This measurement simply counts the percent of all students who scored in the top two quartiles nationally. This top one-half is what we call above average scorers. For a student to be counted in this category, he had to attain a score at the 50th percentile or higher. The data for this spring 2002 Stanford-9 test comes from the California Department of Education. The rank order comparison of schools within counties is the creation of School Wise Press. Since school names at times appear in more than one school district, be sure that the school's name and its district indicate that it's the one you want to compare. When schools had the same percent of students scoring in the top two quartiles, we assigned them the same rank, in effect allowing for "ties."

Note: Palos Verdes has schools rated: #1, #4, #12, #12, #12, #25, #25, #32, #32, #38. ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE PENINSULA ARE IN THE TOP 40 with good representation at the top and Top 20!

1	Cornerstone at Pedregal	Palos Verdes Peninsula	97%
1	Balboa	Los Angeles	97%
1	Robinson	Manhattan Beach	97%
4	Pennekamp	Manhattan Beach	94%
4	Valentine	San Marino	94%
4	Silver Spur	Palos Verdes Peninsula	94%
7	Meadows Avenue	Manhattan Beach	93%
7	Palm Crest	La Canada	93%
7	Roscomare Road	Los Angeles	93%
10	Pacific	Manhattan Beach	92%
10	La Canada	La Canada	92%
12	Franklin	Santa Monica-Malibu	91%
12	Montemalaga	Palos Verdes Peninsula	91%
12	Canyon	Los Angeles	91%
12	Soleado	Palos Verdes Peninsula	91%
12	Vista Grande	Palos Verdes Peninsula	91%
12	Golden Springs	Pomona	91%
18	Paradise Canyon	La Canada	90%
18	White Oak	Las Virgenes	90%
18	Wonderland Avenue	Los Angeles	90%
18	Hermosa View	Hermosa Beach City	90%
18	Marquez	Los Angeles	90%
18	Grand View	Manhattan Beach	90%
24	Kenter Canyon	Los Angeles	89%
25	Rancho Vista	Palos Verdes Peninsula	88%
25	Highland Oaks	Arcadia	88%
25	Round Meadow	Las Virgenes	88%
25	Gonsalves	ABC	88%
25	Carver	San Marino	88%
25	Warner Avenue	Los Angeles	88%
25	Dapplegray	Palos Verdes Peninsula	88%
32	Point Dume	Santa Monica-Malibu	87%
32	Welby Way	Los Angeles	87%
32	Point Vicente	Palos Verdes Peninsula	87%
32	Evergreen	Walnut Valley	87%
32	Lunada Bay	Palos Verdes Peninsula	87%
32	Riviera	Torrance	87%
38	Yerba Buena	Las Virgenes	86%
38	Mira Catalina	Palos Verdes Peninsula	86%
38	Jefferson	Redondo Beach	86%
38	Webster	Santa Monica-Malibu	86%
38	Pomelo Drive	Los Angeles	86%
38	Marengo	South Pasadena	86%
38	Woodland Hills	Los Angeles	86%
45	Valley View	Glendale	85%
45	Grazide	Hacienda La Puente	85%
45	Carpenter Avenue	Los Angeles	85%
45	Topanga	Los Angeles	85%
45	Fairburn Avenue	Los Angeles	85%
50	Mountain Avenue	Glendale	84%
50	Sutherland	Glendora	84%
50	Hermosa Valley	Hermosa Beach City	84%
50	Helmers	Saugus	84%
50	Westhoff	Walnut Valley	84%
50	Cerritos	ABC	84%
50	El Rodeo	Beverly Hills	84%
57	Wittmann	ABC	83%
57	Anza	Torrance	83%
57	Willow	Las Virgenes	83%
57	Westwood	Los Angeles	83%
57	Beverly Vista	Beverly Hills	83%
62	Baldwin Stocker	Arcadia	82%
62	Arroyo Vista	South Pasadena	82%
62	North Park	Saugus	82%
62	Center Street	El Segundo	82%
62	Stevenson Ranch	Newhall	82%
62	Murphy Ranch	East Whittier City	82%
62	Bay Laurel	Las Virgenes	82%
62	Leal	ABC	82%
62	Cabrillo	Santa Monica-Malibu	82%
62	Macy	Lowell	82%
72	Highlands	Saugus	81%
72	Towers	Torrance	81%
72	Seaside	Torrance	81%
72	Meadows	Newhall	81%
72	Monterey Hills	South Pasadena	81%
72	Holly Avenue	Arcadia	81%
72	Park Western	Los Angeles	81%
72	Calabash	Los Angeles	81%
72	Roosevelt	Santa Monica-Malibu	81%
72	Horace Mann	Beverly Hills	81%
72	Chaparral	Las Virgenes	81%
72	Hawthorne	Beverly Hills	81%
72	Olita	Lowell	81%
72	Dunsmore	Glendale	81%
72	Monte Vista	Glendale	81%
72	Sellers	Glendora	81%
72	Mountainview	Saugus	81%
72	El Marino	Culver City	81%

Top 75 Schools in Reading: Students Scoring Above Average