| San Diego Unified School District | 2013 API | 2012 API |
| Torrey Pines Elementary | 986 | 990 |
| La Jolla Elementary | 982 | 985 |
| Dingeman Elementary | 971 | 959 |
| Bird Rock Elementary | 963 | 967 |
| Curie Elementary | 950 | 944 |
| Scripps Elementary | 949 | 963 |
| Hearst Elementary | 941 | 942 |
| Marshall Middle | 934 | 934 |
| Benchley/Weinberger Elementary | 931 | 934 |
| Green Elementary | 931 | 934 |
| Silver Gate Elementary | 929 | 925 |
| Sunset View Elementary | 928 | 944 |
| Sessions Elementary | 923 | 930 |
| Holmes Elementary | 920 | 911 |
| Ocean Beach Elementary | 916 | 901 |
| Miramar Ranch Elementary | 914 | 928 |
| Scripps Ranch High | 914 | 900 |
| Kumeyaay Elementary | 913 | 925 |
| Doyle Elementary | 913 | 919 |
| Sandburg Elementary | 909 | 920 |
| Pacific Beach Elementary | 907 | 899 |
| Grant K-8 | 905 | 911 |
| Standley Middle | 904 | 919 |
| Dailard Elementary | 904 | 913 |
| Challenger Middle | 904 | 908 |
| Einstein Academy | 903 | 909 |
| Muirlands Middle | 902 | 913 |
| Barnard Elementary | 902 | 886 |
| Bay Park Elementary | 902 | 871 |
| Old Town Academy K-8 Charter | 901 | 885 |
| Loma Portal Elementary | 898 | 908 |
| Marvin Elementary | 897 | 909 |
| Vista Grande Elementary | 896 | 908 |
| Hickman Elementary | 893 | 887 |
| Preuss School UCSD | 888 | 893 |
| Lewis Middle | 886 | 892 |
| Hage Elementary | 885 | 860 |
| Correia Middle | 884 | 889 |
| Chesterton Elementary | 881 | 874 |
| Crown Point Elementary | 880 | 872 |
| Toler Elementary | 878 | 878 |
| Spreckels Elementary | 871 | 882 |
| McKinley Elementary | 871 | 875 |
| San Diego Global Vision Academy | 870 | 823 |
| Urban Discovery Academy Charter | 869 | 876 |
| La Jolla High | 867 | 854 |
| Alcott Elementary | 867 | 848 |
| Kearny International Business | 866 | 887 |
| De Portola Middle | 866 | 871 |
| Angier Elementary | 863 | 892 |
| Albert Einstein Academy Charter Middle | 863 | 866 |
| Dana | 862 | 872 |
| Wangenheim Middle | 862 | 865 |
| Fletcher Elementary | 860 | 848 |
| Longfellow K-8 | 858 | 868 |
| King-Chavez Primary Academy | 851 | 883 |
| Mt. Everest Academy | 850 | 873 |
| Pershing Middle | 850 | 869 |
| San Diego Global Vision Academy Middle | 848 | B |
| San Diego International Studies | 847 | 870 |
| Magnolia Science Academy San Diego | 847 | 867 |
| Explorer Elementary | 846 | 867 |
| Mira Mesa High | 846 | 860 |
| Harriet Tubman Village Charter | 840 | 816 |
| Gage Elementary | 837 | 837 |
| University City High | 833 | 825 |
| Florence Elementary | 832 | 859 |
| The O'Farrell Charter | 832 | 807 |
| High Tech Middle Media Arts | 831 | 866 |
| High Tech Middle | 831 | 847 |
| Nye Elementary | 831 | 845 |
| iHigh Virtual Academy | 830 | 767 |
| Health Sciences High | 827 | 795 |
| Cadman Elementary | 826 | 818 |
| Foster Elementary | 823 | 843 |
| Pacific Beach Middle | 823 | 826 |
| Point Loma High | 822 | 811 |
| John Muir | 819 | 823 |
| Sherman Elementary | 819 | 781 |
| Lee Elementary | 817 | 805 |
| Lindbergh/Schweitzer Elementary | 816 | 844 |
| San Diego SCPA | 816 | 819 |
| San Diego Cooperative Charter | 813 | 781 |
| Marston Middle | 811 | 819 |
| Oak Park Elementary | 811 | 752 |
| Wegeforth Elementary | 810 | 844 |
| High Tech High | 807 | 794 |
| Cubberley Elementary | 807 | 782 |
| Kearny Digital Media & Design | 806 | 818 |
| Henry High | 806 | 814 |
| Hawthorne Elementary | 805 | 813 |
| Cabrillo Elementary | 802 | 839 |
| Encanto Elementary | 801 | 781 |
| Ross Elementary | 799 | 798 |
| Clay Elementary | 798 | 808 |
| Juarez Elementary | 797 | 815 |
| Roosevelt International Middle | 792 | 794 |
| Chollas/Mead Elementary | 792 | 766 |
| San Diego Early/Middle College | 791 | 773 |
| Innovation Middle | 790 | 831 |
| Darnall Charter | 789 | 788 |
| KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy | 788 | 803 |
| Jefferson Elementary | 786 | 791 |
| Creative, Performing, and Media Arts | 785 | 785 |
| Rolando Park Elementary | 785 | 731 |
| Serra High | 781 | 772 |
| Whitman Elementary | 780 | 783 |
| Franklin Elementary | 779 | 789 |
| Kearny SCT | 778 | 787 |
| High Tech High International | 778 | 776 |
| Adams Elementary | 777 | 797 |
| High Tech High Media Arts | 777 | 781 |
| Taft Middle | 774 | 786 |
| Rowan Elementary | 771 | 755 |
| McGill School of Success | 771 | 700 |
| Learning Choice Academy | 770 | 759 |
| King-Chavez Arts Academy | 757 | 775 |
| King-Chavez Athletics Academy | 756 | 777 |
| Iftin Charter | 756 | 762 |
| Millennial Tech Middle | 749 | 804 |
| Washington Elementary | 749 | 754 |
| Mann Middle | 749 | 744 |
| Innovations Academy | 745 | 748 |
| Whittier K-12 | 743 | B |
| Freese Elementary | 743 | 792 |
| Bell Middle | 740 | 745 |
| Morse High | 740 | 728 |
| Holly Drive Leadership Academy | 737 | 772 |
| Keiller Leadership Academy | 734 | 721 |
| Madison High | 733 | 721 |
| Bayview Terrace Elementary | 732 | 731 |
| King-Chavez Academy of Excellence | 730 | 765 |
| Field Elementary | 727 | 762 |
| Coleman Tech Charter High | 726 | 648 |
| Fulton K-8 | 724 | 693 |
| San Diego Metro Career and Tech | 718 | 749 |
| Clairemont High | 714 | 720 |
| San Diego Science and Technology | 707 | 734 |
| Kearny Construction Tech | 706 | 702 |
| Arroyo Paseo Charter High | 704 | 679 |
| Audeo Charter | 703 | 683 |
| King-Chavez Community High | 702 | 679 |
| King-Chavez Preparatory Academy | 697 | 705 |
| Mission Bay High | 692 | 693 |
| Nubia Leadership Academy | 688 | 727 |
| Memorial Scholars & Athletes | 685 | 662 |
| Rodriguez Elementary | 680 | 658 |
| Hoover High | 669 | 672 |
| Gompers Preparatory Academy | 666 | 674 |
| Charter School of San Diego | 665 | 648 |
| Crawford High | 649 | 649 |
| San Diego Business | 644 | 652 |
| Evangeline Roberts Institute of Learning | 643 | B |
| San Diego MVP Arts | 637 | 619 |
| Lincoln High | 625 | 617 |
| San Diego LEADS | 624 | 623 |
| Garfield High | 609 | 563 |
| Twain High | 600 | 600 |
| Pacific American Academy | 572 | 664 |
| Iftin University Prep High | 551 | 648 |
| Riley/New Dawn | 440 | 476 |
| ALBA | | |
| America's Finest Charter | | |
| Audubon K-8 | | |
| Baker Elementary | | |
| Balboa Elementary | | |
| Bethune K-8 | | |
| Birney Elementary | | |
| Boone Elementary | | |
| Burbank Elementary | | |
| Carson Elementary | | |
| Carver Elementary | | |
| Central Elementary | | |
| Chavez Elementary | | |
| Cherokee Point Elementary | | |
| City Heights Preparatory Charter | | |
| Clark Middle | | |
| Dewey Elementary | | |
| Edison Elementary | | |
| Emerson/Bandini Elementary | | |
| Ericson Elementary | | |
| Euclid Elementary | | |
| Farb Middle | | |
| Fay Elementary | | |
| Garfield Elementary | | |
| Golden Hill K-8 | | |
| Hamilton Elementary | | |
| Hancock Elementary | | |
| Hardy Elementary | | |
| Home & Hosp/Transition Support | | |
| Horton Elementary | | |
| Ibarra Elementary | | |
| Johnson Elementary | | |
| Jones Elementary | | |
| Joyner Elementary | | |
| Kimbrough Elementary | | |
| Knox Middle | | |
| Lafayette Elementary | | |
| Language Academy | | |
| Linda Vista Elementary | | |
| Logan K-8 | | |
| Marshall Elementary | | |
| Mason Elementary | | |
| Miller Elementary | | |
| Montgomery Middle | | |
| Museum | | |
| Normal Heights Elementary | | |
| Paradise Hills Elementary | | |
| Penn Elementary | | |
| Perkins K-8 | | |
| Perry Elementary | | |
| Porter Elementary | | |
| Rosa Parks Elementary | | |
| Sequoia Elementary | | |
| TRACE | | |
| Valencia Park Elementary | | |
| Walker Elementary | | |
| Webster Elementary | | |
| Wilson Middle | | |
| Zamorano Elementary | | |