Brier Elementary: english

The shaded band is this school's normal range. If nothing about how it works changes, nearly every future year should land inside it. Zero means the typical student just meets the state standard. The small numbers under the years are how many students were tested.

Measured against the grade bars

The state's English test uses one scale for every grade, so a score means the same thing in grade 3 as in grade 5.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 110 of the 263 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 32 points under the grade 3 bar. 2400 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2469 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2468 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.

Students fluent in English

The closest these results come to reading alone: English is not in the way. Includes students who have only ever spoken English.

Grade bars 3rd 41 students Meets the grade 3 bar. 4th 57 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 55 students Meets the grade 5 bar.

English learners

Students leave this group as they become fluent, so its average stays low even where they learn well.

Grade bars 3rd 45 students 79 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 31 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 5th 34 students 35 points under the grade 3 bar.

the group's average that grade's own bar the distance between

2026 results. The English test covers reading, writing, listening and research together. "Meets standard" is the state's mark for being on track for that grade. The state leaves out any group of ten students or fewer, so a grade may be missing from the charts.

Step 1 · Each year's result

For each grade tested, take the average (mean) scale score from the California Department of Education's results file, and subtract the lowest score that counts as "Standard Met" for that grade. That is the grade's distance from standard. Weight each grade by its share of the students tested, then add the grades up. Grades where the state hides the average because ten or fewer students tested are left out entirely.

2015 from sb_ca2015_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	962	2414.6	− 2432	−17.4	× 109 / 390	−4.9
4	965	2475.3	− 2473	2.3	× 103 / 390	0.6
5	966	2493.1	− 2502	−8.9	× 96 / 390	−2.2
6	969	2530.6	− 2531	−0.4	× 82 / 390	−0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	797	2415.2	− 2432	−16.8	× 107 / 388	−4.6
4	798	2468.8	− 2473	−4.2	× 93 / 388	−1
5	801	2519.5	− 2502	17.5	× 98 / 388	4.4
6	803	2517.2	− 2531	−13.8	× 90 / 388	−3.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	850	2419.8	− 2432	−12.2	× 101 / 392	−3.1
4	853	2468.6	− 2473	−4.4	× 100 / 392	−1.1
5	854	2522.2	− 2502	20.2	× 92 / 392	4.7
6	856	2557.4	− 2531	26.4	× 99 / 392	6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						7

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	875	2423.7	− 2432	−8.3	× 83 / 366	−1.9
4	877	2489.5	− 2473	16.5	× 102 / 366	4.6
5	879	2519.5	− 2502	17.5	× 99 / 366	4.7
6	881	2556.2	− 2531	25.2	× 82 / 366	5.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						13

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	898	2451.8	− 2432	19.8	× 79 / 347	4.5
4	899	2466.3	− 2473	−6.7	× 78 / 347	−1.5
5	900	2537.8	− 2502	35.8	× 100 / 347	10.3
6	901	2549.6	− 2531	18.6	× 90 / 347	4.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						18

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	898	2409.0	− 2432	−23	× 93 / 278	−7.7
4	899	2453.3	− 2473	−19.7	× 96 / 278	−6.8
5	900	2501.5	− 2502	−0.5	× 89 / 278	−0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	914	2429.8	− 2432	−2.2	× 73 / 257	−0.6
4	915	2466.0	− 2473	−7	× 88 / 257	−2.4
5	916	2499.7	− 2502	−2.3	× 96 / 257	−0.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	908	2399.8	− 2432	−32.2	× 90 / 249	−11.6
4	909	2468.9	− 2473	−4.1	× 74 / 249	−1.2
5	910	2472.8	− 2502	−29.2	× 85 / 249	−10
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	900	2426.3	− 2432	−5.7	× 82 / 249	−1.9
4	901	2444.6	− 2473	−28.4	× 86 / 249	−9.8
5	902	2471.3	− 2502	−30.7	× 81 / 249	−10
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	896	2400.4	− 2432	−31.6	× 86 / 263	−10.3
4	897	2469.3	− 2473	−3.7	× 88 / 263	−1.2
5	898	2467.5	− 2502	−34.5	× 89 / 263	−11.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −7, −4, 7, 13, 18, −15, −4, −23, −22, −23 → −6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 3 · 2016→2017: 11 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 5 · 2019→2022: 33 · 2022→2023: 11 · 2023→2024: 19 · 2024→2025: 1 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 10
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10 × 2.66 = 26.6. Upper limit 20.6, lower limit −32.6.

Why 2.66? It is the standard factor from quality control, the work of Walter Shewhart and W. Edwards Deming. It turns "how much the result typically changes in a year" into "how far it can wander by chance alone".

Years with no result (no state tests were given in spring 2020) are skipped: the year-to-year change runs from the last year with a result to the next one.

Step 3 · Free or reduced-price meals

The share of enrolled students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. From 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.