Loleta 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 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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2025, 10 of the 11 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

8th The average 8th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2464 vs. 2473. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.

2025 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	13,943	2369.9	− 2432	−62.1	× 13 / 55	−14.7
4	13,944	2341.1	− 2473	−131.9	× 14 / 55	−33.6
6	13,948	2413.0	− 2531	−118	× 13 / 55	−27.9
7	13,951	2424.4	− 2552	−127.6	× 15 / 55	−34.8
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
4	12,974	2389.5	− 2473	−83.5	× 15 / 29	−43.2
5	12,976	2365.7	− 2502	−136.3	× 14 / 29	−65.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−109

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	13,295	2355.0	− 2432	−77	× 12 / 38	−24.3
5	13,299	2433.6	− 2502	−68.4	× 14 / 38	−25.2
6	13,301	2372.3	− 2531	−158.7	× 12 / 38	−50.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−100

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	13,300	2366.5	− 2432	−65.5	× 12 / 37	−21.2
6	13,305	2415.5	− 2531	−115.5	× 14 / 37	−43.7
7	13,308	2456.2	− 2552	−95.8	× 11 / 37	−28.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−93

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	13,169	2353.0	− 2473	−120	× 12 / 37	−38.9
6	13,171	2352.4	− 2531	−178.6	× 14 / 37	−67.6
7	13,172	2384.2	− 2552	−167.8	× 11 / 37	−49.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−156

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	13,440	2292.2	− 2473	−180.8	× 11 / 27	−73.7
7	13,443	2360.1	− 2552	−191.9	× 16 / 27	−113.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−187

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	13,419	2430.7	− 2531	−100.3	× 11 / 25	−44.1
8	13,421	2428.5	− 2567	−138.5	× 14 / 25	−77.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−122

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	13,346	2463.8	− 2567	−103.2	× 11 / 11	−103.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−103

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −111, −109, −100, −93, −156, −187, −122, −103 → −122.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 2 · 2016→2017: 9 · 2017→2018: 7 · 2018→2021: 63 · 2021→2022: 31 · 2022→2023: 65 · 2023→2025: 19 → average 28
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 28 × 2.66 = 74.5. Upper limit −48.1, lower limit −197.1.

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, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.