Hart District Schools Rank Among Highest in State
Eleven of the 17 schools in the Wm. S. Hart Union High School District rank among the top 20 percent of schools in the State or California based on a statewide ranking released this week by the California Department of Education. The ranking is based on a school’s Academic Performance Index (API) which was determined by its student’s performance on the standardized tests they took in the spring of 2008.
A school’s statewide rank compares its API to the APIs of all other schools statewide of the same type (elementary, middle, or high school). The statewide ranking system lists schools by their API sores from lowest to highest and then separates the list into ten groups of equal size called deciles, from one (lowest) to 10 (highest).
Four schools in the Hart District achieved API scores that placed them in the tenth decile or top ten percent when compared to similar schools. Those schools are Academy of the Canyons Middle College High School, SCV Early College High School, Rancho Pico Junior High School and Rio Norte Junior High School. All four schools earned API scores greater than 860, well above the 800 threshold which the state has set as the target for all schools.
Seven schools achieved API scores that placed them in the ninth decile. Those schools are Saugus, Valencia, West Ranch and Hart high schools, and the Learning Post Independent Study High School. In this group of schools only the Leaning Post did not achieve an API greater than 800, falling just one point short at 799.
Canyon High School’s API of 779 ranks it in the eighth decile, which places it in the top 30 percent of high schools in the state. La Mesa and Sierra Vista junior high schools rank in the seventh decile, followed by Golden Valley High School, in the sixth decile.
In August all schools and districts will receive new API scores which will be based upon their performance on this spring’s test results. Schools and districts with API scores greater than 800 have no growth targets, while those with scores under 800 are expected to increase their API score by at least five points. The Learning Post, which has an API of 799, has a growth target of only one point, which will take it to the state goal of 800.
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