API不是一项针对学校的简单测试结果，而是一个完整复杂的综合评价体系。每个学年初，政府都会根据学校API的基础指标设立该年度学校表现的“达标线”和年度增长目标，据此测算出的增长指标会在夏季学年结束时宣布。据立思辰留学360介绍，基础指标所依据的标准化考试包括：CST(加州达标测试)，CMA(学业进步考核)，CAPA(可选择参加的学术表现考核)和CAHSEE(高中结业考试)。
美国洛杉矶高中排名TOP100
1、Whitney (Gretchen) High
2、Oxford High
3、San Marino High
4、University High
5、Northwood High
6、Troy High
7、South Pasadena Senior High
8、Walnut High
9、Mira Costa High
10、Corona Del Mar High
11、Soar High (Students On Academic Rise)
12、Los Alamitos High
13、El Segundo High
14、Irvine High
15、University Preparatory
16、Hawthorne Math And Science Academy High
17、Woodbridge High
18、Diamond Bar High
19、Esperanza High
20、Palos Verdes Peninsula High
21、L.A. County High School For The Arts
22、Arcadia High
23、College Ready Academy High
24、Cerritos High
25、Cypress High
26、International Polytechnic High
27、Beverly Hills High
28、Bonita High
29、Sunny Hills High
30、Westlake High
31、Glendora High
32、Bravo (Francisco) Medical Magnet High
33、Mark Keppel High
34、Claremont High
35、San Clemente High
36、El Dorado High
37、Dana Hills High
38、Arnold O. Beckman High
39、Canyon High
40、Huntington Beach High
41、Mission Viejo High
42、Trabuco Hills High
43、Camarillo (Adolfo) High
44、Los Osos High
45、Capistrano Valley High
46、El Toro High
47、Edison High
48、Animo Inglewood Charter High
49、College Ready Academy High
50、Mayfair High
51、West High
52、Diamond Ranch High
53、Vista Murrieta High School
54、Santa Susana High
55、Marina High
56、Gahr (Richard) High
57、Great Oak High
58、Brea-Olinda High
59、Upland High
60、Nordhoff High
61、Thousand Oaks High
62、Burroughs High
63、California Military Institute
64、Redondo High
65、Grove
66、Royal High
67、Imperial High
68、Newport Harbor High
69、Simi Valley High
70、Village Academy High School @ Indian Hill
71、Chaparral High
72、Valencia High
73、Gabrielino High
74、Laguna Beach High
75、King (Martin Luther Junior) High
76、Temecula Valley High
77、La Habra High
78、Covina High
79、John F. Kennedy High
80、Moorpark High
81、Murrieta Valley High
82、Temescal Canyon High
83、Sonora High
84、Palm Desert High
85、South High
86、Bright Star Secondary Charter Academy
87、Polytechnic High
88、Downtown Business High
89、Hemet Senior High
90、Paloma Valley High
91、San Gabriel High
92、Eagle Rock Junior-Senior High
93、King/Drew Medical Magnet High
94、Burbank High
95、Western High
96、Santa Monica High
97、Arroyo High
98、South Hills High
99、Wilson High
100、Middle College High
