School Report Card: Most Roseville Schools See Drop in API Scores

The majority of Roseville schools, within all four local school districts, saw a decline on student test performance last year, according to numbers released Thursday by state school chief Tom Torlakson. 

Take a look at the chart above for the scores by district and school. 

Here are a few highlights:

• In the Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, Quail Glen Elementary had the highest score at 906
• In the Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, Creekview Ranch Middle School had the highest improvement in score, up 18 points to 850
  
• In the Eureka Union School District, Oakhills Elementary had the highest score at 948
• In the Eureka Union School District, Willma Cavitt Junior High had the biggest improvement, up 5 points to an API score of 931
  
• In the Roseville City School District, Barbara Chilton Middle School had the highest score at 917, closely followed by Blue Oaks Middle School at 916
• In the Roseville City School District, Diamond Creek and Thomas Jefferson elementary schools both had the biggest improvement, both up two points
  
• In the Roseville Joint Union High School District, Granite Bay High School came in at the top with a score of 868
• In the Roseville Joint Union High School District, Oakmont High had the most improvement, up 6 points to 828
  

The API is a score ranging from 200 to 1,000 that measures how well students do on a variety of tests, including the California Standards Test and the state’s high school exit exam. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet. Here’s a detailed summary of the API from the California Department of Education.

Statewide, the number of California schools meeting the state target for student performance on standardized tests dropped by 2 percent.

In 2013, 51 percent of the state’s schools earned an Academic Performance Index score of 800 or above, compared to 53 percent the previous year.

Based on 2013 test scores, 56 percent of elementary schools, 50 percent of middle schools, and 31 percent of high schools are now at or above the 800 mark.

In the last decade, the number of schools meeting the target of an 800 API has increased by 30 percent.

The state’s overall API dropped two points to 789 from 791, but Torlakson was quick to note that the statewide API for poor students and students learning English increased five points and one point, respectively.