Lorin Griset Academy

Lorin Griset academy is a high school located in Orange County listed under alternative school type offering grades 9-12 (Schoolwires, 2008). The school has two hundred and sixty nine students in total with a 58 percent male student population while that of female students stands at 42 percent. It has a total of 13 classroom teachers. The student population per grade is as follows (Public School Review, 2010).

Source: Public School Review, 2010

The teacher student ratio at the school stands at 1:20 with the California ratio averaging at 1:17. The school population is dominantly Hispanic at 97 percent while Asian, black and white take 1%, 1% and 1% respectively. 48% of the students at the school are eligible for free lunch while 8 % are eligible for reduced lunch. There are no migrant students enrolled at the school (Public School Review, 2010).

The school students, like other Public school students in California, take part in state-wide testing on a yearly basis (Ed-Data, 2009). This test is referred to as Standardized Testing and Reporting (the STAR program). In this program schools are allocated what is referred to as an Academic Performance Index (API) which has its basis on results derived from the STAR program (Tyra, 2009). The Academic Performance Index, enacted under the state’s Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 is the cornerstone of performance in California’s public schools. The API measures growth of schools as well as academic performance on a variety of tests whereupon it establishes state-wide grading of schools based on these scores. The API, since 2003, under the federal governments law (No Child Left Behind) is also the backdrop against which schools are evaluated for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) (Education.com, 2010). Like most schools in the state, Lorin Griset academy has an API by high school since it offers education in 9^th, 10^th and eleventh grade. This ranking is in comparison to one hundred similar schools as well as targets of growth fro succeeding years.

According to the 2009 California Standardized Testing and Reporting, the total number of students enrolled on the first day of testing at Lorin Griset Academy School was 123 while those that were tested were 124 (California Department of Education, 2010). The total number of students tested in selected subgroups was 124. In the same year 2009, there were four students reported for enrollment in the tenth grade while the eleventh grade had 119 students.

In this school’s agency, there are fifty nine schools managed with the total number of students in the said schools standing at 56,685. The school’s district, Santa Ana Unified School District has a district total revenue of 566,979,000 million dollars while the district expenditure stands at $61,635,000. The district revenue per student is estimated at $10,002 while actual expenditure per student is $10,614. This points out a clear deficit. The district has a 97% graduation rate.

Source: California Department of Education, 2010

   The school’s Zip code is 92704. The area has an approximate population of 91,176 people (City-Data, 2009). The percentage population of people aged above 25 years with college degrees stands at 15% while the population average age of the area is 27 years. The average household size in the area is 4.6 persons with the median household income estimated at $49,923. The mean number of rooms in each household is 3.9 rooms with the median age of housing structure estimated at 39 years.

Schools that can not take part in the API as a result of the student population size are allowed to apply allowed to participate in the alternative school Accountability Model. Lorin Griset Academy has embraced ASA, a program that is based on standardized test results as well as other district and state-board indicators of performance. Like all schools, alternative schools are obligated to meet standards of learning as well as achievement in the state. Lorin Griset academy performance indicators are suspension, attendance, credit completion as well as high school graduation.

References

California Department of Education, (2010). School Accountability Report Card (SARC-

2008-2009). Accessed on: May 19, 2010: Retrieved from:  http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/sa/sarc0809.asp

City-Data, (2009). Lorin Griset Academy School in Santa Ana, California (CA).

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http://www.city-data.com/school/lorin-griset-academy-ca.html

Ed Data, (2009). “Academic Performance Index (API) – 2009 Growth
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Education.com, (2010). Lorin Griset Academy. Accessed on: May 19, 2010: retrieved

from: http://www.education.com/schoolfinder/us/california/santa-ana/lorin-griset-

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Public School Review (2010). Lorin Griset Academy. Accessed on: May 19, 2010:

Retrieved from: http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/12175

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from: http://www.sausd.k12.ca.us/griset/site/default.asp

Tyra, B. (2009). Support Personnel Accountability Report Card (SPARC). California. 

Los Angeles County Office of Education. Accessed on: May 19, 2010: Retrieved from: http://www.sparconline.net/