STAYING POWER : GRADUATION RATES AT A.V. HIGH SCHOOLS TOP-NOTCH.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer More Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley public high school students stay in school long enough to graduate, but they score lower on college aptitude tests The following organizations provide aptitude and proficiency tests in programming and computer topics. Berger Series A set of proficiency and aptitude tests from Psychometrics, Inc., Henderson, NV (www.psy-test.com). and fewer go on to college than students elsewhere in the state. In the Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale , 91 percent of the students who were freshmen in 1991-92 stayed in school to graduate in 1995, up 4.8 percent from two years earlier, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report released today by state education officials. That's better than the gradation gradation: see ablaut. rates of 83.1 percent for students statewide, 76.3 percent for Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, and 63.5 percent for Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . Southeast Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County high schools also all performed better than the statewide average for keeping students until graduation, the report said. ``The school district has become very creative in meeting the needs of kids who have a hard time spending a full day in the classroom, with the alternative programs and alternative schools we've been developing,'' said Antelope Valley Union High School District trustee Steve Landaker. ``Instead of losing students through the cracks, we're trying to alter and make custom plans for students with different needs.'' The four-year completion results are part of the annual California High School California High School (commonly referred to as Cal High) is a public school located in San Ramon, California, a suburb of San Francisco, Oakland, and Silicon Valley. Its mascot is a Grizzly Bear. The school's newspaper is The Californian which is published monthly. Performance Report, which uses dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human rates, test scores, course enrollment and college attendance rates to measure the academic performance of high schools throughout the state. In the Antelope Valley Union High School District, Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
Figures were not provided for Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
Continuation school continuation school: see vocational education. dropouts are counted against the high school from which the students originally came, officials said. In the past two years, Antelope Valley Union School District has opened new continuation schools in Littlerock and Quartz Hill, making it easier for students from outlying areas to get to class; opened the Avenue M Community School for students kicked out of other schools, and taken over the Mira Loma Community School formerly run by Los Angeles County. It also started doing a better job making sure that each student is completing enough courses to stay on schedule to graduate, improved its alternative learning centers at each high school, and is considering opening a storefront school in Lake Los Angeles for students who don't adapt to traditional school. ``We give the kids every opportunity to succeed,'' said trustee Sue Stokka. ``If they don't succeed in school, it's their doing.'' The effort was spurred by a number of factors, including a high dropout rate reported several years ago, the realization that many students coming before the board for expulsion hearings had completed only a fraction of the class credits needed to graduate, and a perception that enrollment was not growing as fast as the valley's population. ``I think the district staff has done an excellent job at bringing new things to the table,'' Landaker said. Mojave Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. graduated 86.2 percent of its students, while the Muroc Joint Unified School District had 93.4 percent of its students staying through four years of high school. Southern Kern Unified School District had 93 percent of its students graduating. Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District's Vasquez High School, which will graduate its first class in June, reported no dropouts. Three of the four local high school districts for which results were reported scored better on average than students in Los Angeles County and Los Angeles Unified on college entrance exams Noun 1. entrance exam - examination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studies entrance examination exam, examination, test - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to , but all four scored less than the statewide average. Statewide, students scored an average of 1,006 on the Scholastic Assessment Test. In Los Angeles County, students scored an average of 957, and Los Angeles Unified students averaged 880. In the Antelope Valley Union High School District, students scored an average of 963; in Mojave, 960; in Muroc, 907; and in Southern Kern, 972. No figures were available for Acton-Agua Dulce. Local students also did not score as well in advanced placement tests to qualify for college credit. The average was 13.9 percent countywide, 12.9 percent for Los Angeles Unified and 12.3 percent statewide. In the Antelope Valley district, 6.4 percent - up from 5.7 percent the previous year - qualified for college credit; in Muroc, 3.9 percent qualified; and Southern Kern, 1.1 percent did. None qualified for Mojave. The study also showed that far fewer Antelope Valley graduates go on to college - at least to state colleges and universities - than do graduates elsewhere in California or Los Angeles County. From the 1995 graduating class, 34.4 percent of Antelope Valley Union High School District graduates went on to a community college, 3.9 percent to a California State University Enrollment  campus and 3.3 percent to a University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). campus. Figures on attendance at private and out-of-state colleges were not available. At Muroc, 27.3 percent of its students went on to a public college in California, a decline of 0.7 percent over the past two years, while Southern Kern had 22.5 percent, a drop of 8.1 percent over two years. Mojave had 29.6 percent go on to college, an increase of 4.0 percent over two years. Private and out-of-state college attendance figures were not available for those districts. Statewide, 51.5 percent of high school graduates went to a two- or four-year state college, and an additional 8.7 percent went out of state or to private California colleges. Of Los Angeles Unified graduates, 33.3 percent went to a community college, 11.7 percent to California State University campuses and 7.3 percent to University of California campuses. Private and out-of-state figures were not available. Landaker attributed the lower Antelope Valley college Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. attendance rate to the community's blue-collar nature, the influx over the past several years of lower-income families, and the distance to the nearest four-year college: an hour away in Northridge. ``If we had a four-year college, I think you'd see the number going up,'' he said. Stokka said the absence of private and out-of-state figures also makes a difference. Her daughter, a Littlerock High School valedictorian, is attending Eastern New Mexico University Eastern New Mexico University, (abbreviated ENMU), frequently called Eastern, is a state university in Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA. It is the most recently-founded state university in New Mexico (legislated in 1927, opened in 1934). on a full scholarship, but could not get a scholarship for a University of California campus, Stokka said. PERFORMANCE REPORT The state Department of Education released its High School Performance report for the 1995-96 school year. The following shows a breakdown of local schools' results with a comparison to the state averages. Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. : Percent 2-year growth Students staying in school 84.9 2.1 Career vocational education vocational education, training designed to advance individuals' general proficiency, especially in relation to their present or future occupations. The term does not normally include training for the professions. 24.5 -42.8 UC/CSU course completion 9.1 -- SAT/ACT scores over national average 13.8 -0.4 Advanced Placement 7.3 1.3 College attendance -- -- UC 3.10.8 CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. 3.8 1.8 Community college 48.7 17.3 Private and out-of-state -- -- Palmdale High School div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 2em; width: 20em; text-align: right; font-size: 0.86em; font-family: lucida grande, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> '''Palmdale High School : Percent 2-year growth Students staying in school 87.6 -2.6 Career vocational education 25.6 -4.2 UC/CSU course completion 9.2 -- SAT/ACT scores over national average 14.9 4.5 Advanced Placement 6.7 2.0 College attendance -- -- UC 1.5 -2.1 CSU 5.2 1.6 Community college 34.8 -6.1 Private and out-of-state ---- Quartz Hill High School: Percent 2-year growth Students staying in school 95.4 6.0 Career vocational education 21.8 -59.0 UC/CSU course completion 21.0 -- SAT/ACT scores over national average 24.1 2.6 Advanced Placement 7.5 0.8 College attendance-- -- UC 5.7 0.5 CSU 5.5 3.0 Community college 34.9 -10.4 Private and out-of-state -- -- Highland High School: Percent 2-year growth Students staying in school 96.3 20.9 Career vocational education 30.7 -37.5 UC/CSU course completion 23.5 -- SAT/ACT scores over national average 21.3 14.8 Advanced Placement 8.1 -2.0 College attendance -- -- UC 4.8 1.5 CSU 3.5 2.7 Community college 30.8 -- Private and out-of-state -- -- Littlerock High School: Percent 2-year growth Students staying in school 89.1 -8.7 Career vocational education 35.7 -11.3 UC/CSU course completion 9.2 -- SAT/ACT scores over national average 16.9 12.6 Advanced Placement 2.9 2.1 College attendance -- -- UC 1.5 1.1 CSU 2.1 1.3 Community college 27.9 27.9 Private and out-of-state-- -- Rosamond High School: Percent 2-year growth Students staying in school 93.0 8.3 Career vocational education 95.4 12.7 UC/CSU course completion 13.6 -- SAT/ACT scores over national average 14.2 2.0 Advanced Placement 1.4 0.6 College attendance -- -- UC 1.9 0.7 CSU 2.9 -2.0 Community college 32.0 -2.1 Private and out-of-state -- -- Mojave High School: Percent 2-year growth Students staying in school 86.2 7.5 Career vocational education 70.0 -2.0 UC/CSU course completion 38.8 -- SAT/ACT scores over national average 14.7 4.5 Advanced Placement 0.0 0.0 College attendance -- -- UC 2.9 1.9 CSU 2.9 -6.4 Community college 34.0 0.0 Private and out-of-state -- -- Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. High School: Percent 2-year growth Students staying in school 92.7 9.8 Career vocational education 34.4 8.2 UC/CSU course completion 25.0 -- SAT/ACT scores over national average 15.1 7.3 Advanced Placement 3.1 0.3 College attendance -- -- UC 0.0 -2.9 CSU 6.8 0.9 Community college 22.7 -9.7 Private and out-of-state -- -- Desert High School: Percent 2-year growth Students staying in school 93.5 -1.0 Career vocational education 48.2 -7.8 UC/CSU course completion 31.6 -- SAT/ACT scores over national average 25.0 -9.3 Advanced Placement 5.3 -1.8 College attendance -- -- UC 0.0 -1.3 CSU 3.8 -0.2 Community college 29.1 3.8 Private and out-of-state -- -- Statewide: Percent 2-year growth Students staying in school 83.1 2.1 Career vocational education 42.7 1.0 UC/CSU course completion 34.8 -- SAT/ACT scores over national average 20.2 0.9 Advanced Placement 12.3 1.4 College attendance 60.12.0 UC 7.1 0.5 CSU 8.8 1.6 Community college 35.6 -1.0 Private and out-of-state 8.7 1.0 LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS, BY SCHOOL DISTRICT AVUHSD AVUHSD Antelope Valley Union High School District (California) So. Kern Mojave Muroc Acton Percent limited English 2.1 1.7 3.9 0.1 4.3 Percent receiving AFDC AFDC abbr. Aid to Families with Dependent Children AFDC n abbr (US) (= Aid to Families with Dependent Children) → ayuda a familias con hijos menores AFDC n abbr 19.6 10.1 6.6 5.6 2.1 Percent eligible free meals 22.8 36.3 29.0 20.2 7.8 Dropouts 221 15 31 10 0 Graduates 2,067 169 142 143 0 1996 SAT avg. scores Total 963 972 960 907 -- Verbal 482 487 481 482 -- Math 481 485 479 425 -- CAPTION(S): 2 Charts Chart: (1) PERFORMANCE REPORT (see text) (2) LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS, BY SCHOOL DISTRICT (see text) |
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