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  API Results

2006 API Statewide Rank


  • The API Statewide Rank ranges from 1 to 10. A rank of 10, for example, means that the school's API fell into the top 10% of all schools in the state with a comparable grade range.
  • The 2006 Statewide Rank is based on the results of tests that students took in spring 2006.

2006 API Similar Schools Rank

  • To create the Similar Schools Rank, the California Department of Education compares this school's test scores to 100 schools across the state with similar demographic profiles.
  • California uses parent education level, poverty level, student mobility, student ethnicity and other data to identify similar schools.

API Growth (2005-2006)


655 (2006 Growth)
680 (2005 Base)
  • The Academic Performance Index (API) system is based on year-over-year test score performance through a two-year cycle. The Base score is for the first year and the Growth score is for the second year.
  • Comparing the API Growth to the Base shows whether or not this school's test score performance improved between spring 2005 and spring 2006.
  • The API ranges between 200 and 1000, with 800 as the statewide goal for all schools.
API Growth Target (2005-2006)

-50-25 0255075100
-25 (2006 Growth result)  
  6 (2006 Growth target)

  This School High Schools That Met Targets Statewide
Met its 2006 schoolwide growth target No 78%
Met all subgroup growth targets No 48%
Met minimum requirement for percent tested n/a 92%

  • Each school is assigned an API Growth target by the state, determined by calculating 5% of the difference between the Base API and 800, or a minimum of 1 point growth. Schools with APIs at or above 800 must maintain a minimum API of 800.
  • The state reports APIs for schools that test a minimum of 85% of eligible students in any subject.
 
2005 Base API By Subgroup

579
 582
  All
Students		 White

  • The results shown here reflect the school's Base API for the 2006-2007 school year for all students and for each of the major subgroups of students as reported by the state.
  • The 2006 Base API is calculated using test score results from spring 2006.
  • These Base API numbers are calculated will be compared with 2007 API Growth results to measure academic performance improvement.
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