Academic Performance Index Text Updated: 10/5/2009

The Academic Performance Index (API) is a score on a scale of 200 to 1,000 that annually measures the academic performance and progress of individual schools in California. On an interim basis, the state has set 800 as the API score that schools should strive to meet.

Statewide Rank: Schools receiving an API Base score are ranked in ten categories of equal size (deciles) from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), according to type of school (elementary, middle, or high school).

Similar Schools Rank: Schools also receive a ranking that compares that school to 100 other schools with similar demographic characteristics. Each set of 100 schools is ranked by API score from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest) to indicate how well the school performed compared to similar schools.

API School Results
BaseGrowth
All Students07-0808-0909-10 07-0808-0909-10
API Score731747752API Growth Score747753753
Growth Target555Actual Growth1666
Statewide Rank777    
Similar Schools Rank444    
Subgroups
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
Base API Score654690683API Growth Score690684684
Growth Target766Actual Growth36-6-6
Caucasian
Base API Score743768770API Growth Score768772772
Growth Target555Actual Growth2544
Hispanic or Latino
Base API Score692686702API Growth Score685702702
Growth Target565Actual Growth-71616
Students with Disabilities
Base API Score477482504API Growth Score482512512
Growth Target161615Actual Growth53030
English Learners
Base API Score 624673API Growth Score624674674
Growth Target 96Actual Growth 5050
Only numerically significant subgroups for each reporting period are required to be presented in this report card. Numerically significant subgroups are comprised of (1) at least 100 students with valid test scores or (2) at least 15% of the school population tested and contains at least 50 students with valid scores.

Data Source: CDE - 2009-10
File Date: 8/2/2010