The O.C. Register published their latest ranking of Orange County’s middle schools and the news was not great for public schools in Santa Ana, “The 10 lowest-ranked middle schools are clustered in Anaheim Union High, La Habra City, Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified and Santa Ana Unified districts; none posted an API score approaching 800, the state’s minimum target for all California schools.”
There was a glimmer of good news though. Mendez Fundamental Intermediate improved their API score, from 813 to 829. But they did not meet the Federal No Child Left Behind program goals. Only 56% of their 8th graders are proficient in algebra. They reported 61 suspensions last year.
Here are the rest of the SAUSD’s middle school ranking results: Continue reading