Adjusted API Scores, Rankings Released for Schools

The California Department of Education has released revised 2012 API scores for individual schools as well as rankings based on adjustments to the initial 2012 scores reported in October.

One Berkeley school, Oxford Elementary, was ranked in the top decile, or 10 percent, of schools statewide, and all of the city's schools, except Leconte Elementary and Berkeley High ranked in the top half.

Schools are ranked also with a cohort of 100 "similar" schools. The highest ranking Berkeley schools in their respective cohorts were Jefferson and Oxford elementary schools, ranking in the 10th decile, or top 10 percent. Three Berkeley schools – Berkeley High and Leconte and Washington elementary schools – ranked in the bottom 10 percent in their respective cohorts of similar schools. 

Individual school scores were mostly unchanged from the results reported in October.

API (Academic Performance Index) scores – reported on a scale of 200 to 1,000 – are derived largely from the standardized STAR tests. High school scores also include the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE).

The list below shows the adjusted API scores and decile rankings released by the Department of Education on Friday. Click on an individual school to see more details of the results for that school:

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier
  Adjusted 2012 API: 897 (unchanged)
  Statewide decile rank: 9
  Similar Schools rank: 8

Cragmont Elementary
  Adjusted 2012 API: 874 (down from 877)
  Statewide decile rank: 8
  Similar Schools rank: 6

Ocean View Elementary
  Adjusted 2012 API: 913 (unchanged)
  Statewide decile rank: 9
  Similar Schools rank: 9

Emerson Elementary
  Adjusted 2012 API: 869 (down from 870)
  Statewide decile rank: 8
  Similar Schools rank: 7

Jefferson Elementary
  Adjusted 2012 API: 918 (up from 917)
  Statewide decile rank: 9
  Similar Schools rank: 10

John Muir Elementary
  Adjusted 2012 API: 823 (down from 824)
  Statewide decile rank: 6
  Similar Schools rank: 4

Leconte Elementary
  Adjusted 2012 API: 816 (unchanged)
  Statewide decile rank: 5
  Similar Schools rank: 1

Malcolm X Elementary
  Adjusted 2012 API: 870 (unchanged)
  Statewide decile rank: 8
  Similar Schools rank: 6

Oxford Elementary
  Adjusted 2012 API: 924 (down from 925)
  Statewide decile rank: 10
  Similar Schools rank: 10

Rosa Parks Environmental Science Magnet
  Adjusted 2012 API: 885 (up from 884)
  Statewide decile rank: 8
  Similar Schools rank: 7

Thousand Oaks Elementary
  Adjusted 2012 API: 876 (up from 875)
  Statewide decile rank: 8
  Similar Schools rank: 6

Washington Elementary
  Adjusted 2012 API: 826 (down from 827)
  Statewide decile rank: 6
  Similar Schools rank: 1

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle
  Adjusted 2012 API: 835 (unchanged)
  Statewide decile rank: 7
  Similar Schools rank: 8

Martin Luther King Middle
  Adjusted 2012 API: 884 (up from 883)
  Statewide decile rank: 9
  Similar Schools rank: 8

Willard Middle
  Adjusted 2012 API: 814 (up from 811)
  Statewide decile rank: 6
  Similar Schools rank: 4

HIGH SCHOOL

Berkeley High
  Adjusted 2012 API: 735 (up from 734)
  Statewide decile rank: 4
  Similar Schools rank: 1

Adjustments to API scores are made each spring to reflect updated data and/or methodological changes in the API. The 2013 API scores are expected to be released in late summer or early fall.

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