Fort Miller Middle: 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 4 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 8.

All students

7th The average 7th grader scores 10 points under the grade 4 bar. 2463 vs. 2473. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2469 vs. 2473. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.

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 7th 243 students 27 points under the grade 5 bar. 8th 267 students 24 points under the grade 5 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 7th 45 students 35 points under the grade 3 bar. 8th 32 students 43 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
7	10,990	2438.5	− 2552	−113.5	× 363 / 786	−52.4
8	10,992	2458.8	− 2567	−108.2	× 423 / 786	−58.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−111

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	10,008	2440.8	− 2552	−111.2	× 320 / 665	−53.5
8	10,011	2466.4	− 2567	−100.6	× 345 / 665	−52.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−106

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	10,337	2418.7	− 2552	−133.3	× 305 / 608	−66.9
8	10,339	2439.6	− 2567	−127.4	× 303 / 608	−63.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−130

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	10,355	2442.6	− 2552	−109.4	× 298 / 590	−55.3
8	10,356	2452.9	− 2567	−114.1	× 292 / 590	−56.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−112

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	10,430	2443.8	− 2552	−108.2	× 323 / 621	−56.3
8	10,431	2472.7	− 2567	−94.3	× 298 / 621	−45.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−102

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	10,423	2451.8	− 2552	−100.2	× 285 / 629	−45.4
8	10,424	2465.4	− 2567	−101.6	× 344 / 629	−55.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−101

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	10,411	2434.9	− 2552	−117.1	× 297 / 609	−57.1
8	10,412	2451.6	− 2567	−115.4	× 312 / 609	−59.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−116

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	10,377	2444.6	− 2552	−107.4	× 312 / 584	−57.4
8	10,378	2471.1	− 2567	−95.9	× 272 / 584	−44.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−102

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	10,354	2442.4	− 2552	−109.6	× 306 / 632	−53.1
8	10,355	2486.5	− 2567	−80.5	× 326 / 632	−41.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−95

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	10,386	2462.9	− 2552	−89.1	× 288 / 587	−43.7
8	10,387	2468.5	− 2567	−98.5	× 299 / 587	−50.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−94

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −111, −106, −130, −112, −102, −101, −116, −102, −95, −94 → −106.9
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: 24 · 2017→2018: 18 · 2018→2019: 10 · 2019→2022: 1 · 2022→2023: 15 · 2023→2024: 14 · 2024→2025: 7 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 10.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.6 × 2.66 = 28.2. Upper limit −78.7, lower limit −135.1.

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.