Archive for October, 2009
California Bay Area – Selected High Schools & School Districts
# |
County |
Website |
Accountability Progress Report |
| 01 | Alameda | URL | APR |
| 07 | Contra Costa | URL | APR |
| 38 | San Francisco | URL | APR |
| 41 | San Mateo | URL | APR |
| 43 | Santa Clara | URL | APR |
# |
School District |
Website |
Accountability Progress Report |
Cty # |
| D01 | Dublin Unified | URL | APR | 01 |
| F01 | Fremont Unified | URL | APR | 01 |
| L01 | Livermore Valley Joint Unified | URL | APR | 01 |
| P01 | Piedmont City Unified | URL | APR | 01 |
| P02 | Pleasanton Unified | URL | APR | 01 |
| A01 | Acalanes Union High | URL | APR | 07 |
| M01 | Mt. Diablo Unified | URL | APR | 07 |
| S01 | San Ramon Valley Unified | URL | APR | 07 |
| S02 | San Francisco Unified | URL | APR | 38 |
| F02 | Fremont Union High | URL | APR | 43 |
| G01 | Gilroy Unified | URL | APR | 43 |
| L02 | Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union | URL | APR | 43 |
| M02 | Milpitas Unified | URL | APR | 43 |
| M03 | Mountain View-Lost Altos Union | URL | APR | 43 |
| P03 | Palo Alto Unified | URL | APR | 43 |
Note: All APRs are linked to 2008-09 Accountability Progress Reporting available on CA Department Education API website.
How many people get perfect 2400 in SAT test?
According to this article, “Over 100 Score Perfect 2400 in New SAT”:
- as the 300,000 students who took the first sitting of the new test March 12, 2005 began receiving scores, the College Board reported that 107 scored a perfect 800 on each of the three sections – writing, critical reading and math. [That is 1 out of 2803, 0.000356%]
- Of the 1.4 million 2004 high school graduates who took the old SAT, 939 scored a then-perfect 1600 [That is 1 out of 1490, 0.00067%]
According to this article, “Michigan Teen Gets Perfect Scores On SAT, PSAT, ACT Tests” (April 27, 2009):
- The College Board has reported that roughly 1 in every 5,000 students taking the SAT gets a perfect score.
- The ods for the PSAT are 1 in every 1,000
- 17-year old Willa Chen, a senior at Canton High School in Canton, Michigan, has made history by getting a perfect score on all 3 of her exams (PSAT, SAT, and ACT).
According to this article, “Willa Chen scores perfect on her ACT, SAT and PSAT”:
- The College Board reports approximately one student in 5,000 taking the SAT gets a perfect score of 2,400, while the odds are a little better, one in 1,000, on the PSAT, The Detroit News reported.
- The other major college entrance test, the ACT, which comes from a contending organization, states the odds of a perfect finish are one in 14,000.
According to this article, “How many people have gotten a perfect score on the SAT”:
- Of the 1.5 million students who took the SAT in 2008, only 294 students earned a perfect score.
According to this article, “Four area students score 2400 on SAT — perfect” (September 5, 2009):
- Profile for: Tom Hui is a self-described video game lover. Michelle Liu calls herself a nerd. Marissa Pan simply likes books, and Tanya Nguyen prefers balance in her life.
- What do they have in common? All scored 2400 on the SAT, putting them in the elite company of 297 nationwide and 10 in Georgia earning perfect scores last year (2008).
According to this article, “Perfect score on the SAT?” (link to PDF file):
- 294 college bound seniors out of a total of 1,518,176 who took the test in the year 2008 got 2400
- 5683 college bound seniors out of a total of 1,518,176 who took the test in the year 2008 got 2300 or more
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Education Funding
Is CA ranked 47th or 25th?
10 Facts About K-12 Education Funding
Interactive Map: Title I Education Grants
Comparing California (June 2008)
Analysis of the 2008-09 Budget Bill: Education – Per-Pupil Funding
Getting the Facts Straight on Per Pupil Spending in California (Posted on April 03, 2008)
The Census Bureau report strongly refutes the oft-cited “fact” that California is near the bottom in per-pupil school spending. The national average was $9,138 in 2005-06. California was at $8,486, with New York the highest at $14,884 and Utah the lowest at $5,437 – one of 22 states, in fact, that fell below California’s level.
In terms of school revenues, California was 25th among the states at $10,264 per pupil, just under the national average. It was above average in per-pupil income from federal and state sources and about $1,700 per pupil below average in local revenues, thanks to Proposition 13, the 1978 property tax limit measure.
Per-pupil spending rankings all relative
Why are the rankings so different?
Education Week adjusts per-pupil spending to reflect regional variations in cost of living, particularly teacher salaries, and the National Education Association does not.
Both start with similar spending in California during fiscal 2004-05. Education Week uses federal data, $7,905 per pupil; the NEA uses its own data, $7,942 per pupil.
Then Education Week applies a 1990 federal “geographic cost of education index” that drops California from 30th to 46th at $7,081 per pupil, well below the national average of $8,973 per pupil.
Spending more than $12,000 per pupil in Education Week‘s ranking are New York, New Jersey, Vermont and the District of Columbia. Below California are Idaho, Arizona and, at the bottom, Utah at $5,463 per pupil.
Per-pupil spending in public schools (2001-2002)
National Per Student Public School Spending Nears $9,000 (US Census – May 24, 2007)
The nation’s public school districts spent an average of $8,701 per student on elementary and secondary education in fiscal year 2005, up 5 percent from $8,287 the previous year, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.
New York spent $14,119 per student — the highest amount among states and state equivalents. Just behind was neighboring New Jersey at $13,800, the District of Columbia at $12,979, Vermont ($11,835) and Connecticut ($11,572). Seven of the top 10 with the highest per pupil expenditures were in the Northeast.
Utah spent the least per student ($5,257), followed by Arizona ($6,261), Idaho ($6,283), Mississippi ($6,575) and Oklahoma ($6,613). All 10 of the states with the lowest spending per student were in the West or South.
Education spending, per pupil, apples to apples
More spending doesn’t equal more learning
Los Gatos Education Foundation – Finance A-B-C’s
Q&A: Why disparities exist in some California school districts
Analysis compares districts’ spending, academic performance
Spending far from equal among state’s school districts, analysis finds
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