Elementary, Middle Schools Lead Los Alamitos

Despite some losses at the high-school level, Los Alamitos students once again racked up strong Stanford 9 test scores this year, with most districtwide marks ranging in the 60th and 70th percentiles. That’s above the national average, which is the 50th percentile by definition. Los Alamitos scores mainly improved in the elementary and middle school grades, where students are tested on reading, math, written expression and spelling. Districtwide, high school students--who swap spelling for science and social science questions--slipped somewhat, but still stayed close to, or above, the national average. The following percentile listings show how scores ranked, on average, against a nationally selected group. A score in the 99th percentile, for example, is equal to or higher than all but 1% of the comparison group’s.

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Reading Math Language Spe School Grade 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 Districtwide 2 69 69 76 79 80 82 66 3 69 72 74 80 73 77 57 4 68 71 62 71 69 71 59 5 65 67 60 65 67 71 56 6 70 69 72 74 68 71 60 7 70 70 68 72 73 79 64 8 72 66 67 71 71 71 55 Hopkinson Elementary 2 72 66 87 83 84 85 69 3 67 75 66 81 71 77 58 4 74 71 68 70 71 71 65 5 70 71 61 63 66 72 58 Lee Elementary 2 65 65 79 84 80 80 66 3 70 74 71 82 75 79 58 4 74 69 71 71 74 67 67 5 69 68 65 72 71 76 68 Los Alamitos Elementary 2 64 68 73 78 75 86 63 3 65 67 72 78 69 72 55 4 59 64 57 70 64 66 49 5 61 59 60 56 68 65 55 McGaugh Elementary 2 68 71 62 80 72 78 68 3 68 72 79 81 71 77 57 4 63 71 54 69 65 72 52 5 63 64 57 63 63 65 55 Rossmoor Elementary 2 75 72 80 74 87 86 68 3 77 72 79 77 81 81 61 4 69 78 62 74 70 77 62 5 63 73 57 70 71 79 56 Weaver Elementary 2 64 71 69 76 80 73 59 3 75 74 75 78 74 77 48 4 na 86 na 87 na 84 na McAuliffe Middle 6 71 72 74 76 70 74 63 7 67 71 71 73 74 81 63 8 72 67 71 72 72 70 57 Oak Middle 6 69 66 71 73 66 68 58 7 73 70 66 71 74 76 65 8 72 69 62 69 69 71 53

lling School 1999 Districtwide 68 64 69 59 64 66 53 Hopkinson Elementary 64 68 68 61 Lee Elementary 70 64 66 61 Los Alamitos Elementary 69 62 64 49 McGaugh Elementary 64 62 68 57 Rossmoor Elementary 69 64 77 70 Weaver Elementary 73 59 83 McAuliffe Middle 67 68 53 Oak Middle 61 63 52

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Reading Math Language Science School Grade 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 Districtwide 9 57 54 75 75 71 69 65 64 10 55 52 65 63 61 59 66 66 11 58 45 65 64 64 62 60 56 Los Alamitos High 9 57 54 76 76 72 68 65 64 10 57 53 67 65 63 60 67 67 11 62 47 69 67 67 64 63 57 Laurel High 9 44 39 34 34 41 45 35 43 10 22 33 26 29 21 36 32 48 11 25 20 24 19 28 28 28 31

Social science School 1998 1999 Districtwide 60 61 60 59 72 71 Los Alamitos High 60 61 61 61 75 72 Laurel High 47 33 32 32 35 36

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Source: Los Alamitos Unified School District