Ygnacio Valley 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 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, 102 of the 171 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 100 points under the grade 3 bar. 2333 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 42 points under the grade 3 bar. 2390 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 27 points under the grade 3 bar. 2405 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 42 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 24 students 21 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 25 students Just under the grade 4 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 36 students 131 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 37 students 83 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 29 students 82 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	7,068	2354.3	− 2432	−77.7	× 87 / 243	−27.8
4	7,071	2457.0	− 2473	−16	× 78 / 243	−5.1
5	7,072	2477.3	− 2502	−24.7	× 78 / 243	−7.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	6,390	2390.2	− 2432	−41.8	× 61 / 217	−11.8
4	6,393	2412.3	− 2473	−60.7	× 84 / 217	−23.5
5	6,395	2469.5	− 2502	−32.5	× 72 / 217	−10.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	6,567	2380.0	− 2432	−52	× 85 / 226	−19.6
4	6,569	2448.6	− 2473	−24.4	× 62 / 226	−6.7
5	6,571	2424.0	− 2502	−78	× 79 / 226	−27.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	6,570	2381.8	− 2432	−50.2	× 65 / 199	−16.4
4	6,573	2429.8	− 2473	−43.2	× 79 / 199	−17.1
5	6,574	2460.3	− 2502	−41.7	× 55 / 199	−11.5
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	6,622	2381.4	− 2432	−50.6	× 68 / 217	−15.9
4	6,623	2440.6	− 2473	−32.4	× 69 / 217	−10.3
5	6,624	2446.8	− 2502	−55.2	× 80 / 217	−20.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	6,442	2327.5	− 2432	−104.5	× 69 / 206	−35
4	6,443	2371.7	− 2473	−101.3	× 73 / 206	−35.9
5	6,444	2420.4	− 2502	−81.6	× 64 / 206	−25.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−96

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	6,531	2354.7	− 2432	−77.3	× 69 / 202	−26.4
4	6,532	2403.7	− 2473	−69.3	× 67 / 202	−23
5	6,533	2432.5	− 2502	−69.5	× 66 / 202	−22.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−72

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	6,511	2371.2	− 2432	−60.8	× 65 / 195	−20.3
4	6,512	2428.1	− 2473	−44.9	× 65 / 195	−15
5	6,513	2435.2	− 2502	−66.8	× 65 / 195	−22.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−58

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	6,446	2354.8	− 2432	−77.2	× 63 / 186	−26.1
4	6,447	2417.3	− 2473	−55.7	× 62 / 186	−18.6
5	6,448	2448.9	− 2502	−53.1	× 61 / 186	−17.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−62

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	6,414	2344.1	− 2432	−87.9	× 70 / 185	−33.3
4	6,415	2387.7	− 2473	−85.3	× 58 / 185	−26.7
5	6,416	2446.2	− 2502	−55.8	× 57 / 185	−17.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−77

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	6,424	2332.5	− 2432	−99.5	× 56 / 171	−32.6
4	6,425	2389.7	− 2473	−83.3	× 61 / 171	−29.7
5	6,426	2404.8	− 2502	−97.2	× 54 / 171	−30.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−93

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −41, −46, −54, −45, −47, −96, −72, −58, −62, −77, −93 → −62.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 5 · 2016→2017: 8 · 2017→2018: 9 · 2018→2019: 2 · 2019→2021: 49 · 2021→2022: 24 · 2022→2023: 14 · 2023→2024: 4 · 2024→2025: 15 · 2025→2026: 16 → average 14.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 14.6 × 2.66 = 38.8. Upper limit −24, lower limit −101.6.

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.