Pleasanton Schools Show Improvement in State Standardized Test Scores

Pleasanton schools showed overall improvement in California's standardized tests compared to last year. 

Local schools also scored well above the state average in all areas. 82.6 percent of Pleasanton students scored at the above and proficient level in the language arts and 72.4 percent of them scored at the highest levels in Math. 

In comparison, the average schools in California had 52 percent of students are at the above and proficient level in Language Arts and 48 percent in Math.

Village High School was the only school that had scores below the California average, 16 percent scoring at advanced and proficient levels in language arts and 4.2 percent in the mathematics. But had improved and retained the same level scores in history and science compared to the previous year. 

The state department of education released the results of the 2010 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program on Monday. These scores are used to calculate the Academic Performance Index (API), which measures a school's performance on a year-to-year basis. The scores will also affect the adequate yearly progress (AYP), another way of measuring yearly progress at the federal level.

Below are scores from each school. The figures represent the percent of students who scored at proficient and advanced levels in that subject area. 

California Average scores - Proficient & Advanced Levels

• Language Arts - 52.3% (2010), 49.9% (2009)
• History (grades 8 - 11) - 44.4% (2010), 41.0 (2009) 
• Math - 48.0% (2010), 45.8% (2009)
• Science (Grades 5,8 and 10) - 53.6% (2010), 49.5% (2009)

Pleasanton Unified School District

• Language Arts  - 82.6% (2010), 82.0% (2009)
• History - 78.2% (2010), 76.7 % (2009)
• Math - 72.4% (2010),  71.6%(2009)
• Science - 86.9% (2010), 83.5%(2009)

Alisal Elementary

• Language Arts - 79.8% (2010), 76.4% (2009)
• Math - 80.7% (2010), 80.3% (2009)
• Science - 77.9 (2010), 84.5% (2009)

Mohr Elementary

• Language Arts- 89.3% (2010), 88.2% (2009)
• Math - 93.2% (2010), 95.0%(2009)
• Science - 93.9% (2010), 92.9%(2009)

Donlon Elementary

• Language Arts - 85.4% (2010), 83% (2009)
• Math - 89.7% (2010), 87.8% (2009)
• Science - 93.8% (2010), 82.1% (2009)

Fairlands Elementary

• Language Arts - 83.4% (2010), 88.3% (2009)
• Math - 90.0% (2010), 90.7% (2009)
• Science - 91.6%% (2010), 90.8% (2009)

Hearst Elementary

• Language Arts - 86.0% (2010), 83.7% (2009)
• Math - 88.9% (2010), 87.8% (2009)
• Science - 97.7% (2010), 85.6% (2009)

Lydiksen Elementary

• L.A. - 80.8% (2010), 80.2% (2009)
• Math - 84.6% (2010), 84.9% (2009)
• Science - 87.6%% (2010), 80.0% (2009)

Valley View Elementary

• Language Arts- 76.7% (2010), 79.5% (2009)
• Math - 82.6% (2010), 83.4% (2009)
• Science - 90.1% (2010), 88.6% (2009)

Vintage Hills Elementary

• Language Arts - 87.9% (2010), 85.1% (2009)
• Math - 91.1% (2010), 87.3% (2009)
• Science - 93.9% (2010), 88.5% (2009)

Walnut Grove Elementary

• Language - 80% (2010), 85.7% (2009)
• Math - 87.6% (2010), 90.1% (2009)
• Science - 83.9% (2010), 84.6% (2009)

Harvest Park Middle School

• Language Arts - 86.7% (2010), 87% (2009)
• History - 80.8 (2010), 78.9% (2009)
• Math - 80.7% (2010), 76.5%(2009)
• Science - 88.5% (2010), 83.7%(2009)

Pleasanton Middle School

• Language Arts - 87.0% (2010), 85.1% (2009)
• History - 87.5% (2010), 81.9% (2009)
• Math - 78.6% (2010), 77.5% (2009)
• Science - 91.5% (2010), 92.4% (2009)

Hart Middle School

• Language Arts - 82.6% (2010), 80.7% (2009)
• History - 73% (2010), 68.9 % (2009)
• Math - 67.8% (2010), 69.9% (2009)
• Science - 85.2% (2010), 80.1% (2009)

Amador Valley High School

• Language Arts - 81.1% (2010), 78.9% (2009)
• History - 78.4% (2010), 76.4% (2009)
• Math - 54% (2010), 54% (2009)
• Science - 83.5% (2010), 82%(2009)

Foothill High School

• Language Arts - 81.7% (2010), 81.6% (2009)
• History - 80.7% (2010), 82.2% (2009)
• Math - 52.2% (2010), 50% (2009)
• Science - 85.7% (2010), 82.1% (2008-2009)

Village High School

• Language Arts - 16.4% (2010), 23.8% (2009)
• History - 28.3% (2010),  27% (2009)
• Math - 4.2% (2010), 6.7% (2009)
• Science - 9.4% (2009-2010), 9.6% (2009)

Grades 8-11 took a History test and grades 5,8 and 10 took the Science CST test.