Rating Kennedy High’s Academic Performance

Kennedy High School was omitted from today’s California Assessment Program scores and ratings in the Valley View section.

High school students are tested annually under the CAP. The results are published today on pages 6 and 7 of Part N. They allow comparisons of scores, course enrollments, dropout rates, attendance rates and ethnic breakdowns of teachers and students among schools and with district and state averages.

Kennedy’s scores follow:

Los Angeles Unified KENNEDY CAP Scores

Year Reading Writing Math 1989 200 204 215 1988 214 --- 225

CAP Scores Ranking

Reading Math Year Relative State Relative State 1989 6 19 19 20 1988 8 23 16 28

Course Enrollments % Chemistry (+/- ’84 Value): 45.8 (-) % in Advanced Math: 33.3 (-) % in Advanced Science: 43.3 (+) % in Fine Arts (+/- ’88 Value): 44.0 (-) % in Foreign Language: 22.3 (+)

Dropout Rate % Dropout: 11.5

Attendance Rate % Yearly: 83.4 State Percentile Ranking: 6.0

SAT Scores

1984 1988 % Taking Test 35.5 40.4 Avg. Verbal Score 412 386 % Students Over 449 13.5 11.9 Avg. Math Score 480 465 % Students Over 499 15.4 15.5

Advanced Placement

1984 1988 % Tests Passed 9.5 13.0 Average Score 3.4 2.9

UC Required Courses

1986 1988 % Completing 35.7 61.7

Public University Attendance

1986 1988 % at UC 8.0 11.6 % at CSU 17.6 14.7

Extracurricular Activities % Doing 1 or More: 68.8 % Doing Non-Sports: 37.4

Student Ethnicity

% Sch. Pop. % in Adv. Math Asian 12.8 73.8 Black 10.1 19.6 Latino 40.8 17.8 White 34.6 36.4

Teacher Background Average Years of Service: 18.5 % with Masters Degree or More: 40.9

Teacher Ethnicity % Asian: 5.7 % Black: 5.7 % Latino: 6.8 % White: 77.3

Parent Education % Less than HS Degree: 23.0 % with HS Degree: 16.0 % Beyond HS: 48.0 State Percentile Ranking: 39.0