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API Scores

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Prior to 2014, academic performance was measured by the Academic Performance Index (API).

In 2013, the score for Palms Middle School was an impressive 878 and Palms met its 2013 API Growth Target in all ethnic categories.

In the preceding 7 years, the Palms API Score increased by almost 100 points!

Data source: California Department of Education.

API Scores 2007-2013

API Scores by Category: 2006 to 2013

           
2006 to 2007
2007 to 2008
2008 to 2009
2009 to 2010
2010 to 2011
2011 to 2012
2012 to 2013
Met Growth Target?
All students
777 → 784
784 → 822
818 → 840
839 → 847
847 → 857
857 → 873
881 → 878
√
African American
730 → 732
732 → 776
770 → 801
799 → 811
811 → 829
829 → 842
852 → 857
√
Asian
926 → 913
913 → 921
923 → 924
923 → 946
946 → 944
946 → 967
970 → 970
√
Hispanic or Latino
706 → 722
722 → 778
773 → 797
795 → 804
804 → 811
810 → 830
840 → 832
√
White
869 → 899
899 → 913
910 → 925
925 → 912
912 → 928
928 → 937
940 → 953
√
Socioeconomically disadvantaged
716 → 731
731 → 780
775 → 802
801 → 812
812 → 816
816 → 836
846 → 848
√
English Learners
681 → 689
689 → 735
730 → 731
729 → 696
696 → 690
689 → 701
717 → 788
√
Students with Disabilities
524 → 516
516 → 565
520 → 518
503 → 516
517 → 525
525 → 565
587 → 596
 
 

API scores were evaluated by comparing the "base" score one year to the "growth" score the following year. The growth and base scores for a given year may have differed because the state changed the formulas used from year to year. Further details can be found in the LAUSD's Academic Performance Index Reports.

Did You Know?

The API system was the cornerstone of the 1999 California Public Schools Accountability Act.

Other facts:

  • Each year since 2011-2012, LAUSD recognized the Palms Middle School Magnet as an Excelling Magnet or an Achieving Magnet (the top 2 categories) based on the School Performance Framework (SPF). This rating combines measures of English Language Arts test scores, math test scores, rates of student attendance and suspension, and academic grown over time (AGT).
  • Prior to 2011-2012, the Los Angeles Unified School District repeatedly recognized the Palms Middle School Magnet as as Model of Excellence Magnet.
  • Palms' API Score rose every year from 2007 to 2013.

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