Information from the California Department of Education on local schools*This article is several years old and the schools are no longer scored in this manner*The Academic Performance Index (API), the cornerstone of the state?s Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999, is an achievement gauge for California public schools based on standardized test results. The index assigns a score for each campus, ranging from a low of 200 to a high of 1,000, with 800 as the long-term performance target. Though it?s changed over the years, API scores in 2009-2010 were primarily calculated using results of the state?s Standardized Testing and Reporting Program (STAR) and from the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE). Click on any school below for more detailed information.
| 2010 Growth | 2009 API Base | 2009-10 Growth | MetState Target? | |
| CENTINELA VALLEY UNION | 644 | 627 | 17 | |
| High Schools | ||||
| Hawthorne High | 639 | 636 | 3 | No |
| LawndaleHigh | 735 | 730 | 5 | Yes |
| Leuzinger High | 611 | 577 | 34 | Yes |
| EL SEGUNDO UNIFIED | 881 | 877 | 4 | |
| Elementary Schools | ||||
| Center Street Elementary | 894 | 893 | 1 | Yes |
| Richmond Street Elementary | 906 | 909 | -3 | Yes |
| Middle Schools | ||||
| El Segundo Middle | 890 | 883 | 7 | Yes |
| High Schools | ||||
| El Segundo High | 873 | 861 | 12 | Yes |
| HAWTHORNE | 785 | 763 | 22 | |
| Elementary Schools | ||||
| Eucalyptus | 772 | 715 | 57 | Yes |
| Jefferson | 793 | 776 | 17 | Yes |
| Kornblum | 770 | 759 | 11 | Yes |
| Ramona | 797 | 785 | 12 | Yes |
| Washington | 812 | 783 | 29 | Yes |
| York | 773 | 757 | 16 | Yes |
| Zela Davis | 796 | 788 | 8 | Yes |
| Middle Schools | ||||
| Bud Carson Middle? | 754 | 728 | 26 | Yes |
| Hawthorne Middle? | 780 | 754 | 26 | Yes |
| Prairie Vista Middle? | 770 | 755 | 15 | Yes |
| HERMOSA BEACH | 936 | 921 | 15 | |
| Elementary Schools | ||||
| Hermosa Valley Elementary | 937 | 920 | 17 | Yes |
| Hermosa View Elementary | 938 | 934* | 4 | Yes |
| LAWNDALE ELEMENTARY | 794 | 762 | 32 | |
| Elementary Schools | ||||
| Billy Mitchell Elementary? | 823 | 790 | 33 | Yes |
| F. D. Roosevelt Elementary? | 761 | 735 | 26 | Yes |
| Kit Carson Elementary? | 744 | B | B | Yes |
| Lucille J. Smith Elementary? | 846 | 808 | 38 | Yes |
| Mark Twain Elementary? | 853 | 832 | 21 | Yes |
| William Anderson Elementary? | 769 | 742 | 27 | Yes |
| William Green Elementary? | 810 | 782 | 28 | Yes |
| Middle Schools | ||||
| Jane Addams Middle? | 800 | 772 | 28 | Yes |
| Will Rogers Middle? | 776 | 730 | 46 | Yes |
| MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED | 926 | 914 | 12 | |
| Elementary Schools | ||||
| Pennekamp Elementary | 957 | 966 | -9 | Yes |
| Grand View Elementary | 955 | 955 | 0 | Yes |
| Meadows Avenue Elementary | 937 | 948 | -11 | Yes |
| Robinson Elementary | 965 | 965 | 0 | Yes |
| Pacific Elementary | 961 | 963 | -2 | Yes |
| Middle Schools | ||||
| Manhattan Beach Middle? | 941 | 935 | 6 | Yes |
| High Schools | ||||
| Mira Costa High? | 898 | 872 | 26 | Yes |
| PALOS VERDES UNIFIED | 912 | 907 | 5 | |
| Elementary Schools | ||||
| Cornerstone at Pedregal Elementary? | 967 | 966 | 1 | Yes |
| Dapplegray Elementary? | 941 | 928 | 13 | Yes |
| Lunada Bay Elementary? | 926 | 938 | -12 | Yes |
| Mira Catalina Elementary? | 920 | 936 | -16 | Yes |
| Miraleste Kindergarten? | Yes | |||
| Montemalaga Elementary? | 967 | 959 | 8 | Yes |
| Point Vicente Elementary? | 953 | 931 | 22 | Yes |
| Rancho Vista Elementary? | 941 | 933 | 8 | Yes |
| Silver Spur Elementary? | 974 | 965 | 9 | Yes |
| Soleado Elementary? | 936 | 924 | 12 | Yes |
| Vista Grande Elementary? | 952 | 957 | -5 | Yes |
| Middle Schools | ||||
| Miraleste Intermediate? | 903 | 895 | 8 | Yes |
| Palos Verdes Intermediate | 959 | 940 | 19 | Yes |
| Ridgecrest Intermediate? | 940 | 917 | 23 | Yes |
| High Schools | ||||
| Palos Verdes High? | 848 | 865 | -17 | Yes |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula High | 891 | 885 | 6 | Yes |
| REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED | 868 | 858 | 10 | |
| Elementary Schools | ||||
| Alta Vista Elementary? | 937 | 933 | 4 | Yes |
| Beryl Heights Elementary? | 948 | 942 | 6 | Yes |
| Birney Elementary? | 879 | 871 | 8 | Yes |
| Jefferson Elementary | 949 | 938 | 11 | Yes |
| Lincoln Elementary | 888 | 879 | 9 | Yes |
| Madison Elementary | 896 | 900 | -4 | Yes |
| Tulita Elementary | 910 | 889 | 21 | Yes |
| Washington Elementary | 835 | 840 | -5 | Yes |
| Middle Schools | ||||
| Adams Middle? | 858 | 828 | 30 | Yes |
| Parras Middle? | 911 | 887 | 24 | Yes |
| High Schools | ||||
| Redondo Union | 825 | 823 | 2 | Yes |
| TORRANCE UNIFIED | 853 | 843 | 10 | |
| Elementary Schools | ||||
| Anza Elementary | 907 | 895 | 12 | Yes |
| Arlington Elementary | 892 | 880 | 12 | Yes |
| Edison Elementary | 854 | 854 | 0 | Yes |
| Evelyn Carr Elementary | 831 | 832 | -1 | Yes |
| Fern Elementary | 836 | 835 | 1 | Yes |
| Hickory Elementary | 896 | 894 | 2 | Yes |
| Howard Wood Elementary | 841 | 822 | 19 | Yes |
| Adams Elementary | 888 | 873 | 15 | Yes |
| Arnold Elementary | 877 | 878 | -1 | Yes |
| Lincoln Elementary | 862 | 851 | 11 | Yes |
| Riviera Elementary | 916 | 915 | 1 | Yes |
| Seaside Elementary | 901 | 907 | -6 | Yes |
| Torrance Elementary | 850 | 841 | 9 | Yes |
| Towers Elementary | 894 | 892 | 2 | Yes |
| Victor Elementary | 891 | 905 | -14 | Yes |
| Walteria Elementary | 913 | 902 | 11 | Yes |
| Yukon Elementary | 852 | 852 | 0 | Yes |
| Middle Schools | ||||
| Lynn Middle | 922 | 885 | 37 | Yes |
| Calle Mayor Middle | 920 | 887 | 33 | Yes |
| Casimir Middle | 868 | 849 | 19 | Yes |
| Richardson Middle | 892 | 881 | 11 | Yes |
| Hull Middle | 814 | 782 | 32 | Yes |
| Jefferson Middle | 884 | 859 | 25 | Yes |
| Madrona Middle | 858 | 854 | 4 | Yes |
| Magruder Middle | 842 | 829 | 13 | Yes |
| High Schools | ||||
| North High? | 807 | 793 | 14 | Yes |
| South High? | 830 | 833 | -3 | Yes |
| Torrance High? | 814 | 797 | 17 | Yes |
| West High? | 858 | 852 | 6 | Yes |
| WISEBURN ELEMENTARY | 843 | 827 | 16 | |
| Elementary Schools | ||||
| Juan Cabrillo Elementary | 887 | 828 | 59 | Yes |
| Juan De Anza Elementary | 875 | 863 | 12 | Yes |
| Peter Burnett Elementary | 865 | 853 | 12 | Yes |
| Middle Schools | ||||
| Richard Henry Dana Middle? | 817 | 802 | 15 | Yes |
| LA Unified Schools | ||||
| Gardena | ||||
| 186th Street Elementary | 819 | 814 | 5 | Yes |
| 156th Street Elementary | 907 | 895 | 12 | Yes |
| 153rd Street | 722 | 705 | 17 | Yes |
| 135th Street Elementary | 688 | 715 | -27 | No |
| Purche Avenue Elementary | 765 | 727 | 38 | Yes |
| Gardena Elementary | 716 | 745 | -29 | No |
| Denker Avenue Elementary | 794 | 794 | 0 | No |
| Chapman Elementary | 817 | 793 | 24 | Yes |
| Amestoy Elementary | 803 | 770 | 33 | Yes |
| Middle | ||||
| Peary Middle | 680 | 646 | 34 | Yes |
| High School | ||||
| Gardena Senior High | 586 | 575 | 11 | Yes |
| SanPedro | ||||
| Elementary | ||||
| Fifteenth Street Elementary | 769 | 752 | 17 | Yes |
| Bandini Street Elementary | 788 | 761 | 27 | Yes |
| Barton Hill Elementary | 766 | 732 | 34 | Yes |
| Cabrillo Avenue Elementary | 762 | 740 | 22 | Yes |
| Crestwood Street Elementary | 818 | 798 | 20 | Yes |
| Leland Street Elementary | 789 | 814 | -25 | No |
| Park Western Place Elementary | 949 | 941 | 8 | Yes |
| Point Fermin Elementary | 838 | 793 | 45 | Yes |
| Seventh Street Elementary | 849 | 850 | -1 | Yes |
| Taper Avenue Elementary | 876 | 840 | 36 | Yes |
| White Point Elementary | 857 | 859 | -2 | Yes |
| Middle | ||||
| Dana Middle | 716 | 687 | 29 | Yes |
| Dodson Middle | 825 | 799 | 26 | Yes |
| High Schools | ||||
| Port of Los Angeles High | 778 | 731 | 47 | Yes |
| San Pedro Senior High | 692 | 675 | 17 | Yes |
| The first column shows the school?s 2010 growth API figure (on a scale of 200 to 1,000) based on 2009-10 test scores.The second column shows the 2009 API figureThe third column indicates the change from the school?s 2009 Base API score.The third column indicates ?yes?or ?no?? whether the school met its schoolwide state accountability target growth for last year. | ||||
