VENICE HIGH SCHOOL
Grades 9-12

Effectiveness
Level
(Top 20% of similar schools cohort)

Mean
(Average of similar schools cohort)

Original Audit Status

Current
Status

Category

Norm-Referenced Tests:

  Reading

79th Percentile

64th Percentile

NA*

NA*

  Mathematics

79th percentile

64th percentile

NA*

NA*

Criterion-Referenced Tests:

  Communications Mastery

96%

92%

83.6%**

86%

  Mathematics Mastery

96%

92%

81.6%**

82%

Advanced Placement

  % of juniors and seniors enrolled in AP courses

15%

13%

12.5%

8%

  % of juniors and seniors taking AP exams

4.30%

5.20%

10.34%

6.27%

  % earning a 3, 4 or 5 on one or more AP exam

75%

65%

70.2%

72.31%

American College Test (ACT)

23.4

21.4

22

21.3

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

1036

1000

1018

1009

Drop-Out Rate, Grades 9-12 Cumulative

6.40%

7.60%

16.4%***

11.77%***

Senior Class Grade Point Average (non-weighted)

2.4

2.6

2.75

2.81

Student Attendance Rate

96%

93%

91.2%

93%

Teacher Absence Index (TAI)
(Days absent per teacher per year)

4.5 Days

6.5 Days

5.1 Days

4.82 Days

* Norm referenced tests are not given in grades 9 through 12.

** 1996 percent passing HSCT (High School Competence Test)--Grade 11. See charts on following pages for 1997-98.

*** 97-98, calculated; 98-99: actual. See page 8 of this report for discussion.

Subject

School % Passing

District % Passing

State % Passing

Oct. 97

Oct. 98

Oct. 97

Oct. 98

Oct. 97

Oct. 98

Communications

90

86

90

88

78

81

Mathematics

85

82

87

86

75

77