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School Report
There is good news and bad news about the school system for the Rancho
Bernardo/Poway area.
The good new is that it is a good school system – the qualifier is “for
California."
California education ranks lower in many areas than does Louisiana, Arkansas –
you pick the state. In reading, the National Report Card in 2005 ranked
California ahead of only the District of Columbia and Hawaii!
As a state, we could improve our reading standards by hiring the displaced
teachers from Louisiana who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina!
The local newspapers specialize in North County descriptions if “improvement”
without admitting that the improvement is from an unsatisfactory base. The Poway
Unified School District is about as good as a reasonable-priced neighborhood can
afford.
Thirty years ago – or so – The North County Times called me the “Poway Unified
School Districts most constant critic.”
I was.
They have gotten a LOT better! They have only one school (Valley) that is on The
No-Child Left Behind “unsat” list. The District is so good that I am surprised
they have even once such school.
That said – there are better County school districts – La Jolla, Torrey Pines,
Coronado – but you must have serious money to live in those districts. The PUSD
has many reasonably priced homes.
I spent more than a decade teaching computer science at a local university both
at the graduate and undergraduate level. I taught many teachers.
My criticism of the PUSD today is only that they are not so good as they
proclaim they are, and they need to get a LOT better.
But then so does everyone else in California. PUSD just has less distance to
travel.
Just the facts.
While only one school failed the Federal criteria, several schools had troubles
with State criteria:
Met
Met
PUSD
Met All
Math
English
Met Graduation
Elementary Schools
Criteria
Language
Adobe Bluffs Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Canyon View Elementary
No
No
No
Yes
Chaparral Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Creekside Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Deer Canyon Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Garden Road Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Highland Ranch Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Los Penasquitos Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Midland Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Morning Creek Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Painted Rock Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Park Village Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pomerado Elementary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Rolling Hills Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shoal Creek Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Stone Ranch Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sundance Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sunset Hills Elementary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Tierra Bonita Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Turtleback Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Valley Elementary
No
Yes
No
Yes
Westwood Elementary
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Middle Schools
Bernardo Heights Middle
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Black Mountain Middle
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Meadowbrook Middle
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mesa Verde Middle
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Oak Valley Middle
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Twin Peaks Middle
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
High Schools
Mt. Carmel High
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Poway High
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rancho Bernardo High
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Westview High
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ASAM Schools
Abraxas Continuation High
No
Yes
Yes
No
Now, the numbers:
2005
2006
Difference
POWAY UNIFIED
Elementary Schools
Adobe Bluffs Elementary
896
907
11
Canyon View Elementary
896
909
13
Chaparral Elementary
894
924
30
Creekside Elementary
955
961
6
Deer Canyon Elementary
924
947
23
Garden Road Elementary
844
856
12
Highland Ranch Elementary 893
895
2
Los Penasquitos Elementary 875
902
27
Midland Elementary
848
880
32
Morning Creek Elementary
894
875
-19
Painted Rock Elementary
912
922
10
Park Village Elementary
917
940
23
Pomerado Elementary
849
842
-7
Rolling Hills Elementary
878
912
34
Shoal Creek Elementary
897
904
7
Stone Ranch Elementary
881
884
3
Sundance Elementary
874
901
27
Sunset Hills Elementary
877
870
-7
Tierra Bonita Elementary
896
897
1
Turtleback Elementary
880
905
25
Valley Elementary 773
791
18
Westwood Elementary
882
877
-5
Middle Schools
Bernardo Heights Middle
878
877
-1
Black Mountain Middle
845
844
-1
Meadowbrook Middle
845
838
-7
Mesa Verde Middle
895
904
9
Oak Valley Middle
892
Twin Peaks Middle
868
873
5
High Schools
Mt. Carmel High
824
806
-18
Poway High
829
815
-14
Rancho Bernardo High
832
833
1
Westview High
809
820
11
ASAM Schools
Abraxas Continuation High 537*
494*
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