[quote=sdrealtor]It’s demographics beyond ethnicity. My kids school has o e of the highest API scores in the county and Asians make up a pretty low percentage of the students. The kids all grow up in households with highly educated parents hence they continue the cycle. Would love to say its the teachers but I don’t think so.[/quote]
I think it’s a combination of both demographics and ethnicity. You can’t dismiss the fact that most of the time, API score for Asians is higher than Whites in the same school. If the Asian population ins your kids’ school is larger, I’m sure their schools’ overall API score would be higher than it is today.
Another example to prove my point would be Torrey Pines High vs Mira Mesa High. Demographic wise, Torrey Pines students comes from much richer families and their parents tend to be very educated. Mira Mesa on the other hand tend to be closer to middle class community. Here are their API scores:
Torrey Pines High:
Asian – 955
Hispanic or Latino – 744
White – 871
Mira Mesa High:
Asian – 895
Hispanic or Latino – 781
White – 869
As you can see, the white students in Mira Mesa only trail the white students in Torrey Pine by 2 points. The Hispanic in Mira Mesa actually surpasses the Hispanic in Torrey Pines by 37 points. However, the Asian in Torrey Pines surpasses the Asian in Mira Mesa by 60 points. If Mira Mesa have the same ethnicity make up as Torrey Pines, their API score would be very similar (870ish for Mira Mesa and 881 for Torrey Pines). However, since Mira Mesa have a much larger Hispanic population than Torrey Pines, it’s total API score is in the 840s vs 870s if you take out the API scores from the Hispanic group.
