Shopping for a School Online Extensive information about each of San Diego County's 600 public schools is just a couple of clicks away, thanks to the Internet. Several excellent Web sites provide detailed information on school performance. Greatschools.net provides user-friendly academic and demographic profiles for every school in California. One particularly handy feature permits users to type in their address and receive a listing of public schools in the immediate vicinity.
School profiles are free of charge.
Every school in California is required to produce a school accountability report card on an annual basis. School accountability report cards provide detailed information about each school's test scores, demographics, staffing, and budgets. API results range from 200 to 1000 with a statewide median of 667. The higher the API, the higher overall student performance. The API is computed from results on the statewide Stanford 9 exam.