Wildflower Open Classroom: 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 8.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 10 points under the grade 3 bar. 2423 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 18 points under the grade 4 bar. 2455 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2544 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 6 bar. 2530 vs. 2531.
7th The average 7th grader meets the grade 7 bar. 2566 vs. 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores just under the grade 7 bar. 2547 vs. 2552. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.

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	4,435	2409.6	− 2432	−22.4	× 11 / 36	−6.8
5	4,439	2527.3	− 2502	25.3	× 13 / 36	9.1
7	4,443	2570.3	− 2552	18.3	× 12 / 36	6.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						8

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,944	2379.3	− 2432	−52.7	× 22 / 55	−21.1
4	3,946	2467.8	− 2473	−5.2	× 11 / 55	−1
6	3,950	2564.5	− 2531	33.5	× 10 / 55	6.1
8	3,954	2549.7	− 2567	−17.3	× 12 / 55	−3.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	4,028	2407.0	− 2432	−25	× 18 / 80	−5.6
4	4,030	2448.6	− 2473	−24.4	× 23 / 80	−7
5	4,033	2507.1	− 2502	5.1	× 13 / 80	0.8
6	4,034	2531.2	− 2531	0.2	× 12 / 80	0
7	4,036	2634.0	− 2552	82	× 14 / 80	14.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						3

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	4,035	2421.8	− 2432	−10.2	× 22 / 83	−2.7
4	4,036	2447.3	− 2473	−25.7	× 12 / 83	−3.7
5	4,039	2496.4	− 2502	−5.6	× 21 / 83	−1.4
6	4,040	2513.8	− 2531	−17.2	× 14 / 83	−2.9
8	4,044	2647.0	− 2567	80	× 14 / 83	13.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						3

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	4,070	2444.9	− 2432	12.9	× 20 / 92	2.8
4	4,071	2466.3	− 2473	−6.7	× 20 / 92	−1.5
5	4,072	2524.1	− 2502	22.1	× 17 / 92	4.1
6	4,073	2552.0	− 2531	21	× 21 / 92	4.8
7	4,074	2540.9	− 2552	−11.1	× 14 / 92	−1.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						9

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,920	2395.0	− 2432	−37	× 22 / 85	−9.6
4	3,921	2464.8	− 2473	−8.2	× 17 / 85	−1.6
5	3,922	2530.5	− 2502	28.5	× 19 / 85	6.4
6	3,923	2513.1	− 2531	−17.9	× 14 / 85	−2.9
8	3,925	2618.2	− 2567	51.2	× 13 / 85	7.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,966	2432.7	− 2432	0.7	× 15 / 63	0.2
4	3,967	2463.2	− 2473	−9.8	× 17 / 63	−2.6
5	3,968	2489.8	− 2502	−12.2	× 16 / 63	−3.1
6	3,969	2543.1	− 2531	12.1	× 15 / 63	2.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−3

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,949	2407.0	− 2432	−25	× 20 / 53	−9.4
4	3,950	2476.6	− 2473	3.6	× 15 / 53	1
5	3,951	2521.9	− 2502	19.9	× 18 / 53	6.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,914	2432.2	− 2432	0.2	× 17 / 84	0
4	3,915	2452.0	− 2473	−21	× 23 / 84	−5.8
5	3,916	2531.9	− 2502	29.9	× 18 / 84	6.4
6	3,917	2509.1	− 2531	−21.9	× 14 / 84	−3.7
7	3,918	2545.6	− 2552	−6.4	× 12 / 84	−0.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,872	2439.9	− 2432	7.9	× 21 / 88	1.9
4	3,873	2509.6	− 2473	36.6	× 16 / 88	6.7
5	3,874	2491.3	− 2502	−10.7	× 21 / 88	−2.6
6	3,875	2505.0	− 2531	−26	× 17 / 88	−5
7	3,876	2548.2	− 2552	−3.8	× 13 / 88	−0.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	3,856	2422.5	− 2432	−9.5	× 20 / 103	−1.8
4	3,857	2454.8	− 2473	−18.2	× 21 / 103	−3.7
5	3,858	2543.9	− 2502	41.9	× 16 / 103	6.5
6	3,859	2529.9	− 2531	−1.1	× 19 / 103	−0.2
7	3,860	2565.9	− 2552	13.9	× 15 / 103	2
8	3,861	2546.8	− 2567	−20.2	× 12 / 103	−2.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 8, −20, 3, 3, 9, 0, −3, −2, −4, 0, 0 → −0.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 28 · 2016→2017: 23 · 2017→2018: 0 · 2018→2019: 6 · 2019→2021: 9 · 2021→2022: 3 · 2022→2023: 1 · 2023→2024: 2 · 2024→2025: 4 · 2025→2026: 0 → average 7.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 7.6 × 2.66 = 20.2. Upper limit 19.7, lower limit −20.7.

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.