Temperance-Kutner 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 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.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader meets the grade 3 bar. 2438 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2464 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2532 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2550 vs. 2531.

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 4th 83 students Meets 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 4th 12 students 63 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	9,941	2416.9	− 2432	−15.1	× 107 / 422	−3.8
4	9,942	2442.8	− 2473	−30.2	× 95 / 422	−6.8
5	9,945	2473.9	− 2502	−28.1	× 119 / 422	−7.9
6	9,946	2514.4	− 2531	−16.6	× 101 / 422	−4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	8,992	2443.1	− 2432	11.1	× 108 / 421	2.8
4	8,995	2456.8	− 2473	−16.2	× 110 / 421	−4.2
5	8,997	2480.4	− 2502	−21.6	× 92 / 421	−4.7
6	8,998	2503.6	− 2531	−27.4	× 111 / 421	−7.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	9,300	2436.4	− 2432	4.4	× 106 / 407	1.1
4	9,303	2470.7	− 2473	−2.3	× 102 / 407	−0.6
5	9,305	2492.3	− 2502	−9.7	× 102 / 407	−2.4
6	9,306	2505.6	− 2531	−25.4	× 97 / 407	−6.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	9,323	2434.7	− 2432	2.7	× 96 / 395	0.7
4	9,324	2455.2	− 2473	−17.8	× 101 / 395	−4.6
5	9,327	2519.1	− 2502	17.1	× 104 / 395	4.5
6	9,328	2508.2	− 2531	−22.8	× 94 / 395	−5.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	9,394	2400.5	− 2432	−31.5	× 87 / 398	−6.9
4	9,395	2468.8	− 2473	−4.2	× 97 / 398	−1
5	9,396	2499.1	− 2502	−2.9	× 104 / 398	−0.8
6	9,397	2520.6	− 2531	−10.4	× 110 / 398	−2.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	9,363	2430.0	− 2432	−2	× 79 / 345	−0.5
4	9,364	2445.1	− 2473	−27.9	× 87 / 345	−7
5	9,365	2512.0	− 2502	10	× 85 / 345	2.5
6	9,366	2494.4	− 2531	−36.6	× 94 / 345	−10
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	9,339	2396.1	− 2432	−35.9	× 81 / 348	−8.4
4	9,340	2432.0	− 2473	−41	× 77 / 348	−9.1
5	9,341	2511.4	− 2502	9.4	× 99 / 348	2.7
6	9,342	2502.5	− 2531	−28.5	× 91 / 348	−7.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	9,295	2427.3	− 2432	−4.7	× 101 / 364	−1.3
4	9,296	2440.8	− 2473	−32.2	× 82 / 364	−7.3
5	9,297	2513.1	− 2502	11.1	× 79 / 364	2.4
6	9,298	2525.1	− 2531	−5.9	× 102 / 364	−1.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	9,276	2431.4	− 2432	−0.6	× 74 / 342	−0.1
4	9,277	2466.8	− 2473	−6.2	× 100 / 342	−1.8
5	9,278	2519.2	− 2502	17.2	× 79 / 342	4
6	9,279	2558.5	− 2531	27.5	× 89 / 342	7.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						9

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	9,294	2437.5	− 2432	5.5	× 69 / 330	1.2
4	9,295	2464.0	− 2473	−9	× 95 / 330	−2.6
5	9,296	2532.4	− 2502	30.4	× 98 / 330	9
6	9,297	2549.8	− 2531	18.8	× 68 / 330	3.9
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. −23, −13, −8, −5, −12, −15, −22, −8, 9, 11 → −8.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 10 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 3 · 2018→2019: 7 · 2019→2022: 3 · 2022→2023: 7 · 2023→2024: 14 · 2024→2025: 17 · 2025→2026: 2 → 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 11.6, lower limit −28.8.

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.