1. Academic Performance Index scores for schools vary substantially across regions.
2. There is great variation in API scores for schools throughout the region
3. There is great variation in concentration of students in schools with different API scores.

1. Race and ethnicity are powerful predictors of Academic Performance Index scores.
2. Schools with higher proportions of students who are poor tend to have lower Academic Performance Index scores.
3. Schools with higher proportions of students who are minority tend to have lower Academic Performance Index scores.
4. Schools with higher proportions of students designated non-English speaking tend to have lower Academic Performance Index scores.

1. Schools with higher proportions of fully credentialed teachers tend to have higher Academic Performance Index scores.
2. Schools that are on traditional calendars have higher Academic Performance Index scores.

1. Across the Five County Region, dropout rates fell as the early-1990s recession ended and have leveled out since 1997.
2. Significant discrepancies exist across the dropout rates of students of different ethnic groups, but are overshadowed by even greater difference across the region.
3. Dropout rates in Five County Region declined and have since stabilized.
4. Dropout rates in Los Angeles County declined and have since stabilized.
5. Dropout rates Outside Los Angeles County declined and have since stabilized.
6. Dropout rates in Los Angeles Unified School District declined and have since stabilized.

1. In the Five County Region, poor students are more likely than non-poor students to drop out.
2. Students in schools with a high proportion of minorities are more likely to drop out than others.
3. With the exception of Los Angeles Unified School District, students in year-round schools are more likely to drop out than students in traditional schools.

1. The proportion of graduates completing courses making them eligible to attend University of California or the California State University is low throughout the region.
2. Trends in UC-CSU eligibility over time are mixed.

Graduates Meeting UC-CSU Eligibility Requirements, by Race / Ethnicity (2 Charts)

1. Latino graduates, followed by African American graduates, are less likely to complete courses making them eligible to attend University of California or the California State University.
2. Five County Region, rates of UC-CSU eligibility, 1992-2001.

Graduates Meeting UC-CSU Eligibility Requirements, by Student and School Characteristics (2 Charts)

1. Graduates in schools with a high proportion of poor students are less likely than others to complete courses which will make them eligible to attend the University of California or the California State University.
2. Graduates of year-round schools are less likely than graduates of traditional calendar schools to complete courses which will make them eligible to attend the University of California or the California State University.