ional
Teachers
Our teachers bring an average of 16 years of teaching experi-
ence to their classes. About 100 percent have a full credential.
Statewide, about 93 percent of elementary school teachers hold
this credential.
Average class sizes at our school vary across grade levels from a
low of 19 students to a high of 32 students. Our average class
size schoolwide is 22 students. The average class size for other
elementary schools in the state is 23 students.
The factors above may affect students performance in school.
Most of the 70 students at our school whose native language is
not English speak Spanish at home.
Data presented in this report was current as of November 2004.
School data provided by the California Department of Educa-
tion is often updated throughout the year. For more informa-
tion, contact our district office at:
Santa Cruz City School District
405 Old San Jose Rd.
Soquel, CA 95073
(831) 429-3410
To view this report and the reports of other schools in our dis-
trict online, please visit our Web site at:
http://www.sccs.santacruz.k12.ca.us
California Standards Tests
This series of tests is based on what California students are
expected to know and learn at each grade level.
We track our schools academic achievement over time with
two measures: the Academic Performance Index (API) and
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). These measures combine test
results differently and often provide conflicting views of student
progress.
Academic Performance Index (API)
This is Californias way of rating schools. The API is based on
student test scores, and it rates schools on a scale from 200 to
1000. The state expects schools to obtain an API of 800.
Underperforming schools have APIs falling in the bottom half
of all schools in the state and are eligible for state-funded pro-
grams to improve student achievement. Our schools API was
837, compared with 735 for the average elementary school.
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
This is a federal measure that requires schools to meet test score
goals schoolwide and for subgroups of students. If just one
group of students fails to meet its goals, the school does not
make AYP. Program Improvement schools did not make AYP
for two or more years in a row in the same subject and must
provide student transfers to higher-performing schools and
tutoring services.
T E A C H E R S A N D S T U D E N T S
KEY FACTOR
OUR
SCHOOL
COUNTY
AVG
STATE
AVG
Number of teachers (FTE)
19
22
28
Students per teacher
19
19
20
Average years of teaching
experience
16
14
12
Teachers with one or two years
of teaching experience
0%
12%
11%
Male teachers
11%
13%
15%
Full credential holders
100%
94%
93%
Trainee credential holders
0%
2%
4%
Emergency permit holders
0%
4%
4%
SOURCE: 2003 CBEDS data, California Dept. of Education. County and state averages represent
elementary schools only. Because teachers can hold more than one type of credential, percentages
rarely sum to 100 percent.
Average Class Sizes
GRADE
OUR
SCHOOL
COUNTY
AVG
STATE
AVG
Kindergarten
20
19
20
First grade
20
19
19
Second grade
19
19
19
Third grade
20
19
20
Fourth grade
28
29
29
Fifth grade
32
29
29
SOURCE: 2003 CBEDS data, California Dept. of Education. County and state averages represent
elementary schools only.
Students
KEY FACTOR
OUR
SCHOOL
COUNTY
AVG
STATE
AVG
Number of students
360
420
568
English learners
19%
38%
32%
Low-income students
27%
48%
55%
Students whose parents
attended/graduated college
84%
57%
53%
SOURCE: 2003 CBEDS data, California Dept. of Education. County and state averages represent
elementary schools only.
K E E P I N G Y O U I N F O R M E D
A C A D E M I C P E R F O R M A N C E
Student Proficiency
STUDENT SUBGROUP
PERCENT
PROFICIENT OR
HIGHER
LOW SCORES
HIGH SCORES
English/Language Arts (Reading and Writing)
Our school
61%
Calif. elementary schools
36%
Math
Our school
60%
Calif. elementary schools
45%
Science
Our school
48%
Calif. elementary schools
24%
SOURCE: The scores for the California Standards Tests are from the spring 2004 test cycle. State
average represents elementary schools only.
M E A S U R E S O F A C A D E MI C P R O G R E S S
CALIFORNIA
API
ACADEMIC PER FORMANCE INDEX
FEDERAL
AYP
ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS
Met schoolwide
growth target
Yes
Met AYP
No
Met growth target for
prior school year
Yes
Met schoolwide
participation rate
No
API score
837
Met schoolwide test
score goals
Yes
Growth attained from
prior year
+31
Met subgroup
*

participation rate
No
Met subgroup
*
growth
targets
No
Met subgroup
*
test
score goals
Yes
Governors
Performance Award
No
Met schoolwide API for
AYP
Yes
Underperforming
school No
Program Improvement
school
No
SOURCE: API growth score, spring 2004 test cycle. Rankings are released in February 2005. - Includes English learners, special education students, low-income students, and ethnic groups
that must meet separate API and AYP goals.
N/A - Data were not available or not reported; the number of valid test scores was too small for
statistical significance; the school or district is changing the testing data and a new API will be
released in 2005; or the school participates in an alternative accountability program.
- Includes schools participating in the Immediate Intervention Underperforming Schools Program
and the High Priority Schools Grant Program.
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