You can see we face great challenges. We're working hard and we're working well, but we have a long way to go if we want to see our state rank up there.

We're working on overcoming our hurdles.

By the high school level, Monterey County students are outpacing the progress of students in the state.

Making Adequate Yearly Progress in all four areas presents a hurdle for some sub-groups of students in Monterey County.

These are very good numbers. When you really get to see schools with similar challenges, and you see that in Monterey County you have 83 percent of schools in the top half, that's a huge number.