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Several LB Schools At Bottom, And Some Near Top, In Latest Statewide Academic Performance Index Rankings From CA Dept. of Education

(January 17, 2001) Several LB schools ranked at bottom, and some near the top, in the latest statewide Academic Performance Index (API) rankings released by the CA Department of Education.

You can view your neighborhood's school rankings below. LBReport.com has downloaded and posted LB's data as well as methodology and explanatory notes from the CA Dept. of Education web site.

Schools receive an Academic Performance Index (API) score between 200 and 1000, which is then ranked statewide in ten groups of equal size (deciles) ranging from decile one (lowest) to decile ten (highest). (A second decile ranking. also from one to ten, compares each school's 2000 API scores to other schools with so-called "similar characteristics," see below.)

When LB High Schools were ranked statewide, Jordan and Cabrillo ranked in decile "1" (the lowest), Lakewood and Millikan were in decile "4". Wilson ranked in "5" and Poly was in "7."

When LB High School rankings were adjusted by comparing them to what the Dept. of Education calls "similar" schools (taking into account factors listed, below), Cabrillo ranked in decile "2", Jordan in "5," Lakewood and Millikan in "6," Wilson in "7" and Poly in "10."

The CA Academy of Mathematics and Science, a regional magnet school on the CSU Dominguez Hills campus ranked in decile "10" (the highest rank) both statewide and for so-called similar schools.

The CA Dept. of Education derives its similar school ranking by comparing characteristics that include (its terms, from its web site) pupil mobility, pupil ethnicity, pupil socioeconomic status, percentage of teachers who are fully credentialed, percentage of teachers who hold emergency credentials, percentage of pupils who are English language learners, average class size per grade level, and whether the schools operate multitrack year-round educational programs.

LB middle school scores ranged from good to poor (our terms) in statewide rankings with Hughes, Rogers and Stanford in decile "8" and Washington, Lindbergh, Franklin and Constellation Community Middle School (a charter school) in decile "1".

LB elementary schools ranged from very good to poor (our terms) in statewide rankings with Twain, Lowell, Gant, Fremont ranked in decile "9" and Butler (Mary), Keller, McKinley, Tucker and Powell (Colin L.) Academy for Success in decile "1".

Each school's 2000 Base API report includes a 2000-2001 growth target and a target score for 2001; the school's target is 5 percent of the distance between the 2000 Base API and the statewide performance target of 800; targets are reset each year based on the Base API for the current year and school reports will be posted this fall showing if they meet their targets.

In October, 2000, LBReport.com posted CA Dept. of Education scores showing that no LBUSD school scored 800 or above with the exception of three elementary schools and the regional magnet CA Academy of Mathematics and Science on the CSU Dominguez Hills campus. Those scores, which also provide comparisons to the school's 1999 scores, can be viewed at: Oct. 2000 API scores.

Downloaded material from CA Dept. of Education begins below; just scroll down.

Methodology and explanatory notes can be viewed by clicking on 2000 API Explanatory Notes

(Note: Clicking on individual schools' hyperlinks below will produce an "error" message because they're linked to Dept.of Education pages; for that level of detail, go to .

California Department of Education
Policy and Evaluation Division
2000 Academic Performance Index (API) Base
List of Schools - District Level
January 17, 2001

 
District: Long Beach Unified
County: Los Angeles
CD Code: 19-64725
 
    Number of  
Ranks
   
Targets
  
  STAR Students     2000 2000   2000-  
  2000 Included 2000   State- Similar   2001 2001
Click on column header link to view notes. Percent in the API   wide Schools   Growth API
Tested 2000 API (Base)   Rank Rank   Target Target
Elementary Schools
   Addams Elementary 100 708 632   4 10   8 640
   Alvarado (Juan Bautista) Elementary 100 277 700   6 10   5 705
   Barton Elementary 99 637 561   3 6   12 573
   Birney Elementary 100 534 691   6 9   5 696
   Bixby Elementary 100 338 657   5 9   7 664
   Bryant Elementary 99 241 650   5 8   8 658
   Buffum Elementary 99 317 676   6 7   6 682
   Burbank Elementary 99 610 573   3 9   11 584
   Burcham Elementary 100 498 609   4 5   10 619
   Burnett Elementary 100 613 553   3 10   12 565
   Burroughs Elementary 100 234 707   6 9   5 712
   Butler (Mary) Elementary 99 764 492   1 2   15 507
   Carver Elementary 100 397 645   5 2   8 653
   Cleveland Elementary 100 480 639   5 4   8 647
   Cubberley Elementary 99 907 756   8 9   2 758
   Edison Elementary 100 397 570   3 10   12 582
   Emerson Elementary 100 423 614   4 7   9 623
   Fremont Elementary 100 263 799   9 10   1 800
   Gant Elementary 99 439 843   9 10   # #
   Garfield Elementary 100 723 519   2 6   14 533
   Gompers Elementary 99 551 614   4 9   9 623
   Grant Elementary 100 938 568   3 8   12 580
   Harte Elementary 100 776 590   3 9   11 601
   Henry Elementary 99 518 620   4 6   9 629
   Holmes Elementary 100 397 640   5 7   8 648
   Hudson Elementary 100 844 637   5 7   8 645
   International Elementary 100 497 551   3 10   12 563
   Keller Elementary 100 476 483   1 2   16 499
   Kettering Elementary 100 248 705   6 4   5 710
   King Elementary 100 628 547   3 9   13 560
   Lafayette Elementary 100 560 604   4 10   10 614
   Lee Elementary 100 375 576   3 9   11 587
   Lincoln Elementary 100 688 539   2 7   13 552
   Longfellow Elementary 99 596 777   8 9   1 778
   Los Cerritos Elementary 99 262 760   8 10   2 762
   Lowell Elementary 100 397 832   9 8   # #
   Macarthur Elementary 100 597 573   3 3   11 584
   Madison Elementary 100 410 736   7 6   3 739
   Mann Elementary 98 289 627   4 6   9 636
   McKinley Elementary 100 594 480   1 3   16 496
   Monroe Elementary 100 434 579   3 5   11 590
   Muir Elementary 100 605 566   3 6   12 578
   Naples Elementary 100 204 791   8 9   1 792
   Newcomb Elementary 100 843 798   8 8   1 799
   Powell (Colin L.) Academy for Success 98 574 482   1 4   16 498
   Prisk Elementary 99 418 769   8 9   2 771
   Riley Elementary 100 551 600   4 4   10 610
   Robinson (Jackie) Elementary 98 665 641   5 9   8 649
   Roosevelt Elementary 100 502 592   3 10   10 602
   Signal Hill Elementary 99 577 667   5 10   7 674
   Stevenson Elementary 100 565 597   4 10   10 607
   Sutter Elementary 100 681 596   4 9   10 606
   Tincher Elementary 99 584 632   4 6   8 640
   Tucker Elementary 100 350 491   1 6   15 506
   Twain Elementary 99 552 814   9 9   # #
   Webster Elementary 99 442 515   2 5   14 529
   Whittier Elementary 100 772 561   3 8   12 573
   Willard Elementary 99 596 602   4 9   10 612
 
Middle Schools
   Bancroft Middle 99 1189 723   7 7   4 727
   Constellation Community Middle (Char) 98 154 466   1 4   17 483
   Demille Middle 100 1133 525   2 5   14 539
   Franklin Middle 100 961 469   1 6   17 486
   Hamilton Middle 96 1440 488   2 8   16 504
   Hill Middle 98 980 519   2 2   14 533
   Hoover Middle 99 979 618   4 6   9 627
   Hughes Middle 100 1382 737   8 9   3 740
   Jefferson Leadership Academies 100 865 497   2 5   15 512
   Lindbergh Middle 99 1259 461   1 4   17 478
   Marshall Middle 99 1139 582   4 5   11 593
   Rogers Middle 100 701 741   8 9   3 744
   Stanford Middle 99 1185 731   8 8   3 734
   Stephens Middle 100 1199 552   3 8   12 564
   Washington Middle 97 929 483   1 8   16 499
 
High Schools
   Avalon (K-12) 99 561 626   5 9   9 635
   Cabrillo (Juan Rodriguez) High 91 826 434   1 2   18 452
   California Academy of Mathematics & Scie 99 319 912   10 10   # #
   Jordan High 96 2403 484   1 5   16 500
   Lakewood High 98 2767 601   4 6   10 611
   Millikan Senior High 97 3126 595   4 6   10 605
   Polytechnic High 98 3031 661   7 10   7 668
   Savannah Academy (Grade 9) 95 148 524   2 9   14 538
   Wilson High 98 2115 623   5 7   9 632
"N/A" means a number is not applicable or not available due to missing data.
" * "means this API is calculated for a small school, defined as having between 11 and 99 valid Stanford 9 test scores. APIs based on small numbers of students are less reliable and therefore should be carefully interpreted. Ranks, targets, and subgroup APIs are not calculated for small schools.
" # "means the school scored at or above the interim Statewide Performance Target of 800 in 2000.
 
Missing schools - some schools in the district may not appear on this list because APIs were not generated for them for one of the following reasons. Very small schools, (fewer than 11 pupils with valid Stanford 9 test scores serving traditional student populations), special education schools and centers, and alternative, continuation, community day, court community, and opportunity schools serving high-risk student populations are not in this system. These schools will participate in the alternative accountability system currently being developed. In addition, schools that had no Stanford 9 test results in 2000 will not receive a 2000 API Base report.
 
Data file: Click here to download a data file containing the information displayed above.