Local School API scores released

Hello all. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I have been dealing with clients, who have children, and the topic of schooling almost always works it's way in. So I was glad to see the coverage that the news sources have given.

Now, the local schools scored in the top end of the state grading scale. Some were at the "9" level, which is considered nearly perfect and the majority received the "10" or perfect score. It was of interesting note that when compared to other "similar" schools, which they describe as student's ethnicity, socioeconomic status, average class size and number of credentialed teachers, to name some of the criteria, many of the same "perfect" or "nearly perfect" school received some of the lowest rating. I guess that makes them the "worst" of the "best"!

To give an example, I will compare the Laguna Beach High score with the Dana Hills High score. Dana Hills High was rated as a "10" in both the overall and comparative rankings and it's score was 825. Whereas, Laguna Beach High was rated as a "nearly perfect 9" in the overall, but a worst possible "1" rating in the comparative. Laguna Beach High's score was 811. If I were to look at the score comparison of 825 to 811, I wouldn't think that there was that much of a gap between those two schools. But that's just me. If you would like to get more information on a particular school, please go to API School Level Reports.

So, maybe it isn't a bad thing to be "nearly perfect" with a ranking of "9" and the worst of the best!!! If it is only about a 1.5% increase in test scores to be the "Best of the Best", it seems to me not only that much too worry about, but also, a extra few minutes of studying to reach the top!!!

Good luck out there students and keep up the good work!!! Thanks for reading and if you see me wandering around Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi! Cole