Schools
All Campbell School Districts Raise Their API Scores
Moreland School District had the highest jump, raising its API by 11 points to 885, 85 points higher than the state benchmark.
The California Academic Performance Index base report was released Thursday morning and overall, Santa Clara County schools, including Campbell did very well.
The API is a tool that the state uses in order to rate a school's performance on scale of 200 to 1,000. California's benchmark, or expected average is 800.
Campbell Union School District had eight schools out of its 12 schools hit this statewide benchmark, with Rosemary Elementary being the newest to this group.
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The county office said the results also show a trend of higher performance among a broad range of schools in the county, for tests that were taken by students last spring. About 68 percent of county schools met or exceeded the statewide performance target of 800 for the 2011 Base API. That compares with 50 percent statewide.
Campbell Union School District overall raised its API score by 5 points, from 834 to 839. The highest API score goes to Marshall Lane Elementary, with a score of 958 and the lowest API score goes to Campbell Middle School, with a score of 752.
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The biggest jump goes to Rosemary Elementary, which raised its API score from 772 to 812--a 40-point jump. The biggest drop happened at Sherman Oaks School, whose API score fell from 845 to 827--an 18-point drop.
Blackford Elementary
714 767 763 759 -4 Capri Elementary 831 872 867 862 -5 Castlemont Elementary 795 810 824 827 +3 Forest Hill Elementary 909 918 931 948 +17 Lynhaven Elementary 791 773 801 790 -11 Marshall Lane Elementary 928 959 953 958 +5 Rosemary Elementary 734 760 772 812 +40 Sherman Oaks 742 830 845 827 -18 Village School 919 933 951 946 -5 Campbell Middle School 727 728 737 752 +15 Monroe Middle School 736 778 779 790 +11 Rolling Hills Middle School 902 917 909 910 +1In Moreland School District, five out of six schools raised their total API. All schools within this district hit the statewide benchmark.
The district overall raised its API by 11 points, from 874 to 885. The highest API score goes to Country Lane School, with a score of 949 and the lowest API score goes to Anderson Elementary, with a score of 817.
The biggest jump goes to Baker Elementary, which raised its API from 904 to 929--a 25-point jump.
School 2009 2010 2011 2012 +/-Country Lane
918 941 950 949 -1 Easterbrook Discovery 849 871 867 875 +8 Payne Elementary 818 876 882 897 +15 Baker Elementary 901 905 904 929 +25 Anderson Elementary 810 810 816 817 +1 Moreland Middle School 768 843 850 865 +15In Campbell Union High School District, all schools raised their total API but only Leigh High School made the state benchmark.
The district overall raised its API by 6 points, from 772 to 778. The highest API score goes to Leigh High School, with a score of 819 and the lowest API score goes to Del Mar High School, with a score of 703.
The biggest jump goes to Westmont High School, which raised its API from 787 to 795--an 8-point jump.
School 2009 2010 2011 2012 +/-Branhamn HS
774
781 797 799 +2 Del Mar HS 680 701 718 703 -15 Leigh HS 801 817 822 819 -3 Prospect HS 739 755 771 775 +4 Westmont HS 763 778787
795 +8*All API score information gathered from the California Department of Education's website.
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