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State of the Schools - 2009-2010

 

Contents:

Demographics

Contra Costa County Statistics
Student Enrollment Growth
Schools Ethnic Makeup
County's Changing Student Population
English Language Learner (ELL) Students Up Since 1995

Accountability

Academic Performance Index (API)
Williams Case Summary

Accomplishments

College Bound UC/CSU Course Completion
County's Advanced Placement (AP) Rates Well Above National Average
UC Subject "A" Writing Test
Contra Costa County’s California Distinguished Schools
Contra Costa County’s Teachers of The Year

Funding

CA School Funding Sources
CA Per Pupil Expenditures

How California Ranks Nationally

Links to more information

 

DEMOGRAPHICS

Contra Costa County Statistics

Number of Public School Students
K-12 plus ungraded sections

 166,958

Number of Districts (including COE)

19

Number of Schools

268

Number of Teachers

 8,075

Student to Teacher Ratio

20.7:1

Average Class Size

25.7

Average Teacher Salary (2005-2006)

$56,590

Expense of Education Per ADA*

$8,647

*Average Daily Attendance

 

Private School Enrollment 18,520
Percentage of Students in Private School 10%
*Average Daily Attendance  

Source: California Department of Education (CDE), 2008-2009

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Student Enrollment Growth

 

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Enrollment

166,024

165,785

166,102

166,772

166,958

Increase over
previous year

.28%

-.14%

.19%

.40%

.11%

Source: CDE 2008-2008

Enrollment: Special Programs

 
County
2008-2009
% of
Enrollment
% of
State Enrollment
Special Education
19,424

11.6%

10.8%
Free/Reduced Meals
58,088

34.8%

52.3%
ELL
(English Language Learners)
28,483

17.1%

24.2%
Alternative Education (Continuation, Community Based, Opportunity, Magnet Prgenant/Parenting, Independent Study)
8,641
5.2%
11.5%
GATE (Gifted and Talented Education)
10,665
6.3%
8.4%

Source: CDE Dataquest 2008-2009

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Schools Ethnic Makeup

Ethnicity
Contra Costa County
California
Latino
28.0%
49.00%
White
40.1%
27.90%
African American
11.1%
7.3%
Asian
9.3%
8.40%
Filipino
4.1%
2.70%
American Indian
.5%
0.70%
Pacific Islander
.8%
0.60%

Multiple Response

6.1%

3.40%

Source: CDE Dataquest 2008-2009

County's Changing Student Population

 
1987
2009
Increase since 1987
Number of Students
118,311

166,958

41%
Minority Students
30,643

99,963

226%
ELL Students
5,705

28,483

399%

Source: CDE Dataquest 2008-2009
ELL population number for 2008-2009

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English Language Learner (ELL) Students Up Since 1995

Language

1995-1996

2008-09

% Change

Spanish

8,931

22,718

154%

Filipino (Tagalog)

637

830

30%

Vietnamese

526

462

-12%

Punjabi

233

378

62%

Farsi (Persian)

247

424

71%

All other

2,745

3,671

34%

Total ELL

13,319

28,483

114%

Source: CDE, Ed-data 2008-2009

 

ACCOUNTABILITY

Academic Performance Index (API)

API is the cornerstone of the Public Schools Accountability Act.

The 2005 Base API, uses the following assessments:

  • CA Standards Tests in English Language Arts, Math, Science, History/Social Sciences, Grades 2-11
  • CAT/6, Grades 3 & 7 only, English Language Arts, Math (Norm-referenced test)
  • CA High School Exit Exam
  • Additional criteria, onle developed and deemed valid and reliable, will be added in the future

Source: Lining Up Public Schools: California’s API, May 2006

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Academic Performance Scale 2007

API scores are based on a scale of 200-1,000, with 800 being the statewide target.

 
State Index
County
High API
993
974
Low API
378
547

Source: CDE DataQuest API Base 2007-2008

API Growth Targets

The following districts in Contra Costa County had all of their schools at an 800 API or above:

  • Acalanes Union High School District
  • Canyon Elementary School District
  • Knightsen School District
  • Lafayette School District
  • Moraga School District
  • Orinda Union School District
  • San Ramon Valley Unified School District
  • Walnut Creek School District

Source: CDE Data Quest CPI Base 2007-2008

No Child Left Behind

Reauthorization of Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act NCLB 2001

Strengthens federal pressure on states—standards based reform

NCLB touches every area of CA education policy

Requires 100% of students to meet state definition of academically “proficient” by 2014

Testing required 95% of 3rd-8th graders in reading and math by 2005-2006

By June 2006, all teachers meet “highly qualified” definition

Parent choice to transfer students

Publicize school report cards by 2005-2006

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Adequate Yearly Progress

Federal requirement under No Child Left Behind
19* School Districts

  • 130 of 269 (48%) Contra Costa County schools made AYP**
  • 9 of 19 (47%) districts made AYP**
  • 10 of 19 (53%) districts met English Language Arts (ELA) criterion
  • 9 of 19 (47%) districts met mathematics criteria
  • 10 of 19 (53%) districts met API criteria
  • 6 of 10 (70%) districts met graduate rate criteria

*Includes Contra Costa County Office of Education
**Most frequently missed AY crterion is particiaption rate in ELA testing

Williams Case Summary

Williams class action lawsuit settled August 2004
New laws seek to ensure all students have:

  • Access to standards-aligned instruction materials and textbooks
  • Access to school facilities that are clean, safe and functional
  • Teachers are properly assigned and credentialed

Focus is on schools in deciles 1-3, of the 2006 API
(original settlement based on 2003 API, renewed 2007)

In Contra Costa 53 schools in 5 districts are subject to Williams (2009)

Role for County Superintendent, to monitor and report on results

State funding allocated

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Career Technical Education in Contra Costa County

ROP (Regional Occupational Program:

  • Serves 13,000 students at 31 high schools and 10 adult sites in Contra Costa and Alameda
  • Over 60 rigorous standards-based courses from Accounting to Web Design
  • 34 UC-approved “a-g” courses from Advanced Architectural Design to Veterinary Science
  • Key industry partners
  • Industry internship opportunities
  • Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
  • Industry Advisory Committees review courses annually

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College Bound UC/CSU Course Completion

Percent of students completing A-G college preparation course sequence

 

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008
CC County

42.4%

39.9%

40.4%

37.3%

39.8%

43.8%

36.5%
CA

34.6%

33.4%

34.1%

35.2%

35.9%

35.5%

33.9%

The six components labeled a-g include: two years of social science, four years of English, three years of mathematics, two years of laboratory science, two years of a foreign language, and two years of college preparatory elective courses.

Source: CDE Data Quest 2008 (Based on 2007-2008 graduates)

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Graduates

 
12th Grade Enrollment
12the Grade Graduates
County
12,864
10,696 (83%)
State
468,281
374,561 (80%)

 

 
SAT Results - County
SAT Results - State
Students Tested
5,591
167,033
Seniors Tested
44%
36%
Average Score
1,597
1,500

Source: CDE DataQuest 2008

County's Advanced Placement (AP) Rates Well Above National Average

Contra Costa County

  • Enrollment, Grades 11 & 12
  • Enrollment, Grade 12
  • Exams Taken
    • Exams Score = 3*
    • Exams Score = 4
    • Exams Score = 5

25,768
25,768
6,126
2,319
2,366
2,219

*Students receive college credit for AP exams passed with scores of “3” or higher on a scale of 1 to 5.

Source: CDE, DataQuest 2008-2009

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California High School Exit Examination

 
Mathematics (County)
Mathematics (State)
Students Tested *
12,261
474,221
Students Passed
10,186
378,353
Percent Passed 83% 80%

 

 
English Language Arts
(County)
English Language Arts
(State)
Students Tested *
12,431
476,768
Students Passed
10,370
377,637
Percent Passed
83%
79%

*10th graders

Source: CDE DataQuest 2008

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Contra Costa County’s California Distinguished Schools for 2010

Knightsen SD

  • Knightsen Elementary

Lafayette SD

  • Happy Valley Elementary

Mt. Diablo USD

  • Delta View Elementary
  • Hidden Valley Elementary

Oakley Union ESD

  • Iron House Elementary

Orinda Union SD

  • Del Rey Elementary
  • Sleepy Hollow Elementary

San Ramon Valley USD

  • Coyote Creek Elementary
  • Hidden Hills Elementary
  • Live Oak Elementary
  • Rancho Romero Elementary
  • Sycamore Valley Elementary
  • Vista Grande Elementary

 

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Contra Costa County’s Teachers of The Year 2010-2011

  • Steve Amaro, Liberty Union HSD, (Freedom High)
  • Kay Carlile, Knightsen SD, (Knightsen Elementary)
  • James Conrad, CCC College District, (Contra Costa College)
  • Mary Dolan, Orinda Union SD, (Del Rey Elementary)
  • Kerry Flaherty, Byron Union SD, (Timber Point Elementary)
  • Sharon Geernaert, Martinez SD, (Las Juntas Elementary)
  • Nicole Giusti, West Contra Costa USD, (J.O. Ford Elementary)
  • Kasey Graham, Antioch USD, (Dozier-Libbey Medical High)
  • Brendan Hurd, Walnut Creek SD, (Walnut Creek Intermediate)
  • John Korzick, San Ramon Valley USD, (California High)
  • Nancy Krajcar, Mt. Diablo USD, (Olympic High)
  • Michele Lamons, West Contra Costa USD, (Pinole Valley High)
  • Lori Leach, Brentwood Union SD, (R. Paul Krey Elementary)
  • Brian Mangold, Lafayette SD, (Stanley Middle)
  • Alice Noyes, Moraga SD, (Donald Rheem Elementary)
  • Rebecca Pounds, Pittsburg USD, (Hillview Junior High)
  • Daniel Reynolds, Mt. Diablo USD, (Mt. Diablo High)
  • Seth Seavey, John Swett USD, (Carquinez Middle)
  • Joy Snider, Oakley UESD, (Gehringer Elementary)
  • Aster Tadesse, CCCOE, (Oakland Parole STAR)

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FUNDING

CA School Funding Sources

Source
Amount

State Funds

$42.0 Billion

Local Property Taxes/Misc. Revenues

$22.2 Billion

Federal Government

$6.8 Billion

Lottery

$936 Million

Total Estimated Revenues for 2008-2009
 $71.9 Billion*

* The total does not equal the sum of the parts due to rounding
Source: EdSource, CDE Fact Book

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CA Per Pupil Expenditure Moves 2009-2010 by Enrollment

Three Highest
Rhode Island
$18,729
D.C.
$18,273
New Jersey
$16,967
U.S. Average
U.S. Average
$11,006
California's Relative Position (45th)
Tennessee
$8,617
California
$8,520
Oaklahoma
$8,348
Three Lowest (49th - 51st)
Mississippi
$7,752
Arizona
$6,170
Utah
$6,095

Source: National Education Association, “Rankings and Estimates, December 2009 Update.”

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How California Ranks Nationally

1st

Number of Students Enrolled (CA has 6,276,486; US enrollment is 48,949,723 in
2007-2008) (24.7% of CA enrollment is ELL; 7.7% of US enrollment is ELL)

1st

Teacher Salaries (CA average is $64,424; US average is $52,308)

11th

Per Capita Personal Income (CA average is $39,358 in 2006; US average is $36,629)

26th

Per Pupil Expenditures (CA average is $9,539; US average is $9,963)

28th

Expenditures for Public Schools Per $1,000 Personal Income
(CA average is $38 per $1,000; US average is $41)

48th

Principals Per Students (CA 2.2 per 1000; US 3.1 per 1000)

50th

Teachers Per Students (CA 47.9 per 1000; US 64.5 per 1000)

50th

Guidance Counselors Per Students (CA 1.0 per 1000; US 2.1 per 1000)

51st

Librarians Per Students (CA 0.2 per 1000; US 1.1 per 1000)

(Except as noted, data is for 2006-07 and includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.)

Source: EdSource, California Rankings 2007-2008

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LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION

California Department of Education Dataquest

CCCOE Facts & Statistics Page

Contra Costa County Children's Report Card

EdSource

National Education Association: Educational Statistics Page

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