Saturday, February 6, 2010

Identifying O.C.'s best elementary schools | schools, school, score - News - The Orange County Register

Identifying O.C.'s best elementary schools | schools, school, score - News - The Orange County Register


The Orange County Register's rankings are designed to show which elementary schools in Orange County provide the richest academic experience and strongest environment for learning – from schools with the best test scores to those with cultural diversity and small class sizes.
  • Data sources: All the data used to create the rankings come from the state Department of Education and Register education partner GreatSchools, and is available publicly. The categories were chosen and weighted in consultation with local education experts.
  • Who wasn't ranked: After consultation with county education leaders, we omitted K-8 schools, but kept smaller schools with fewer grade offerings than the typical K-5 or K-6. Because we know parents will want to know how their schools performed, we provide the raw data for those 12 schools.
Register rank
Article Tab : Isojiro Oka Elementary School first-graders Mikaela Orloff, Justin Garcia, Max Donaldson and Peyton Vida enjoy a visit from Wolfie, the school's mascot, during a recent lunch.This score is determined by combining a school's academic and school environment scores. Academics forms 75 percent of the total rank. School environment contributes 25 percent. Each category, like the Register rank, runs from 1-388, with 1 indicating the best.
Academics
The Register simplified its academic rating this year, swapping several categories of the California Standards Test and the Academic Performance Index used in 2009 for education partner GreatSchools' rating.