Highs and lows not always tied to socioeconomic status.
UPDATED 5/21 6:51 pm
Academic Performance Index scores were released today by the California Department of Education and most of the local schools met or exceeded state expectations.
The highest scores in the area came from Stevenson Ranch Elementary School in the Newhall District, which achieved a score of 944, more than 140 points over the 800 point standard.
The lowest scores were found in the Sulphur Springs district, at Mint Canyon Community and Canyon Springs Community, which scored 736 and 739 respectively. Demographic information provided with test scores note that of the 529 students tested at Canyon Springs, 311 are classified as socioeconomically disadvantaged. At Mint Canyon, of a student testing pool of 268, 167 are similarly classified.
Conversely, in the Newhall district, at J. Michael McGrath School, where 298 students of a tested population of 369 were deemed disadvantaged, state officials noted a significant improvement in their scores, which went from 759 in 2006 to 783 in 2007.
In the William S. Hart District, four of the six local junior high schools were over 800, with Sierra Vista scoring 773 and La Mesa scoring 770. Of the local high schools, only one traditional high school scored high, with West Ranch High School with a score of 811. The low score went toHart High School in Newhall, which scored 705. In the small school classification, Academy of the Canyons students scored 846.
2007 Base API Scores
Newhall Elementary District
District average 873
McGrath 783
Meadows 882
Newhall 803
Oak Hills 898
Old Orchard 865
Peachland 876
Pico Canyon 897
Stevenson Ranch 944
Valencia Valley 877
Wiley Canyon 844
Saugus Union School District
District average 848
Bouquet Canyon 846
Bridgeport 872
Cedarcreek 743
Emblem 825
Foster 848
Helmers 905
Highlands 852
Mountainview 891
North Park 884
Plum Canyon 830
Rio Vista 803
Rosedell 860
Santa Clarita 832
Skyblue Mesa 800
Tesoro Del Valle 863
Sulphur Springs Union District
District average 813
Canyon Springs 739
Leona Cox 800
Fair Oaks Ranch 829
Mint Canyon 736
Mitchell 849
Pinetree 840
Sulphur Springs 868
Valley View 806
Castaic Union District
District average 813
Castaic Elementary 844
Live Oak 786
Northlake Hills 841
Castaic Middle 802
William S. Hart High School District
District average 791
Middle Schools
Arroyo Seco 826
La Mesa 770
Placerita 840
Rancho Pico 859
Rio Norte 860
Sierra Vista 773
High Schools
Canyon 769
Golden Valley 705
Hart 779
Saugus 792
Valencia 797
West Ranch 811
Bowman 625
Small Schools
Academy of Canyons 846
Learning Post 774
Sequoia Charter 441
An expanded story with district reaction will be posted on Thursday.