Most-Improved Schools Elementary Schools

An Aug. 20 chart on schools that posted the biggest gains on the Stanford 9 test was prepared before scores were available for Long Beach Unified School District. Three Long Beach campuses rank among schools posting the biggest gains since statewide testing began in 1998. The third column lists the percentage of students at each school who scored at or above the 50th percentile (the national average) in 2000. The final column shows the percentage-point increase over two years in the number of students attaining that benchmark.

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Improvement District School 2000 over 2 years 1. Los Angeles Unified Crescent Heights Blvd. 44.8 26.7 2. Inglewood Unified Payne Elementary 62.2 26.2 3. Long Beach Unified Lafayette Elementary 40.5 26.2 4. South Whittier Los Altos Elementary 43.5 25.6 5. Los Angeles Unified Annandale Elementary 47.1 25.1 6. Montebello Unified Greenwood Elementary 35.9 25.1 7. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified Cabrillo Elementary 77.6 24.7 8. Inglewood Unified Oak Street Elementary 49.7 24.4 9. Torrance Unified Torrance Elementary 56.6 24.1 10. Long Beach Unified Whittier Elementary 32.2 23.8 11. Downey Unified Alameda Elementary 65.6 23.3 12. Redondo Beach Unified Birney Elementary 67.1 22.5 13. Los Angeles Unified Nestle Ave. Elementary 66.3 22.4 14. Los Angeles Unified Center Bellevue Ave. Primary 35.7 22.4 15. Bassett Unified Julian Elementary 38.4 22.3 16. Los Angeles Unified 232nd Place 53.3 22.2 17. Los Angeles Unified Commonwealth Ave. 48.4 21.8 18. Montebello Unified Fremont Elementary 43.5 21.7 19. Montebello Unified Winter Gardens Elementary 31.2 21.2 20. Baldwin Park Unified Kenmore Elementary 33.1 20.9

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Middle Schools

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Improvement District School 2000 over 2 years 1. Compton Unified Vanguard Learning Center 32.7 17.5 2. Pasadena Unified Wilson Middle 39.4 15.1 3. El Segundo Unified El Segundo Middle 74.1 13.8 4. Los Angeles Unified Marina del Rey Middle 31.7 12.5 5. Monrovia Unified Santa Fe Middle 46.0 12.1

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High Schools

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Improvement District School 2000 over 2 years 1. Pasadena Unified Blair High 37.3 12.4 2. Los Angeles Unified Mid-City Magnet 27.6 11.3 3. Los Angeles Unified El Camino Real Senior High 63.4 10.0 4. Glendora Unified Glendora High 64.5 9.3 5. Long Beach Unified Wilson High 44.8 9.2

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Compiled by Richard O’Reilly, Times director of computer analysis, and data analyst Sandra Poindexter