Achieve Academy: 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 3 bar

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, 193 of the 258 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 93 points under the grade 3 bar. 2339 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 31 points under the grade 3 bar. 2401 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2431 vs. 2432. 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 20 students 51 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 21 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 24 students 16 points under 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 66 students 106 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 69 students 58 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 58 students 24 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	2,336	2361.3	− 2432	−70.7	× 113 / 328	−24.4
4	2,338	2404.0	− 2473	−69	× 120 / 328	−25.2
5	2,340	2463.6	− 2502	−38.4	× 95 / 328	−11.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	2,019	2346.4	− 2432	−85.6	× 114 / 352	−27.7
4	2,020	2396.0	− 2473	−77	× 117 / 352	−25.6
5	2,023	2409.7	− 2502	−92.3	× 121 / 352	−31.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−85

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	2,076	2329.9	− 2432	−102.1	× 118 / 336	−35.9
4	2,078	2412.7	− 2473	−60.3	× 110 / 336	−19.7
5	2,080	2417.3	− 2502	−84.7	× 108 / 336	−27.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	2,081	2370.9	− 2432	−61.1	× 108 / 340	−19.4
4	2,082	2398.2	− 2473	−74.8	× 115 / 340	−25.3
5	2,085	2449.5	− 2502	−52.5	× 117 / 340	−18.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	2,086	2359.0	− 2432	−73	× 108 / 320	−24.6
4	2,087	2430.2	− 2473	−42.8	× 102 / 320	−13.6
5	2,088	2437.5	− 2502	−64.5	× 110 / 320	−22.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−60

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	2,068	2341.5	− 2432	−90.5	× 97 / 274	−32
4	2,069	2431.1	− 2473	−41.9	× 100 / 274	−15.3
5	2,070	2460.9	− 2502	−41.1	× 77 / 274	−11.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	2,020	2374.2	− 2432	−57.8	× 82 / 273	−17.4
4	2,021	2401.3	− 2473	−71.7	× 97 / 273	−25.5
5	2,022	2477.7	− 2502	−24.3	× 94 / 273	−8.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,988	2359.2	− 2432	−72.8	× 71 / 239	−21.6
4	1,989	2418.7	− 2473	−54.3	× 78 / 239	−17.7
5	1,990	2421.5	− 2502	−80.5	× 90 / 239	−30.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,962	2352.8	− 2432	−79.2	× 90 / 255	−28
4	1,963	2404.9	− 2473	−68.1	× 78 / 255	−20.8
5	1,964	2443.0	− 2502	−59	× 87 / 255	−20.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,942	2338.6	− 2432	−93.4	× 86 / 258	−31.1
4	1,943	2401.4	− 2473	−71.6	× 90 / 258	−25
5	1,944	2430.6	− 2502	−71.4	× 82 / 258	−22.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−79

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −61, −85, −83, −63, −60, −59, −51, −70, −69, −79 → −68
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 24 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 20 · 2018→2019: 3 · 2019→2022: 1 · 2022→2023: 8 · 2023→2024: 19 · 2024→2025: 1 · 2025→2026: 10 → average 9.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.8 × 2.66 = 26.1. Upper limit −41.9, lower limit −94.1.

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.