Dool 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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 228 of the 322 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 109 points under the grade 3 bar. 2323 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 15 points under the grade 3 bar. 2417 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 11 points under the grade 3 bar. 2421 vs. 2432. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores 22 points under the grade 4 bar. 2451 vs. 2473. The 6th-grade bar is 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 3rd 12 students 26 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 14 students 16 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 27 students Just under the grade 5 bar. 6th 41 students Meets the grade 6 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 64 students 125 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 46 students 27 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 58 students 45 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 60 students 40 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	14,724	2326.1	− 2432	−105.9	× 78 / 321	−25.7
4	14,727	2360.0	− 2473	−113	× 93 / 321	−32.7
5	14,728	2418.4	− 2502	−83.6	× 60 / 321	−15.6
6	14,731	2450.4	− 2531	−80.6	× 90 / 321	−22.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−97

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	13,753	2318.5	− 2432	−113.5	× 73 / 294	−28.2
4	13,754	2390.6	− 2473	−82.4	× 66 / 294	−18.5
5	13,756	2408.9	− 2502	−93.1	× 99 / 294	−31.4
6	13,758	2443.7	− 2531	−87.3	× 56 / 294	−16.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−95

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	14,083	2348.6	− 2432	−83.4	× 68 / 307	−18.5
4	14,085	2358.7	− 2473	−114.3	× 86 / 307	−32
5	14,088	2429.0	− 2502	−73	× 65 / 307	−15.5
6	14,090	2428.1	− 2531	−102.9	× 88 / 307	−29.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−95

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	14,091	2348.4	− 2432	−83.6	× 79 / 332	−19.9
4	14,094	2423.2	− 2473	−49.8	× 67 / 332	−10.1
5	14,095	2366.5	− 2502	−135.5	× 106 / 332	−43.3
6	14,098	2455.2	− 2531	−75.8	× 80 / 332	−18.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−91

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	14,198	2356.8	− 2432	−75.2	× 83 / 374	−16.7
4	14,199	2394.9	− 2473	−78.1	× 96 / 374	−20
5	14,200	2407.3	− 2502	−94.7	× 66 / 374	−16.7
6	14,201	2427.0	− 2531	−104	× 129 / 374	−35.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−89

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	14,199	2308.4	− 2432	−123.6	× 74 / 307	−29.8
4	14,200	2345.3	− 2473	−127.7	× 81 / 307	−33.7
5	14,201	2394.3	− 2502	−107.7	× 85 / 307	−29.8
6	14,202	2442.6	− 2531	−88.4	× 67 / 307	−19.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−113

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	14,160	2314.0	− 2432	−118	× 94 / 381	−29.1
4	14,161	2360.1	− 2473	−112.9	× 93 / 381	−27.6
5	14,162	2375.9	− 2502	−126.1	× 95 / 381	−31.4
6	14,163	2407.9	− 2531	−123.1	× 99 / 381	−32
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−120

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	14,115	2308.6	− 2432	−123.4	× 98 / 397	−30.5
4	14,116	2372.8	− 2473	−100.2	× 105 / 397	−26.5
5	14,117	2404.5	− 2502	−97.5	× 93 / 397	−22.8
6	14,118	2428.4	− 2531	−102.6	× 101 / 397	−26.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−106

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	14,075	2343.5	− 2432	−88.5	× 65 / 352	−16.3
4	14,076	2375.3	− 2473	−97.7	× 91 / 352	−25.3
5	14,077	2411.4	− 2502	−90.6	× 105 / 352	−27
6	14,078	2453.7	− 2531	−77.3	× 91 / 352	−20
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−89

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	14,101	2322.9	− 2432	−109.1	× 76 / 322	−25.8
4	14,102	2417.4	− 2473	−55.6	× 60 / 322	−10.4
5	14,103	2420.8	− 2502	−81.2	× 85 / 322	−21.4
6	14,104	2451.0	− 2531	−80	× 101 / 322	−25.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −97, −95, −95, −91, −89, −113, −120, −106, −89, −83 → −97.8
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: 0 · 2017→2018: 4 · 2018→2019: 2 · 2019→2022: 24 · 2022→2023: 7 · 2023→2024: 14 · 2024→2025: 17 · 2025→2026: 6 → average 8.4
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.4 × 2.66 = 22.3. Upper limit −75.5, lower limit −120.1.

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.