Local school districts again showed overall improvement in state Academic Performance Index scores this year, according to results from the state Department of Education.
The API results, released last week, are based on a number of tests taken by public school students last spring. API scores are compiled by combining student test scores to determine the average for a school and for its district. Results for individual students are not listed.
Demographic and socioeconomic factors of a school are included in tabulating the scores.
Scores range from 200 to 1,000, with a score of 800 being the goal. Schools must increase their average by five percent each year.
The statewide API score increased by 14 points, from 741 in 2008 to 755 this year.
The Cerritos-based ABC Unified School District, which covers southern Norwalk, had a total average score of 814, up from 795 the previous year.
The top schools were Leal Elementary, 960; Cerritos Elementary, 958; Gonsalves Elementary, 957; Carmenita Middle School, 936; and Whitney High School, 988.
The Bellflower Unified School District increased its total from 752 to 762. The top elementary schools were the Intensive Learning Center, 896, up eight; Foster Elementary, 852, up 15; Lindstrom Elementary, 843, up one; and Baxter Elementary, 828, up two. Seven grade schools scored 700 or more.
Mayfair High School's API score was 755, up four from last year; and Bellflower High School scored 719, up 16.
The Downey Unified School District score was 760, an increase of 16. The top elementary schools were Price, 850, up 38; Alameda, 821, up 56; Unsworth, 802, up 45; Williams, 801, up five; and Ward, 800, up 44.
Among Downey middle schools, Griffith scored 795, up 24; East, scored 794, up seven; West, 785, up 19; and Sussman, 746, up 23.
High school results were Warren, 732, up 18; Downey, 724, up 14; and Columbus, 579, up 21.
Little Lake City School District scored 793, an increase of 15. The top elementary schools were Lakeview, 865, up 66; Jersey, 841, up 23; Lakeland, 819, up 30; Studebaker, 814, up 16; Orr, 814, up 20; and Paddison, 767, down five.
Among middle schools, Lakeside scored 785, up 31; and Lake Center, 753, down 17.
The Norwalk-La Mirada School District had a score of 727, up 13 from the previous year. The top Norwalk elementary school was Morrison, 818, up eight. Nine scored 700 or more.
Scores for Norwalk intermediate schools included Los Alisos, 744, up 11; Corvallis, 698, up 1; and Waite, 671, up 35.
On the high school level, La Mirada High had 743, up six; Glenn High, 659, down eight; and Norwalk High, 641, up 31.
The Paramount Unified School District score rose from 708 to 724.
The top elementary school was Gaines, which scored 828, up 63. Eleven others scoredd 700 or more.
Jackson, the only middle school, scored 740, up 17. Paramount High School scored 685, up 11.
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