Chino Valley School District API Scores High!
The Chino Valley School District is one of the best in the Inland Empire and a big draw for home buyers in Chino and Chino Hills. Sending your child to a top rated school is just plain good parenting! The API score is the Academic Performance Index based on state tests taken every Spring. The numeric index ranges from the lowest at 200 to the highest at 1,000. The statewide target is 800.
Congratulations to Cortez, Gird, Rhodes, El Rancho, Dickey, Liberty, Dickson, Canyon Hills, Townsend, Los Serranos and Walnut schools for their substantial increase in scores! 
Here are the results of this year's testing and the corresponding change in API scores:
| | | 2008 | 2007 | Change |
| Elementary: | | | | |
| Borba | | | 775 | 785 | -10 |
| Briggs | | | 826 | 849 | -23 |
| Butterfield Ranch | | 897 | 903 | -6 |
| Cattle | | | 844 | 841 | 3 |
| Chaparral | | | 796 | 799 | -3 |
| Cortez | | | 809 | 766 | 43 |
| Country Springs | | 928 | 921 | 7 |
| Dickey | | | 734 | 702 | 32 |
| Dickson | | | 736 | 713 | 23 |
| Eagle Canyon | | 875 | 876 | -1 |
| El Rancho | | | 742 | 710 | 32 |
| Gird | | | 757 | 717 | 40 |
| Glenmeade | | 845 | 839 | 6 |
| Hidden Trails | | 901 | 900 | 1 |
| Liberty | | | 883 | 858 | 25 |
| Litel | | | 869 | 888 | -19 |
| Los Serranos | | 813 | 796 | 17 |
| Marshall | | | 747 | 768 | -21 |
| Newman | | | 766 | 772 | -6 |
| Oak Ridge | | 920 | 925 | -5 |
| Rhodes | | | 946 | 910 | 36 |
| Rolling Ridge | | 908 | 912 | -4 |
| Walnut | | | 763 | 749 | 14 |
| Wickman | | | 897 | 894 | 3 |
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| Junior High: | | | | |
| Canyon Hills | | 881 | 859 | 22 |
| Magnolia | | | 751 | 753 | -2 |
| Ramona | | | 710 | 727 | -17 |
| Townsend | | 838 | 820 | 18 |
| Woodcrest | | 743 | 734 | 9 |
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| High School: | | | | |
| Ayala | | | 792 | 799 | -7 |
| Chino | | | 618 | 662 | -44 |
| Chino Hills | | 770 | 779 | -9 |
| Don Lugo | | | 672 | 670 | 2 |
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| Alternative School: | | | | |
| Boys Republic | | 592 | unk | 0 |
| Buena Vista | | 445 | 469 | -24 |
| Chino Valley Learning | 351 | 402 | -51 |