Press Release
Sharon RafferDirector of Communications
sraffer@powayusd.com
858 748-0010 ext. 2631
Press Release Date: May 21, 2009
Poway Unified Schools Maintain High Rankings in 2008
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On May 21, the California Department of Education released
the results of the 2007-2008 State and Similar School Rankings for
all public schools. Poway Unified maintained high levels of
performance in the Academic Performance Report (APR) led by gains at
the elementary level that included five schools achieving 10/10
state and similar school rankings. The results reported are
from tests taken by students in the Spring, 2008. All PUSD
comprehensive high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools
continue to exceed the target of 800 which the state set for all
schools to reach by the year 2014.
On the state rankings, PUSD elementary middle, and high
schools maintained their high rankings. Twenty-three PUSD schools
receiving a state rank of “10” thereby earning a place among the
state’s top 10% include: Adobe Bluffs, Canyon View, Chaparral,
Creekside, Deer Canyon, Highland Ranch, Los Peñasquitos, Monterey
Ridge, Painted Rock, Park Village, Rolling Hills, Shoal Creek, Stone
Ranch, Sundance, and Turtleback elementary schools, Bernardo
Heights, Black Mountain, Mesa Verde, Oak Valley, and Twin Peaks
middle schools, and Poway, Rancho Bernardo, and Westview high
schools.
The five schools earning 10/10 state and similar school
rankings include: Canyon View, Deer Canyon, Los Peñasquitos, Rolling
Hills, and Sundance. Twenty-one out of 33 schools received Similar
School Rankings of 7 or higher. Since 1999, Los Peñasquitos
Elementary has achieved 10/10 status five times, doing so in 2002,
2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Rolling Hills and Sundance elementary
schools have achieved 10/10 status during the last three consecutive
years: 2006, 2007, and 2008.
“PUSD is one of the few school districts our size in the
state with all schools over 800. These outstanding results are a
tribute to the students, parents, and staff,” said Don Phillips,
PUSD Superintendent.
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District and Schools |
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Similar School Rank |
API Score |
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2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
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872 |
864 |
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Elementary Schools |
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|
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Adobe Bluffs Elementary |
10 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
917 |
913 |
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Canyon View Elementary |
10 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
925 |
902 |
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Chaparral Elementary |
10 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
922 |
919 |
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Creekside Elementary |
10 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
952 |
957 |
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Deer Canyon Elementary |
10 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
951 |
949 |
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Del Sur |
New
school |
N/A |
New
school |
N/A |
New
school |
N/A |
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|
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
868 |
858 |
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|
10 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
903 |
904 |
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Los Peñasquitos Elementary |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
917 |
906 |
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|
|
9 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
879 |
875 |
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Monterey
Ridge Elementary |
10 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
907 |
877 |
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Morning Creek Elementary |
9 |
10 |
7 |
9 |
892 |
904 |
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Painted Rock Elementary |
10 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
903 |
913 |
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|
10 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
921 |
941 |
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Pomerado Elementary |
9 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
868 |
888 |
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Rolling Hills Elementary |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
917 |
905 |
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Shoal Creek Elementary |
10 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
912 |
910 |
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Stone Ranch Elementary |
10 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
922 |
915 |
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Sundance Elementary |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
921 |
909 |
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Sunset Hills Elementary |
9 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
858 |
855 |
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Tierra Bonita Elementary |
9 |
10 |
4 |
6 |
880 |
892 |
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Turtleback Elementary |
10 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
902 |
913 |
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Valley Elementary |
7 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
815 |
805 |
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Westwood
Elementary |
9 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
894 |
893 |
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Willow Grove |
New
school |
N/A |
New
school |
N/A |
New
school |
N/a |
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Middle Schools |
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
10 |
10 |
7 |
6 |
893 |
873 |
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|
|
10 |
10 |
4 |
8 |
877 |
863 |
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Meadowbrook Middle |
9 |
9 |
4 |
6 |
851 |
855 |
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|
10 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
918 |
897 |
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|
|
10 |
10 |
5 |
9 |
895 |
904 |
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|
|
10 |
10 |
7 |
8 |
884 |
881 |
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High
Schools |
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
9 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
827 |
816 |
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|
|
10 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
845 |
833 |
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Rancho Bernardo High |
10 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
834 |
818 |
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Westview High |
10 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
843 |
836 |
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