Academic Performance

Network-wide success is attributed to three key components of the Rocketship Public School Model:  Innovate, Lead, Empower. By individualizing instruction with tutors and technology, developing excellent teachers and school leaders, and empowering parents to transform local educational opportunities, Rocketship will continue to drive world-class student achievement.

Academic performance at Rocketship schools has been exceptional, especially in comparison to overall school district performance, and to neighboring and regional schools. Based on the most recent California state standardized testing results from the 2011-2012 school year:

• Rocketship Education is the leading public school system for low-income students. With an overall score of 855 on the 2012 California Academic Performance Index (API).

• Rocketship is closing the achievement gap for low-income, minority students.  82 percent of Rocketship students scored Proficient or Advanced on the math portion of the California Standards Test (CST), on par with the most affluent school districts in California.
  
  

2012 California Academic Performance Index (API)

Network-wide success is attributed to three key components of the Rocketship Public School Model:  Innovate, Lead, Empower. By individualizing instruction with tutors and technology, developing excellent teachers and school leaders, and empowering parents to transform local educational opportunities, Rocketship will continue to drive world-class student achievement.