Pioneer Magnet School for the Visual and Performin: 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 6.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 26 points under the grade 3 bar. 2406 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2473 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2513 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores 12 points under the grade 5 bar. 2490 vs. 2502. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.

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.

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	4,150	2392.2	− 2432	−39.8	× 32 / 120	−10.6
4	4,153	2462.9	− 2473	−10.1	× 30 / 120	−2.5
5	4,155	2468.1	− 2502	−33.9	× 27 / 120	−7.6
6	4,156	2505.2	− 2531	−25.8	× 31 / 120	−6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,657	2428.4	− 2432	−3.6	× 21 / 107	−0.7
4	3,659	2445.3	− 2473	−27.7	× 31 / 107	−8
5	3,661	2519.4	− 2502	17.4	× 29 / 107	4.7
6	3,663	2523.6	− 2531	−7.4	× 26 / 107	−1.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−6

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,745	2440.3	− 2432	8.3	× 27 / 108	2.1
4	3,746	2417.3	− 2473	−55.7	× 23 / 108	−11.9
5	3,748	2474.6	− 2502	−27.4	× 30 / 108	−7.6
6	3,750	2554.1	− 2531	23.1	× 28 / 108	6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−11

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,746	2372.1	− 2432	−59.9	× 37 / 118	−18.8
4	3,749	2434.7	− 2473	−38.3	× 26 / 118	−8.4
5	3,750	2472.6	− 2502	−29.4	× 25 / 118	−6.2
6	3,753	2485.4	− 2531	−45.6	× 30 / 118	−11.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,780	2413.3	− 2432	−18.7	× 38 / 130	−5.5
4	3,781	2434.3	− 2473	−38.7	× 35 / 130	−10.4
5	3,782	2502.5	− 2502	0.5	× 26 / 130	0.1
6	3,783	2512.9	− 2531	−18.1	× 31 / 130	−4.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,624	2394.1	− 2432	−37.9	× 25 / 88	−10.8
4	3,625	2439.4	− 2473	−33.6	× 12 / 88	−4.6
5	3,626	2463.6	− 2502	−38.4	× 28 / 88	−12.2
6	3,627	2492.3	− 2531	−38.7	× 23 / 88	−10.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,660	2399.3	− 2432	−32.7	× 18 / 94	−6.3
4	3,661	2431.0	− 2473	−42	× 27 / 94	−12.1
5	3,662	2527.7	− 2502	25.7	× 15 / 94	4.1
6	3,663	2505.4	− 2531	−25.6	× 34 / 94	−9.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,644	2383.0	− 2432	−49	× 21 / 84	−12.3
4	3,645	2434.1	− 2473	−38.9	× 20 / 84	−9.3
5	3,646	2491.0	− 2502	−11	× 29 / 84	−3.8
6	3,647	2530.5	− 2531	−0.5	× 14 / 84	−0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−25

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,610	2414.0	− 2432	−18	× 28 / 99	−5.1
4	3,611	2397.8	− 2473	−75.2	× 23 / 99	−17.5
5	3,612	2449.5	− 2502	−52.5	× 19 / 99	−10.1
6	3,613	2492.1	− 2531	−38.9	× 29 / 99	−11.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,572	2437.9	− 2432	5.9	× 25 / 93	1.6
4	3,573	2442.8	− 2473	−30.2	× 26 / 93	−8.4
5	3,574	2495.9	− 2502	−6.1	× 22 / 93	−1.4
6	3,575	2481.8	− 2531	−49.2	× 20 / 93	−10.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,548	2405.8	− 2432	−26.2	× 25 / 105	−6.2
4	3,549	2473.4	− 2473	0.4	× 27 / 105	0.1
5	3,550	2513.2	− 2502	11.2	× 31 / 105	3.3
6	3,551	2490.0	− 2531	−41	× 22 / 105	−8.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−11

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −27, −6, −11, −45, −20, −38, −23, −25, −44, −19, −11 → −24.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 21 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 34 · 2018→2019: 25 · 2019→2021: 18 · 2021→2022: 15 · 2022→2023: 2 · 2023→2024: 19 · 2024→2025: 25 · 2025→2026: 8 → average 17.2
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 17.2 × 2.66 = 45.8. Upper limit 21.3, lower limit −70.3.

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.