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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
