'O Me-nok Learning Center: 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.

4th The average 4th grader scores 39 points under the grade 3 bar. 2393 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 31 points under the grade 4 bar. 2442 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.

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	8,613	2336.2	− 2432	−95.8	× 13 / 38	−32.8
4	8,614	2348.0	− 2473	−125	× 13 / 38	−42.8
5	8,617	2400.8	− 2502	−101.2	× 12 / 38	−32
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−107

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	7,727	2405.5	− 2473	−67.5	× 14 / 30	−31.5
5	7,728	2413.9	− 2502	−88.1	× 16 / 30	−47
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−78

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	7,968	2347.0	− 2432	−85	× 13 / 40	−27.6
4	7,971	2399.8	− 2473	−73.2	× 13 / 40	−23.8
5	7,973	2422.3	− 2502	−79.7	× 14 / 40	−27.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−79

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	7,986	2340.7	− 2432	−91.3	× 16 / 28	−52.2
5	7,990	2415.5	− 2502	−86.5	× 12 / 28	−37.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−89

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	8,035	2373.0	− 2473	−100	× 12 / 12	−100
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−100

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	7,955	2288.8	− 2432	−143.2	× 16 / 30	−76.4
5	7,957	2370.8	− 2502	−131.2	× 14 / 30	−61.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−138

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	7,939	2332.2	− 2432	−99.8	× 16 / 31	−51.5
4	7,940	2361.3	− 2473	−111.7	× 15 / 31	−54
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−106

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	7,883	2289.3	− 2432	−142.7	× 14 / 40	−49.9
4	7,884	2384.1	− 2473	−88.9	× 13 / 40	−28.9
5	7,885	2414.3	− 2502	−87.7	× 13 / 40	−28.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−107

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	7,840	2326.1	− 2432	−105.9	× 17 / 46	−39.1
4	7,841	2395.0	− 2473	−78	× 17 / 46	−28.8
5	7,842	2416.3	− 2502	−85.7	× 12 / 46	−22.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−90

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	7,847	2392.6	− 2473	−80.4	× 16 / 33	−39
5	7,848	2441.6	− 2502	−60.4	× 17 / 33	−31.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −107, −78, −79, −89, −100, −138, −106, −107, −90, −70 → −96.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 29 · 2016→2017: 1 · 2017→2018: 10 · 2018→2019: 11 · 2019→2022: 38 · 2022→2023: 32 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 17 · 2025→2026: 20 → average 17.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 17.7 × 2.66 = 47.1. Upper limit −49.3, lower limit −143.5.

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.