Schools
Los Al Among State's Best in Serving Minority Students
The Education Trust - West ranked the district in a study examining data from 147 districts in California.
When it comes to serving Latino, African-American and low-income students, the Los Alamitos Unified School District ranks among the top in the state, a recent study found.
The Education Trust—West, a research, policy and advocacy organization, released its annual report cards on the California school districts and listed LAUSD the second highest out of the 148 California districts surveyed.
The study also ranked Los Al sixth in graduation rates, sixth in the achievement gap between Latino and white students and tenth in the achievement gap between African-American students and white students compared to those 148 districts.
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The district took an overall grade of a “B,” just below Los Angeles County’s Baldwin Park Unified, the highest overall rated district in the state, which also received a “B.”
Click here to see the full district rankings for Los Al in 2012.
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“We passionately care about the achievement of all students, and it is still extremely valuable to look at data about specific sub-populations as it helps guide our future work,” said district Superintendent Sherry Kropp said in a written statement.
In a recent letter to Kropp and the district, Dr. Arun Ramanathan, executive director of Education Trust said, “I commend you and your colleagues on all of your hard work on behalf of students and look forward to learning more about your continuing efforts to close opportunity and achievement gaps for low-income students and students of color.”
According to its website, Education Trust – West used information from the California Department of Education to compile the reports cards and graded districts on overall performance, improvement over a five-year period, the size of achievement gaps and college readiness. For more information about how the group decided the rankings, click here.
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