2012-13 California County Scorecard 20. Schools that have a health center For this indicator, the performance of California counties ranges from a low of to a high of 14% and averages 2% across the state. Individual county performances on the above indicator are grouped into six categories, based on population density (i.e., Rural or Urban ) and percentage of children living above poverty (i.e., High Income, Middle Income or Low Income ). Through these groupings, the Scorecard encourages users to look beyond the data from their own county, to the data of counties with similar physical and economic environments, as a way to discover new, effective strategies being used by other communities with comparable constraints and resources. DEFINITIONS Indicator: The 28 indicators included in this tool provide a comprehensive view of children s environment and well-being. County Comparison: Designations reflect the county s performance relative to all 58 counties on a given indicator. Low performing counties rank between 58 and 40; middle performing counties rank between 39 and 20; and top performing counties rank between 19 and one. Because county comparison groups are based on rankings, the number of counties in each group varies by indicator. Trend: Up ( +5%), Down ( -5%) and Neutral (+4% to -4%) trend designations were assigned to further qualify the county s performance. Trends vary across indicators; please see Notes and Sources to see the years covered by the trend data. Data by Race/Ethnicity: Data for each indicator is broken down into these race/ethnic subgroups: Latino, White, American, Asian and Other. More interactive data, including comparative functionality and the complete methodology, are available online at www.childrennow.org/scorecard. High Income, Rural Amador COMPARISON Calaveras El Dorado Nevada San Benito San Luis Obispo * Tuolumne * - Not Available; /* - Statistically Unstable childrennow.org
Page 2 of 6 2012-13 California County Scorecard High Income, Urban COMPARISON Alameda 4% +3 Contra Costa Marin +20 Napa Orange Placer San Francisco 14% San Mateo -5 Santa Clara 2% Solano 2% +10 Sonoma Ventura - Not Available; /* - Statistically Unstable Learn more from the Scorecard s complete county-level data and functionality, only available online at www.childrennow.org/scorecard.
2012-13 California County Scorecard Page 3 of 6 Middle Income, Rural COMPARISON Alpine Humboldt Inyo Lassen Mariposa Mono Monterey Plumas San Bernardino Sierra Trinity - Not Available; /* - Statistically Unstable childrennow.org
Page 4 of 6 2012-13 California County Scorecard Middle Income, Urban COMPARISON Los Angeles +5 Riverside * Sacramento San Diego 2% +10 San Joaquin Santa Barbara Santa Cruz 1 * Sutter Yolo - Not Available; /* - Statistically Unstable Learn more from the Scorecard s complete county-level data and functionality, only available online at www.childrennow.org/scorecard.
2012-13 California County Scorecard Page 5 of 6 Low Income, Rural COMPARISON Butte Colusa Del Norte 5% -5 Glenn Imperial Kern Kings Lake Madera Mendocino Merced Modoc Shasta -8 Siskiyou Tehama Tulare * Yuba - Not Available; /* - Statistically Unstable childrennow.org
Page 6 of 6 2012-13 California County Scorecard Low Income, Urban COMPARISON Fresno -5 Stanislaus +5 - Not Available; /* - Statistically Unstable Learn more from the Scorecard s complete county-level data and functionality, only available online at www.childrennow.org/scorecard.