I was searching the web for high school rankings in Santa Clara County. I found a site, http://schooldigger.com, that published statewide high school rankings not based on API. They combite the CST schools in math and english, also they have other metrics such as school size and teacher to student ratios. I compiled the state ranks for the high schools of the West Valley area, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Cupertino, West San Jose, Los Gatos, Los Altos, Mountain View, and Palo Alto. This is a different way of looking at schools other than just API scores. The results are not too surprising but they differ from the API scores. Top schools is Palo Alto High in the Palo Alto School District. Followed by Saratoga, Lynbrook, then the highly touted Monta Vista high of Cupertino. Homestead did not fare too well as did Los Altos and Mountain View High Schools.
State Rank |
School |
District |
Students |
Student/ Teacher Ratio (2008) |
% Recv free/disc lunch |
CST, avg Algebra I score (2008) |
CST, avg English- score (2008) |
API 2008 Growth |
Palo Alto High |
Palo Alto Unified |
1690 |
16.5 |
4.4 |
380.43 |
406.6 |
900 |
|
8 |
Saratoga High |
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High |
1346 |
20.4 |
0.2 |
359.73 |
410.8 |
928 |
9 |
Lynbrook High |
Fremont Union High |
1931 |
24.3 |
2 |
360.2 |
410.1 |
920 |
25 |
Monta Vista High |
Fremont Union High |
2570 |
25.6 |
1.1 |
325.13 |
409.2 |
923 |
33 |
Gunn High |
Palo Alto Unified |
1849 |
16 |
4.2 |
318.8 |
410.7 |
904 |
104 |
Cupertion High |
Fremont Union High |
1546 |
22.5 |
3.7 |
316.13 |
376.6 |
840 |
130 |
Los Gatos High |
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High |
1805 |
22.7 |
0.8 |
301.57 |
383.5 |
846 |
137 |
Homestead High |
Fremont Union High |
2270 |
25.2 |
5.5 |
302.32 |
381 |
846 |
Leigh High |
Campbell Union High |
1730 |
22 |
1.7 |
294.98 |
367.4 |
805 |
|
310 |
Prospect High |
Campbell Union High |
1420 |
23 |
26.2 |
301.88 |
353.3 |
755 |
360 |
Los Altos High |
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High |
1714 |
20.2 |
12.8 |
278.2 |
371.6 |
795 |
388 |
Montain View High |
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High |
1772 |
21.8 |
8.4 |
255.9 |
390.7 |
854 |
460 |
Westmont High |
Campbell Union High |
1671 |
22.8 |
11.6 |
283.58 |
355.3 |
746 |
Santa Clara High |
Santa Clara Unified |
1788 |
25 |
35.2 |
295.95 |
341.6 |
739 |
|
555 |
Fremont High |
Fremont Union High |
1878 |
23.9 |
16.9 |
283.38 |
347 |
739 |
560 |
Wilcox High |
Santa Clara Unified |
1871 |
24.2 |
35.2 |
282.42 |
347.6 |
726 |
* Rank is determined by adding each school’s average CST Algebra I score with the average CST English-Language Arts Standards score to form a combined average score. The school with the highest combined score is ranked #1. Rank is provided by School Digger. |
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** The values used in the CST columns are Mean Scaled Score. |
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