Los Angeles County Test Scores

The table below gives a snapshot of how school districts in Los Angeles County performed on this year’s statewide standardized test. Eighty districts are listed in alphabetical order. The first column contains the district’s 1999 composite score calculated by The Times. It is an average of the scores for all grade levels on the reading, math and language test batteries. The second column shows the district’s 1998 composite. Based on the 1999 composite, the 80 districts are ranked against one another in the third column. The fourth column gives each district’s rank among the 977 districts in the state that had scores reported. Finally, the last column contains the percentage of tested students who were classified as being limited English-proficient.

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District 1999 1998 County State % Score Score Rank Rank LEP Abc Unified 53 52 29 367 23 Acton-Agua Dulce Unified 56 55 25 309 N/A Alhambra City Elementary 49 47 31 445 46 Alhambra City High 44 40 40 561 38 Antelope Valley Union High 39 37 48 655 2 Arcadia Unified 73 72 8 67 15 Azusa Unified 30 26 65 820 35 Baldwin Park Unified 29 25 70 837 22 Bassett Unified 29 23 70 837 30 Bellflower Unified 40 37 45 628 16 Beverly Hills Unified 76 75 6 46 6 Bonita Unified 54 51 27 352 3 Burbank Unified 51 47 30 414 19 Castaic Union Elementary 58 55 21 261 12 Centinela Valley Union High 24 24 76 888 9 Charter Oak Unified 48 45 34 467 8 Claremont Unified 61 59 19 198 8 Compton Unified 23 19 77 894 14 Covina-Valley Unified 46 44 37 510 13 Culver City Unified 48 45 34 467 17 Downey Unified 45 44 38 539 22 Duarte Unified 38 31 53 686 26 East Whittier City Elementary 45 40 38 539 19 Eastside Union Elementary 34 32 60 751 18 El Monte City Elementary 33 29 63 771 58 El Monte Union High 29 28 70 837 28 El Rancho Unified 30 27 65 820 29 El Segundo Unified 70 63 12 97 4 Garvey Elementary 44 39 40 561 43 Glendora Unified 61 57 19 198 2 Gorman Elementary 39 45 48 655 N/A Hacienda La Puente Unified 37 35 54 699 26 Hawthorne Elementary 30 25 65 820 42 Hermosa Beach City Elementary 77 76 4 39 N/A Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elem. 55 51 26 333 N/A Inglewood Unified 39 33 48 655 5 Keppel Union Elementary 40 36 45 628 7 La Canada Unified 81 80 2 26 2 Lancaster Elementary 39 36 48 655 9 Las Virgenes Unified 75 74 7 54 3 Lawndale Elementary 30 27 65 820 33 Lennox Elementary 23 20 77 894 79 Little Lake City Elementary 37 34 54 699 26 L.A. County Office of Education 14 14 80 962 3 Los Angeles Unified 30 28 65 820 40 Los Nietos Elementary 32 29 64 793 31 Lowell Joint Elementary 72 65 11 77 2 Lynwood Unified 26 22 74 865 66 Manhattan Beach Unified 77 74 4 39 1 Monrovia Unified 41 38 43 611 14 Montebello Unified 28 23 73 849 34 Mountain View Elementary 25 22 75 875 60 Newhall Elementary 68 66 13 115 12 Norwalk-La Mirada Unified 37 32 54 699 16 Palmdale Elementary 41 37 43 611 15 Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified 80 79 3 31 11 Paramount Unified 23 22 77 894 43 Pasadena Unified 39 35 48 655 26 Pomona Unified 34 31 60 751 41 Redondo Beach Unified 58 56 21 261 6 Rosemead Elementary 49 46 31 445 22 Rowland Unified 48 44 34 467 27 San Gabriel Unified 49 48 31 445 38 San Marino Unified 84 79 1 14 5 Santa Monica-Malibu Unified 63 60 17 170 12 Saugus Union Elementary 73 71 8 67 3 South Pasadena Unified 73 70 8 67 6 South Whittier Elementary 35 29 58 727 29 Sulphur Springs Union Elementary 64 56 16 158 8 Temple City Unified 65 59 15 147 6 Torrance Unified 62 59 18 182 13 Valle Lindo Elementary 36 34 57 709 20 Walnut Valley Unified 67 63 14 127 6 West Covina Unified 42 40 42 596 11 Westside Union Elementary 57 49 23 272 0 Whittier City Elementary 34 29 60 751 31 Whittier Union High 35 34 58 727 14 William S. Hart Union High 57 58 23 272 6 Wilsona Elementary 40 37 45 628 18 Wiseburn Elementary 54 49 27 352 5

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* Note: Long Beach Unified scores were not available because of missing data from Harcourt Educational Measurement.

* Source: California Department of education

* Data analysis by Dick O’Reilly, Los Angeles Times director of computer assisted reporting.