EQUITY CATEGORY | ||
Criterion | Metric | Meaning |
School Access - The availability of schools in a neighborhood | Average distance between the three closest schools with the same grade span. | If a school has a higher average distance it is less likely to be identified as a candidate for co-location, merger, or closure. |
Program Access - The availability of educational programs in a school | Percentage of students in each school participating in Language programs, Special Education programs, or Career Technical Education and Pathway programs. | A school with a higher percentage of students participating in these programs is less likely to be identified as a candidate for co-location, merger, or closure. |
Historical Inequities - Challenges and disparities rooted in a school’s or community's history that affect educational opportunities today. | The average amount of neighborhood opportunity, as measured by the Opportunity Insight Lab's "upward mobility index," experienced by students in the school. | school serving a higher percentage of students from neighborhoods with lower historical opportunity levels would be less likely to be identified as a candidate for co-location, merger, or closure. |
EXCELLENCE CATEGORY | ||
Criterion | Metric | Menang |
School Culture and Climate - A school community’s perception of belonging, safety, and academic learning. | The percentage of families, staff, and students responding favorably to survey questions about a sense of belonging, safety, or academic support for learning. | If a school has a higher percentage of families, staff, and students responding favorably,, it is less likely to be identified as a candidate for co-location, merger, or closure. |
Criterion: Socio-Emotional Development - Skills such as social awareness, self-management, growth mindset, and self-efficacy. | The percentage of students responding favorably to survey questions related to social awareness, self-management, growth mindset, or self-efficacy. | If a school has a higher percentage of students responding favorably to survey questions,it is less likely to be identified as a candidate for co-location, merger, or closure. |
Academic Performance - How students perform academically in core subject areas currently and over time. | State assessments of English Language Arts and Math performance and growth. (Data from California School Dashboard) | A school with higher performance and a higher growth rating in state assessments for English Language Arts and Math is less likely to be identified as a candidate for co-location, merger, or closure. |
EFFECTIVE USE OF RSOUCES CATEGORY | ||
Criterion | Metric | Menang |
Family Choice and Demand for the School - The level of demand for a school from families as shown by school choices listed on a school application. | The percentage of applicants ranking the school as one of their top three choices in their school application. | A school with a higher percentage of applicants ranking it as one of their top three choices is less likely to be identified as a candidate for co-location, merger, or closure. |
Teacher Turnover - How often teachers leave their jobs and are replaced by others. | The percentage of teachers who leave a school. | A school with lower teacher turnover rates is less likely to be identified as a candidate for co-location, merger, or closure. |
Student Enrollment - Student enrollment refers to the number of students attending a school as a percentage of the school's ideal capacity. | A school's 2023-2024 school year enrollment compared to its ideal enrollment. | A school with fewer open seats is less likely to be identified as a candidate for co-location, merger, or closure. |
Building Condition - The condition of a school facility including its systems (e.g., heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, roof, etc.), the interior and exterior of each building, and open space. | The school building’s facility condition index (FCI) score. The FCI is an aggregate measure of the condition of all individual systems in a given facility. A lower FCI score indicates better school building conditions. (Data from VFA Facility Condition Assessment) | A school with a score closer to zero on the Facility Condition Index (FCI) is less likely to be identified as a candidate for co-location, merger, or closure |