May 2010 -- Mill Valley public schools chalked up another year of high marks on the state's Academic Performance Index, or API.
All five elementary schools and one middle school ranked among the top 10 percent statewide this year, the same number as last year. All of these schools belong to the Mill Valley School District, which has approximately 2,400 students in all.
The state releases two API reports each year, in the spring and fall. Each school receives an API number based on students' test scores. The report released last week is based on students' 2009 test scores and is meant to be used as a baseline for comparison with the "Growth API" report to be released in the fall, which will examine test scores from this spring.
Schools also are ranked on a scale of 1 to 10 against the state as a whole and against schools with similar demographics. A score of 10 indicates the school is ranked in the top 10 percent of schools statewide. As mentioned above, all Mill Valley schools ranked a "10."
Also impressive is that most schools showed significant year-over-year improvement in their already enviable API scores. All of the schools now have an API above 900! The state considers 800 to be "excellent."
Mill Valley Elementary Schools 2008 API 2009 API 2008 Rank 2009 Rank
Edna Maguire not reported 938 n/r 10
Old Mill 907 950 10 10
Park 917 940 10 10
Strawberry Point 897 910 10 10
Tam Valley 942 935 10 10
Mill Valley Middle School 898 911 10 10
Information deemed reliable but is not guaranteed. 
Courtesy: Kevin McGinnis, Frank Howard Allen Realtors
(415) 725-1911 or kmcginnis@fhallen.com
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