How School Districts Compare

California’s new Academic Performance Index, released last week, provides a system for evaluating public schools. Using last year’s Stanford 9 standardized test, each school was assigned a score from 200 to 1,000. Those scores were then ranked statewide in 10 groups of equal size from 1 to 10. A second ranking compared each school’s score to the scores of 100 schools with similar socioeconomic and ethnic characteristics. The following chart shows the average scores and rankings for each school district in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

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AVG AVG AVG % AVG API STATE SIM EMER DISTRICT SCORE RANK RANK CRED San Marino Unified 891.8 10.0 9.0 6.8 Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified 876.8 10.0 7.0 6.3 La Canada Unified 872.3 10.0 5.8 2.8 Manhattan Beach Unified 864.3 10.0 9.4 3.3 Beverly Hills Unified 848.8 10.0 6.8 9.4 Hermosa Beach City Elementary 838.0 10.0 6.0 0.0 Las Virgenes Unified 832.1 9.9 4.7 3.6 Arcadia Unified 823.3 9.7 4.6 6.0 South Pasadena Unified 818.4 9.8 3.8 7.0 Saugus Union Elementary 813.7 9.3 8.9 12.1 Lowell Joint Elementary 805.5 9.2 9.8 11.0 El Segundo Unified 798.7 9.7 8.0 8.0 Temple City Unified 775.3 8.8 8.3 13.8 Newhall Elementary 774.9 8.7 9.4 8.0 Walnut Valley Unified 768.9 8.8 1.9 9.0 Torrance Unified 755.3 8.6 4.3 9.4 Santa Monica-Malibu Unified 747.4 8.1 8.9 8.0 Glendora Unified 745.2 8.3 4.4 15.4 Sulphur Springs Union Elem. 743.3 8.0 8.7 6.3 Redondo Beach Unified 725.9 7.7 4.5 2.6 William S. Hart Union High 715.3 7.9 5.9 14.1 Castaic Union Elementary 712.0 7.3 5.0 10.7 Westside Union Elementary 707.3 7.6 4.0 16.2 Bonita Unified 707.2 7.5 3.5 7.4 Claremont Unified 706.8 7.3 3.8 7.0 Acton-Agua Dulce Unified 700.5 7.5 5.5 25.0 Wiseburn Elementary 697.3 7.0 9.0 3.5 Glendale Unified 696.8 7.1 5.4 13.3 Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union 694.0 7.0 1.0 41.0 San Gabriel Unified 679.6 6.7 8.6 16.9 Burbank Unified 667.3 6.4 5.6 12.6 ABC Unified 666.9 6.0 3.6 11.1 Rosemead Elementary 660.8 6.2 7.4 17.4 Culver City Unified 658.6 6.1 5.1 9.7 Charter Oak Unified 653.3 6.1 4.7 9.7 Alhambra City Elementary 652.4 6.0 6.1 15.7 Rowland Unified 643.9 5.8 7.8 21.5 Covina-Valley Unified 635.8 5.7 6.1 10.3 Downey Unified 627.5 5.4 7.4 19.8 East Whittier City Elementary 625.3 5.5 5.9 21.5 Garvey Elementary 622.5 5.4 7.8 21.5 West Covina Unified 620.6 5.3 5.3 15.3 Inglewood Unified 613.4 5.2 8.9 41.1 Bellflower Unified 601.3 4.8 6.1 19.5 Alhambra City High 599.0 4.7 3.7 8.3 Wilsona Elementary 595.0 4.7 8.0 18.7 Palmdale Elementary 594.1 4.8 6.0 21.1 Antelope Valley Union High 592.2 4.7 5.5 24.5 Long Beach Unified 588.8 4.5 7.4 21.2 Monrovia Unified 587.4 4.5 5.0 16.6 Keppel Union Elementary 581.2 4.3 7.2 22.0 Pasadena Unified 579.0 4.3 9.3 36.3 Duarte Unified 578.6 4.1 7.1 22.3 Lancaster Elementary 566.7 4.1 3.4 15.2 Valle Lindo Elementary 562.5 3.5 8.0 43.5 Hacienda La Puente Unified 560.6 3.9 3.5 22.3 Little Lake City Elementary 559.4 3.9 7.2 22.8 Norwalk-La Mirada Unified 559.1 3.8 4.6 20.6 South Whittier Elementary 554.3 3.6 8.1 24.9 Pomona Unified 548.9 3.7 7.2 21.6 Whittier Union High 547.0 3.4 4.8 13.0 Eastside Union Elementary 533.8 3.3 1.8 8.5 El Monte City Elementary 528.9 3.2 7.6 25.1 Hawthorne Elementary 526.0 3.1 8.9 42.1 Whittier City Elementary 522.2 3.2 5.0 22.5 Los Angeles Unified 521.4 3.2 5.9 21.6 Lawndale Elementary 520.6 2.9 2.9 16.0 Azusa Unified 516.3 2.8 4.5 16.4 El Rancho Unified 511.7 2.6 5.2 34.5 Los Nietos Elementary 508.0 2.8 6.8 28.0 Bassett Unified 507.7 2.7 5.9 30.3 Lynwood Unified 502.5 2.7 6.2 30.6 Baldwin Park Unified 494.2 2.6 5.4 24.4 El Monte Union High 494.0 1.8 5.4 16.8 Montebello Unified 484.7 2.2 4.7 26.5 Mountain View Elementary 469.9 1.9 6.3 25.4 Compton Unified 454.4 1.8 5.1 52.6 Centinela Valley Union High 442.0 1.0 2.0 33.7 Paramount Unified 427.1 1.4 2.6 35.7 Lennox Elementary 426.5 1.2 6.7 31.2

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ORANGE COUNTY

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AVG AVG AVG % AVG API STATE SIM EMER DISTRICT SCORE RANK RANK CRED Irvine Unified 836.8 9.8 8.4 3.6 Laguna Beach Unified 813.5 9.8 8.8 4.3 Los Alamitos Unified 801.3 9.5 5.1 1.6 Fountain Valley Elementary 800.9 9.0 6.5 1.2 Saddleback Valley Unified 800.2 9.3 7.5 3.7 Brea-Olinda Unified 786.0 9.0 7.9 8.9 Cypress Elementary 772.9 8.6 8.5 4.1 Huntington Beach City Elem. 764.0 8.4 4.4 0.0 Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified 733.7 7.9 6.2 2.8 Ocean View Elementary 712.3 7.5 5.9 3.8 Centralia Elementary 706.6 7.3 7.0 4.2 Newport-Mesa Unified 695.4 6.8 8.3 5.8 Orange Unified 686.7 6.8 6.0 17.3 Fullerton Elementary 683.5 6.6 5.6 6.9 Huntington Beach Union High 682.5 7.3 2.5 3.0 Tustin Unified 680.4 6.7 7.0 7.3 Savanna Elementary 670.8 6.5 9.3 8.8 Fullerton Joint Union High 658.8 6.3 4.8 10.2 Westminster Elementary 633.7 5.6 6.4 6.9 La Habra City Elementary 623.9 5.4 9.4 8.8 Garden Grove Unified 623.8 5.4 7.2 10.7 Anaheim Union High 601.8 4.8 3.9 3.8 Buena Park Elementary 589.3 4.6 6.0 12.7 Magnolia Elementary 578.7 4.4 8.1 9.9 Anaheim Elementary 529.4 3.3 7.4 20.1 Santa Ana Unified 488.8 2.4 7.5 20.9

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VENTURA COUNTY

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AVG AVG AVG % AVG API STATE SIM EMER DISTRICT SCORE RANK RANK CRED Oak Park Unified 843.2 10.0 5.4 4.4 Conejo Valley Unified 786.4 8.9 6.1 0.2 Pleasant Valley Elementary 753.6 8.2 6.6 3.4 Ojai Unified 738.2 8.5 6.2 6.3 Simi Valley Unified 721.8 7.6 3.9 1.7 Mesa Union Elementary 704.0 7.0 8.0 0.0 Moorpark Unified 691.6 7.1 5.8 5.7 Ventura Unified 679.7 6.8 5.1 8.0 Somis Union Elementary 614.0 5.0 3.0 5.0 Oxnard Union High 584.4 4.4 7.6 7.2 Ocean View Elementary 577.0 4.3 8.0 7.5 Hueneme Elementary 575.4 4.3 8.2 8.1 Briggs Elementary 545.0 4.0 5.0 10.0 Rio Elementary 530.6 3.4 6.0 21.0 Oxnard Elementary 528.3 3.1 6.0 12.6 Santa Paula Union High 524.0 3.0 7.0 21.0 Fillmore Unified 516.8 2.6 5.6 10.8 Santa Paula Elementary 497.4 2.4 4.9 16.6

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