U.S. Cities - City-Data Homepage  
Forum City-Data.com Homepage

Kennedy Garden School in Calexico, CA



Back to: Calexico, CA, California, All US cities.

Discuss this school with others on our active California forum.

City-data.com school rating (using weighted 2006 test average as compared to other schools in California) from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) is 10.

PO Box 792
Calexico, CA 92231


Student Enrollment: 578

County Name : Imperial
District Name: Calexico Unified
The type of school district: UNIFIED
The type of school: ELEMENTARY
Number of the California Assembly district in which this school is located. : 80
Name of the California Assembly member for the district in which this school is located. : Bonnie Garcia
Political party affiliation of this Assembly member: Republican

Number of the California Senate district in which this school is located. : 40
Name of the California Senate member for the district in which this school is located. : Denise Moreno Ducheny
Political party affiliation of this Senate member: Democrat

Number of the U.S. congressional district in which this school is located. : 51
Name of the U.S. congressional member for the district in which this school is located. : Bob Filner
Political party affiliation of this U. S. congressional member: Democrat

Latitude: 32.69239
Longitude: -115.49646

The lowest grade and the highest grade in which student enrollment was reported in the most recent certified data collection: K-6
Change in API from 2005 to 2006: 34 (623 to 657)
Met 13 out of 17 AYP criteria
ELA Participation Rate Hispanic: 99% (565 tested out of 573)
Math Participation Rate Hispanic: 100% (572 tested out of 573)
ELA Participation Rate White: 100% (5 tested out of 5)
Math Participation Rate White: 100% (5 tested out of 5)
ELA Participation Rate Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 99% (570 tested out of 578)
Math Participation Rate Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 100% (577 tested out of 578)
ELA Participation Rate English Learner: 98% (463 tested out of 471)
Math Participation Rate English Learner: 100% (470 tested out of 471)
ELA Participation Rate Students with Disabilities: 81% (34 tested out of 42)
Math Participation Rate Students with Disabilities: 98% (41 tested out of 42)

Schoolwide or LEA-wide ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above: 19.7%
Kennedy Garden:  20%
State average from 1973 schools:  46%

Schoolwide Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above: 38.4%
Here:  38%
State average from 1973 schools:  55%

ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Hispanic: 19.5% (104 proficient out of 534)
Here:  20%
State average from 1910 schools:  37%

Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Hispanic: 38.5% (208 proficient out of 540)
Here:  39%
State average from 1911 schools:  47%

ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 19.7% (106 proficient out of 538)
Here:  20%
State average from 1913 schools:  35%

Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 38.4% (209 proficient out of 544)
Here:  38%
State average from 1915 schools:  46%

ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above English Learner: 16.8% (76 proficient out of 453)
Here:  17%
State average from 1850 schools:  33%

Math Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above English Learner: 37.5% (172 proficient out of 459)
Kennedy Garden:  38%
State average from 1849 schools:  46%

ELA Percent of students scoring Proficient or Above Students with Disabilities: 9.1% (3 proficient out of 33)
Kennedy Garden:  9%
State average from 1870 schools:  22%

Math Percent of Students with Disabilities scoring Proficient or Above: 12.8% (5 proficient out of 39)
Here:  13%
State average from 1878 schools:  29%
ELA 2006 Percent Proficient Target: 24.4%
Math 2006 Percent Proficient Target: 26.5%
Number of Scores included in the 2006 Academic Performance Index (API) : 554

2006 API (Base) : 656
Kennedy Garden:  656.0
State average from 1971 schools:  764.9
Statewide Rank: 2

Similar Schools Rank: 3

2007 API Target: 663


2006 Hispanics API (Base) : 656 (549 students included)
Kennedy Garden:  656
State average from 1561 schools:  710
Number of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged (SD) Students Included in API : 554

2006 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged API (Base) : 656 (554 students included)
Here:  656
State average from 1643 schools:  706
Number of English Learners included in API : 459

2006 English Learner API (Base) : 641 (459 students included)
Here:  641
State average from 1181 schools:  687
Number of Students With Disabilities included in API : 39
Percent African American : 0%
Percent American Indian : 0%
Percent Asian : 0%
Percent Filipino : 0%
Percent Hispanic or Latino : 99%
Percent Pacific Islander : 0%
Percent White : 1%

Percentage of Students that are Participants in the Free or Reduced Price Meal Program: 100%
Here:  100.0%
State average from 1980 schools:  54.2%

Percent of participants in Gifted and Talented education programs (STAR): 0%
Here:  0.0%
State average from 1980 schools:  6.6%

Percent of participants in migrant education programs (STAR): 8%
Here:  8.0%
State average from 1980 schools:  2.8%

Percent of participants who are designated as English Learners: 75%
Here:  75.0%
State average from 1980 schools:  28.0%

Percent of Students with Disabilities (STAR): 7%
Here:  7.0%
State average from 1980 schools:  10.6%

Average Class Size (Grades K-3) : 20
Here:  20.0
State average from 1975 schools:  19.8

Average Class Size (Grades 4-6) : 31
Kennedy Garden:  31.0
State average from 1967 schools:  29.2
Percent of Student Answer Documents with Parent Education Level Information : 86%
Parent Ed Level: Percent Not High School Graduate : 30%
Parent Ed Level: Percent High School Graduate : 25%
Parent Ed Level: Percent Some College : 25%
Parent Ed Level: Percent College Graduate : 15%
Parent Ed Level: Percent Graduate School : 6%

Average Parent Education Level : 2.42
Here:  2.4
State average from 1980 schools:  2.6

Percent Teachers at this School with Full Credentials: 95%
Here:  95.0%
State average from 1980 schools:  97.5%
Percent Teachers at this school with Emergency Credentials : 8%
Percent of Enrollments in grade 2 (STAR) : 21%
Percent of Enrollments in grades 3 - 5 (STAR) : 62%
Percent of Enrollments in grade 6 (STAR) : 17%
School Characteristic Index : 160.4722899

Valid Score for California Standards Test (CST) in English-language arts Grades 2-8 : 554

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid Scores for CST in English-language arts Grades 2-8 : 265.920

Valid Score for CST in mathematics Grades 2-8 : 554

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid Scores for CST in mathematics Grades 2-8 : 177.280

Valid Score for CST in science Grades 2-8 : 99

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid Scores for CST in science Grades 2-8 : 19.800

Valid Score for Norm-Referenced Test (NRT) reading in Grades 2-8 : 124

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT reading in Grades 2-8 : 7.440

Valid Score for NRT language in Grades 2-8 : 124

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT language in Grades 2-8 : 3.720

Valid Score for NRT spelling in Grades 2-8 : 123

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT spelling in Grades 2-8 : 3.690

Valid Score for NRT mathematics in Grades 2-8 : 122

Product of Test Weights Multiplied by Valid scores for NRT mathematics in Grades 2-8 : 9.760
2006 API (Growth) : 657
2005 API (Base): 623
Met School-wide Growth Target : Yes
Met Comparable Improvement (CI) Target : Yes

2006 Hispanics API (Growth) : 657
Kennedy Garden:  657
State average from 1571 schools:  710

2005 Hispanics API (Base) : 622
Here:  622
State average from 1544 schools:  698
2005-2006 Hispanics Subgroup API Growth : 35 (met target)

2006 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged API (Growth) : 657
Here:  657
State average from 1647 schools:  706

2005 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged API (Base) : 623
Here:  623
State average from 1621 schools:  695
2005-2006 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Growth : 34 (met target)

2006 English Learners API (Growth) : 643
Here:  643
State average from 1176 schools:  689

2005 English Learners API (Base) : 608
Kennedy Garden:  608
State average from 1131 schools:  674
2005-2006 English Learners Subgroup API Growth : 35 (met target)
Median score of this school's similar schools group for 2006 Growth API : 677
Median score of this school's similar schools group for 2005 Base API : 663

Back to: Calexico, CA, California, California forum, All US cities.