Teachers, students and parents have even more reason to be proud of our little school after Thursday when the California Department of Education released updated API data reports Thursday (5/13) that ranked all state public schools. New 2009 Statewide and Similar School Rankings revealed that Carl Hankey K-8 more than doubled its elementary and middle school similar school rankings! Wow!
Hankey Elementary School Statewide rank 2008: 7
Hankey Elementary School Statewide rank 2009: 8 (+1 decile)
Hankey Elementary School Similar School rank 2008: 3
Hankey Elementary School Similar School rank 2009: 8 (+5 deciles)
Hankey Middle School Statewide rank 2008: 8
Hankey Middle School Statewide rank 2009: 9 (+1 decile)
Hankey Middle School Similar School rank 2008: 4
Hankey Middle School Similar School rank 2009: 10 (+6 deciles)
• Hankey Middle School was the only district middle school to score a 10 in this ranking.
This unprecedented school wide growth is a tribute to the dedication and skill of our talented teachers K-8, our student’s hard work and the unmatched support our families and community provide.
Please go to www.chhawks.schoolloop.com to download our new scores.
Go Hawks!
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California Department of Education Report Explanation
2009 Statewide Rank (item is for school reports only).
On the API Base reports, schools are ranked in ten categories of equal size, called deciles, from one (lowest) to ten (highest). A school’s statewide rank compares that school to other schools of the same type in the entire state. The school types are elementary, middle, and high. Each decile contains 10 percent of all schools of that type. A school’s statewide rank is the decile where that school’s API Base falls compared with the Base APIs of the other schools statewide of the same school type. Special education schools and schools in the ASAM do not receive statewide ranks.
2009 Similar Schools Rank (item is for school reports only).
In addition to statewide ranks, schools are ranked compared to 100 other schools with similar demographic characteristics. For the similar schools rank, schools are ranked into deciles according to school type: elementary, middle, and high. To determine the similar schools rank for a school, a comparison group of 100 similar schools of the same type is formed for that school, based on similar demographic characteristics. The APIs for this group of 100 schools are ranked into ten categories of equal size, called deciles, from one (lowest) to ten (highest). Each decile contains 10 percent of all of the 100 similar schools in the comparison group. The school’s similar schools rank is the decile where that school’s Base API falls compared with the Base APIs of the 100 other similar schools in the comparison group. Special education schools, schools in the ASAM, and small schools with between 11 to 99 valid STAR Program scores do not receive similar schools ranks.
The PSAA specifies the demographic characteristics to include in similar schools rank calculations:
• Pupil mobility
• Pupil ethnicity (eight variables)
• Pupil socioeconomic status (two variables)
• Percentage of teachers who are fully credentialed
• Percentage of teachers who hold emergency credentials
• Percentage of pupils who are English learners (ELs)
• Average class size per grade level
• Whether the school operates a multitrack year-round educational program
• Percentage of grade span enrollments (grades two, three to five, six, seven to eight, and nine to eleven)
• Percentage of students in gifted and talented education program
• Percentage of students with disabilities
• Percentage of reclassified fluent-English-proficient (RFEP) students
• Percentage of migrant education students
