Semitropic 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 8.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 37 of the 76 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

4th The average 4th grader scores 60 points under the grade 3 bar. 2372 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
6th The average 6th grader scores 27 points under the grade 4 bar. 2447 vs. 2473. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores 28 points under the grade 6 bar. 2503 vs. 2531. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 17 points under the grade 6 bar. 2514 vs. 2531. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.

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	17,886	2346.2	− 2432	−85.8	× 25 / 145	−14.8
4	17,888	2382.5	− 2473	−90.5	× 23 / 145	−14.4
5	17,890	2430.7	− 2502	−71.3	× 29 / 145	−14.3
6	17,892	2476.0	− 2531	−55	× 23 / 145	−8.7
7	17,894	2506.2	− 2552	−45.8	× 22 / 145	−6.9
8	17,896	2503.7	− 2567	−63.3	× 23 / 145	−10
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	16,890	2342.0	− 2432	−90	× 25 / 148	−15.2
4	16,892	2421.7	− 2473	−51.3	× 23 / 148	−8
5	16,893	2447.7	− 2502	−54.3	× 24 / 148	−8.8
6	16,895	2455.9	− 2531	−75.1	× 27 / 148	−13.7
7	16,898	2478.3	− 2552	−73.7	× 26 / 148	−12.9
8	16,900	2516.0	− 2567	−51	× 23 / 148	−7.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−67

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,212	2321.0	− 2432	−111	× 27 / 158	−19
4	17,214	2400.0	− 2473	−73	× 29 / 158	−13.4
5	17,216	2460.3	− 2502	−41.7	× 25 / 158	−6.6
6	17,218	2451.6	− 2531	−79.4	× 22 / 158	−11.1
7	17,219	2519.8	− 2552	−32.2	× 29 / 158	−5.9
8	17,222	2506.8	− 2567	−60.2	× 26 / 158	−9.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,235	2349.6	− 2432	−82.4	× 22 / 148	−12.2
4	17,237	2382.3	− 2473	−90.7	× 23 / 148	−14.1
5	17,239	2428.6	− 2502	−73.4	× 27 / 148	−13.4
6	17,241	2460.0	− 2531	−71	× 25 / 148	−12
7	17,243	2490.0	− 2552	−62	× 22 / 148	−9.2
8	17,245	2544.5	− 2567	−22.5	× 29 / 148	−4.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−65

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,374	2389.5	− 2432	−42.5	× 20 / 143	−5.9
4	17,375	2385.7	− 2473	−87.3	× 23 / 143	−14
5	17,376	2444.0	− 2502	−58	× 21 / 143	−8.5
6	17,377	2417.2	− 2531	−113.8	× 27 / 143	−21.5
7	17,378	2475.3	− 2552	−76.7	× 30 / 143	−16.1
8	17,379	2464.7	− 2567	−102.3	× 22 / 143	−15.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−82

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,426	2399.6	− 2432	−32.4	× 16 / 120	−4.3
4	17,427	2412.5	− 2473	−60.5	× 21 / 120	−10.6
5	17,428	2440.8	− 2502	−61.2	× 21 / 120	−10.7
6	17,429	2449.4	− 2531	−81.6	× 19 / 120	−12.9
7	17,430	2408.5	− 2552	−143.5	× 21 / 120	−25.1
8	17,431	2510.0	− 2567	−57	× 22 / 120	−10.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,368	2303.6	− 2432	−128.4	× 17 / 104	−21
4	17,369	2449.9	− 2473	−23.1	× 19 / 104	−4.2
5	17,370	2488.1	− 2502	−13.9	× 17 / 104	−2.3
6	17,371	2463.5	− 2531	−67.5	× 19 / 104	−12.3
7	17,372	2512.9	− 2552	−39.1	× 17 / 104	−6.4
8	17,373	2414.9	− 2567	−152.1	× 15 / 104	−21.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	17,321	2378.2	− 2473	−94.8	× 20 / 92	−20.6
5	17,322	2496.4	− 2502	−5.6	× 19 / 92	−1.2
6	17,323	2466.9	− 2531	−64.1	× 19 / 92	−13.2
7	17,324	2470.3	− 2552	−81.7	× 18 / 92	−16
8	17,325	2517.1	− 2567	−49.9	× 16 / 92	−8.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−60

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,316	2365.3	− 2432	−66.7	× 12 / 87	−9.2
5	17,318	2461.4	− 2502	−40.6	× 20 / 87	−9.3
6	17,319	2481.3	− 2531	−49.7	× 18 / 87	−10.3
7	17,320	2519.1	− 2552	−32.9	× 16 / 87	−6.1
8	17,321	2500.9	− 2567	−66.1	× 21 / 87	−16
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	17,322	2372.3	− 2473	−100.7	× 12 / 76	−15.9
6	17,324	2446.5	− 2531	−84.5	× 22 / 76	−24.5
7	17,325	2502.9	− 2552	−49.1	× 21 / 76	−13.6
8	17,326	2513.6	− 2567	−53.4	× 21 / 76	−14.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −69, −67, −66, −65, −82, −74, −68, −60, −51, −69 → −67.1
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: 1 · 2017→2018: 1 · 2018→2019: 17 · 2019→2022: 8 · 2022→2023: 6 · 2023→2024: 8 · 2024→2025: 9 · 2025→2026: 18 → average 7.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 7.8 × 2.66 = 20.7. Upper limit −46.4, lower limit −87.8.

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.