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March 27, 2007

California Department of Education (CDE) released the 2006 Academic Performance Index (API) Base reports on March 27. These reports provide the 2006 Base API scores and growth targets for 2007-08. API results are reported twice a year: a Base API after the first of the year and corresponding Growth API in the fall, which measures growth of a school in a year. Staff has prepared the following analysis for your review.

Santa Clara County Compared to California (CA)

SCC median Base 2006 API was 785 compared to 721 statewide (Figure 1 - PDF).
SCC median Base API has increased since 2000 from 741 to 785; 44 points (Figure 1 - PDF).
SCC Elem, middle and high schools are out performing the state (Figure 2 - PDF).
44 percent of SCC schools (161 of 363) have a 2006 Base API at or above 800, compared to 27% statewide (2,397 of 8,877) (Figure 3 - PDF).
SCC district median Base API 2006 was higher than districts in the state, 781 compared to 740 (Figure 4 - PDF).
Overall, in SCC, Asian, Hispanic, White, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, Students with Disabilities and English Learner subgroups had higher median API’s when compared to the state; however, CA Filipino and African American median API’s were higher than those SCC subgroups (Figure 5 - PDF).

Five of the Top 10 Performing Schools in the State Are From Santa Clara County

1.	Faria Elementary	Cupertino Union	1000
2.	Millikin Elementary	Santa Clara Unified	994
3.	Dilworth Elementary	Cupertino Union	986
4.	Hoover Elementary	Palo Alto Unified	983
5.	Oak Avenue Elementary	Los Altos Elementary	982

Statewide Schools Ranked 10
Statewide there are 790 schools in Decile 10. While less than 5% of the state's schools are in Santa Clara County, SCC schools make up 11% of the State’s Decile 10 schools.

Summary of Results for Santa Clara County Schools

16% of SCC schools (55 of 345) fall in Decile 1-3 compared to 21% in 2002 (76 of 359). Those schools that were not ranked, were not included in this calculation (Figure 6 - PDF).
Elem and middle schools have made significant growth in median APIs from 2000 Base API to 2006 Base API with Elem schools gaining 59 points, and middle schools 58 points. High schools dropped 7 points (Figure 7 - PDF).
There continues to be a gap between White, Asian and Filipino performance compared to the other subgroups: Asian (906); White (872); Filipino (791); English Learner (706); Socioeconomically Disadvantaged (689); Hispanic (678); African American (612); and Students with Disabilities (524) (Figure 8 - PDF).

Three Top Performing Santa Clara County Districts		API
1.	Los Altos Elem	960
2.	Cupertino Union	931
3.	Lakeside Joint Elem	926

Three Top Performing Schools by Level			API
+ Elementary schools
1.	Faria Elem	Cupertino Union	1000
2.	Millikin Elem	Santa Clara Unified	994
3.	Dilworth Elem	Cupertino Union	986
+ Middle schools
1.	Egan Intermediate	Los Altos Elem	961
2.	Kennedy Middle	Cupertino Union	959
3.	Lawson Middle	Cupertino Union	955
+ High schools
1.	Monta Vista High	Fremont Union High	911
2.	Saratoga High	Los Gatos-Saratoga Union	906
3.	Lynbrook High	Fremont Union High	901

Santa Clara County Districts With API Scores Over 800

Los Altos Elem	960
Saratoga Union Elem	952
Cupertino Union Elem	931
Lakeside Elem	926
Palo Alto Unified	912
Loma Prieta Union Elem	911
Los Gatos Union Elem	897
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High	881
Union Elem	856
Cambrian Elem	846
Fremont Union High	842
Evergreen Elem	835
Moreland Elem	826
Mountain View-Los Altos Elem	809

Santa Clara County Schools Ranked 10 Statewide and Ranked 10 Among Similar Schools

Faria Elem	Cupertino Union	1000
Millikin Elem	Santa Clara Unified	994
Dilworth Elem	Cupertino Union	986
Hoover Elem	Palo Alto Unified	983
Oak Avenue Elem	Los Altos Elem	982
Blue Hills Elem	Cupertino Union	979
Almond Elem	Los Altos Elem	971
Egan Intermediate	Los Altos Elem	961
Bullis Charter School	SCCOE	960
Kennedy Middle	Cupertino Union	959
Duveneck Elem	Palo Alto Unified	959
Santa Rita Elem	Los Altos Elem	957
Lawson Middle	Cupertino Union	955
Blach Intermediate	Los Altos Elem	952
Miller Middle	Cupertino Union	951
Silver Oak Elem	Evergreen Elem	950
Addison Elem	Palo Alto Unified	947
Redwood Middle	Saratoga Union Elem	944
KIPP Heartwood Academy	Alum Rock Union Elem	918
Loma Prieta Elem	Loma Prieta Joint Union Elem	915
Monta Vista High	Fremont Union High	911
Saratoga High	Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High	906
Payne Elem	Moreland Elem	897
Los Gatos High	Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High	866

Santa Clara County Charter and Small Schools With API Scores Over 800

Bullis Charter School	SCCOE	960
Lexington Elem	Los Gatos Union Elem	938
Lakeside Elem	Lakeside Elem	926
KIPP Heartwood Academy	Alum Rock Union Elem	918
Sartorette Charter	Cambrian Elem	886
Fammatre Charter	Cambrian Elem	878
Charter School of Morgan Hill	Morgan Hill Unified	866
Village School	Campbell Union Elem	858
Middle College High	San Jose Unified	843
Price Charter Middle	Cambrian Elem	828
Farnham Charter	Cambrian Elem	816

Schools That Did Not Receive a 2006 API Base Score

School Name	District Name	Flag
McAuliffe Elem	Cupertino Union	1
Scott Lane Elem	Santa Clara Unified	2
Berryessa Union Elem	Berryessa Union Elem	4
Cambrian Community	Cambrian Elem	4
Camden Community Day	Campbell Union High	4
California Youth Outreach Academy	East Side Union High	4
Phoenix High	East Side Union High	4
Community Day	Fremont Union High	4
Gilroy Community Day	Gilroy Unified	4
Odd Fellow Rebekah	Gilroy Unified	4
The Academy	Oak Grove Elem	4
Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford	Palo Alto Unified	4
Community Career Academy (Continuation)	San Jose Unified	4
Gunderson Plus (Continuation)	San Jose Unified	4
Leland Plus (Continuation)	San Jose Unified	4
Lincoln Plus High	San Jose Unified	4
Pioneer Plus (Continuation)	San Jose Unified	4
San Jose Community High	San Jose Unified	4
San Jose Community Middle	San Jose Unified	4
Willow Glen Plus (Continuation)	San Jose Unified	4
Alternative Placement Academy	SCCOE	4

Flag Value	Flag Definition
1	The school's proportion of students excused at parent request compared to its Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program enrollment on the first day of testing is equal to or greater than 10 percent. When a school's proportion of parental waivers is equal to or greater than 10 but less than 20 percent, the California Department of Education conducts standard statistical tests to check whether the pupils tested at the school were representative of the entire school's population. This school failed the statistical test or its proportion of parental waivers in 2006 was 20 percent or greater, therefore, the school does not have a valid 2006 API Base.
2	This school (or the district on behalf of the school) has certified to the California Department of Education that an irregularity in testing procedure occurred during the Spring 2006 testing. Therefore, a 2006 API Base will not be reported for this school.
3	2006 Base API cannot be reported because for at least one STAR content area used in API calculations, this school failed to test a significant portion of students who were not exempt from testing in 2006.
4	In 2006, this school had fewer than 11 valid STAR test scores.
5	2006 Base API is not reported for this school because CDE is currently reviewing the 2006 STAR or CAHSEE results. CDE will either publish the API for this school or provide a specific reason for invalidating the API when the investigation is complete.
6	School has California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) results but no valid STAR results.
7	This school is currently changing data. Their API is scheduled for release in June 2007.

All Santa Clara County Schools with 2006 API Over 800

Faria Elem	Cupertino Union	1000
Millikin Elem	Santa Clara Unified	994
Dilworth Elem	Cupertino Union	986
Hoover Elem	Palo Alto Unified	983
Oak Avenue Elem	Los Altos Elem	982
Blue Hills Elem	Cupertino Union	979
Murdock-Portal Elem	Cupertino Union	973
Almond Elem	Los Altos Elem	971
Montclaire Elem	Cupertino Union	969
Garden Gate Elem	Cupertino Union	968
Regnart Elem	Cupertino Union	968
Saratoga Elem	Saratoga Union Elem	967
Argonaut Elem	Saratoga Union Elem	966
Loyola Elem	Los Altos Elem	965
Williams Elem	San Jose Unified	963
Springer Elem	Los Altos Elem	961
Egan Intermediate	Los Altos Elem	961
Bullis Charter School	Santa Clara County Office of Education	960
Lincoln Elem	Cupertino Union	960
Duveneck Elem	Palo Alto Unified	959
Kennedy Middle	Cupertino Union	959
Santa Rita Elem	Los Altos Elem	957
Lawson Middle	Cupertino Union	955
Eaton Elem	Cupertino Union	953
Nixon Elem	Palo Alto Unified	953
Blach (Georgina P.) Intermediate	Los Altos Elem	952
Miller Middle	Cupertino Union	951
Silver Oak Elem	Evergreen Elem	950
Collins Elem	Cupertino Union	948
Matsumoto Elem	Evergreen Elem	947
Smith Elem	Evergreen Elem	947
Addison Elem	Palo Alto Unified	947
Redwood Middle	Saratoga Union Elem	944
Foothill Elem	Saratoga Union Elem	943
Cherry Chase Elem	Sunnyvale Elem	941
Stevens Creek Elem	Cupertino Union	940
Covington Elem	Los Altos Elem	938
Lexington Elem	Los Gatos Union Elem	938
Graystone Elem	San Jose Unified	938
Terman Middle	Palo Alto Unified	935
Hays Elem	Palo Alto Unified	934
Meyerholz Elem	Cupertino Union	933
Stocklmeir Elem	Cupertino Union	930
El Carmelo Elem	Palo Alto Unified	929
Muir Elem	Cupertino Union	927
Ohlone Elem	Palo Alto Unified	927
Lakeside Elem	Lakeside Joint Elem	926
West Valley Elem	Cupertino Union	924
Simonds Elem	San Jose Unified	923
Jordan Middle	Palo Alto Unified	922
KIPP Heartwood Academy	Alum Rock Union Elem	918
Fairmeadow Elem	Palo Alto Unified	918
Guadalupe Elem	Union Elem	917
Clark Elem	Evergreen Elem	915
Loma Prieta Elem	Loma Prieta Joint Union Elem	915
Country Lane Elem	Moreland Elem	915
Palo Verde Elem	Palo Alto Unified	915
Blossom Hill Elem	Los Gatos Union Elem	914
Stanford Middle	Palo Alto Unified	914
Huff Elem	Mountain View-Whisman Elem	911
Monta Vista High	Fremont Union High	911
English Middle	Loma Prieta Joint Union Elem	907
Saratoga High	Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union	906
Cupertino Middle	Cupertino Union	904
Escondido Elem	Palo Alto Unified	901
Lynbrook High	Fremont Union High	901
Marshall Lane Elem	Campbell Union Elem	900
Harte Middle	San Jose Unified	900
Louise Van Meter Elem	Los Gatos Union Elem	899
Los Alamitos Elem	San Jose Unified	898
Payne Elem	Moreland Elem	897
Noddin Elem	Union Elem	893
Daves Avenue Elem	Los Gatos Union Elem	892
Ruskin Elem	Berryessa Union Elem	891
Fisher Middle	Los Gatos Union Elem	891
Briones Elem	Palo Alto Unified	889
Laurelwood Elem	Santa Clara Unified	887
Palo Alto High	Palo Alto Unified	887
Sartorette Charter	Cambrian Elem	886
Booksin Elem	San Jose Unified	886
Gunn High	Palo Alto Unified	885
Eisenhower Elem	Cupertino Union	884
Nordstrom Elem	Morgan Hill Unified	882
Valle Vista Elem	Mt. Pleasant Elem	881
Fammatre Charter	Cambrian Elem	878
Evergreen Elem	Evergreen Elem	877
Barron Park Elem	Palo Alto Unified	876
Carlton Elem	Union Elem	876
Bagby Elem	Cambrian Elem	875
Baker Elem	Moreland Elem	875
Pomeroy Elem	Milpitas Unified	875
Sedgwick Elem	Cupertino Union	874
Sinnott Elem	Milpitas Unified	873
Easterbrook Discovery	Moreland Elem	869
Alta Vista Elem	Union Elem	869
Curtner Elem	Milpitas Unified	867
Latimer Elem	Moreland Elem	866
Charter School of Morgan Hill	Morgan Hill Unified	866
Los Gatos High	Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union	866
Taylor Elem	Oak Grove Elem	865
Cumberland Elem	Sunnyvale Elem	865
Forest Hill Elem	Campbell Union Elem	864
Aprea Elem	Gilroy Unified	860
Village School	Campbell Union Elem	858
Sakamoto Elem	Oak Grove Elem	856
Hacienda Science/Environmental Magnet	San Jose Unified	856
Bubb (Benjamin) Elem	Mountain View-Whisman Elem	851
Washington Elem	Santa Clara Unified	851
Paradise Valley/Machado Elem	Morgan Hill Unified	849
Nimitz Elem	Cupertino Union	848
Union Middle	Union Elem	848
Capri Elem	Campbell Union Elem	846
De Vargas Elem	Cupertino Union	845
Sutter Elem	Santa Clara Unified	845
Leland High	San Jose Unified	845
Oster Elem	Union Elem	844
Chaboya Middle	Evergreen Elem	844
Middle College High	San Jose Unified	843
Rolling Hills Middle	Campbell Union Elem	843
Homestead High	Fremont Union High	842
Northwood Elem	Berryessa Union Elem	841
Zanker Elem	Milpitas Unified	841
Noble Elem	Berryessa Union Elem	840
Hyde Middle	Cupertino Union	840
Millbrook Elem	Evergreen Elem	838
Learning in an Urban Community with High	Alum Rock Union Elem	837
Norwood Creek Elem	Evergreen Elem	836
Parkview Elem	Oak Grove Elem	831
Dartmouth Middle	Union Elem	831
Price Charter Middle	Cambrian Elem	828
Mountain View High	Mountain View-Los Altos Union	827
Russell Junior High	Milpitas Unified	826
Ponderosa Elem	Santa Clara Unified	825
Ledesma Elem	Oak Grove Elem	824
Castro Middle	Moreland Elem	823
Los Paseos Elem	Morgan Hill Unified	822
Ellis Elem	Sunnyvale Elem	822
Sierramont Middle	Berryessa Union Elem	821
Quimby Oak Intermediate	Evergreen Elem	818
Landels Elem	Mountain View-Whisman Elem	817
Farnham Charter	Cambrian Elem	816
Carson Elem	San Jose Unified	816
Majestic Way Elem	Berryessa Union Elem	815
Cedar Grove Elem	Evergreen Elem	814
Cadwallader Elem	Evergreen Elem	813
Reed Elem	San Jose Unified	813
Lietz Elem	Union Elem	813
Spangler Elem	Milpitas Unified	812
Holly Oak Elem	Evergreen Elem	811
Schallenberger Elem	San Jose Unified	811
Laurelwood Elem	Evergreen Elem	810
Cupertino High	Fremont Union High	810
Glider Elem	Oak Grove Elem	809
McCollam Elem	Alum Rock Union Elem	808
Whaley Elem	Evergreen Elem	808
Leigh High	Campbell Union High	808
Castillero Middle	San Jose Unified	808
Brooktree Elem	Berryessa Union Elem	805
Oak Ridge Elem	Oak Grove Elem	805
Evergreen Valley High	East Side Union High	803
Burnett Elem	Milpitas Unified	802

Date last updated: March 27, 2007




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