Los Alamitos Schools Earn an A on State Tests

Even in an economic downturn, local schools are making record profits … in learning.

The Los Alamitos Unified School District announced that their Academic Performance Index, which the California Department of Education uses to measure a school's success, has gone up eight points, from 911 to 919.

“In Los Al, we are proud to announce that we continue to blaze a trail of excellence in student learning as, once again, we see an increase in overall test scores in the four content areas tested, something we should all take pride in and celebrate,” wrote Mark Johnson, district assistant superintendent, in the district’s newsletter.

The state considers a school or district with a score of 800 or more to be well performing. To give a comparison, Los Angeles Unified School District had an API of 729 last year and improved to 745 in 2012.

The Los Al district is one of a number of Orange County school districts that saw improvements from 2011 to 2012. As far as individual schools go, Los Alamitos Elementary made the most improvement, jumping 19 points from 918 to 937.

Only two schools saw lower scores: McGaugh Elementary lost 12 points from 918 to 906 and Laurel High School moved from 691 to 679, a twelve point drop.

Hopkinson Elementary stayed the same at 957, and the rest of the schools went up three points or more.

API Rankings for All Los Al District Schools

School

2011 Base API

2012 Growth API

Change in API

Los Alamitos Unified School District

911

919

+8

Hopkinson Elementary

957

957

0

Lee Elementary

944

953

+9

Los Alamitos Elementary

918

937

+19

McGaugh Elementary

918

906

-12

Rossmoor Elementary

949

957

+8

Weaver Elementary

984

987

+3

McAuliffe Middle School

931

938

+7

Oak Middle School

911

924

+13

Los Alamitos High School

879

885

6

Laurel High School

691

679

-12