Elementary 873 * -4 Y 100 N Highlands Elementary 865 * 26 Y 100 Y Mountainview Elementary 858 * 13 Y 100 Y Plum Canyon Elementary 812 1 17 Y 100 Y Rio Vista Elementary 782 2 30 Y 100 Y Rosedell Elementary 857 * 23 Y 100 Y Santa Clarita Elementary 820 * 11 Y 100 Y Skyblue Mesa Elementary 806 1 20 Y 99 Y

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South Whittier Elementary

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Loma Vista Elementary 629 11 46 Y 100 Y Monte Vista Middle 595 11 13 N 99 N

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Whittier City Elementary

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School 2000 Tgt Grwth Sub Pct Awds API Grps Tested Longfellow Elementary 526 15 19 Y 100 Y

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