Las Flores 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 29 points under the grade 3 bar. 2403 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2431 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 12 points under the grade 5 bar. 2490 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores 22 points under the grade 5 bar. 2481 vs. 2502. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.

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	18,350	2460.7	− 2432	28.7	× 82 / 241	9.8
4	18,351	2468.2	− 2473	−4.8	× 79 / 241	−1.6
5	18,354	2514.5	− 2502	12.5	× 80 / 241	4.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						12

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,363	2445.3	− 2432	13.3	× 83 / 238	4.6
4	17,365	2494.0	− 2473	21	× 76 / 238	6.7
5	17,367	2521.3	− 2502	19.3	× 79 / 238	6.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						18

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,675	2458.2	− 2432	26.2	× 78 / 233	8.8
4	17,677	2473.6	− 2473	0.6	× 79 / 233	0.2
5	17,680	2506.6	− 2502	4.6	× 76 / 233	1.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						10

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,696	2448.9	− 2432	16.9	× 89 / 243	6.2
4	17,698	2482.5	− 2473	9.5	× 76 / 243	3
5	17,700	2502.1	− 2502	0.1	× 78 / 243	0
Sum, rounded to a whole point						9

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,840	2428.6	− 2432	−3.4	× 74 / 236	−1.1
4	17,841	2502.7	− 2473	29.7	× 82 / 236	10.3
5	17,842	2503.3	− 2502	1.3	× 80 / 236	0.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						10

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,436	2395.8	− 2432	−36.2	× 76 / 240	−11.5
4	17,437	2449.2	− 2473	−23.8	× 79 / 240	−7.8
5	17,438	2484.3	− 2502	−17.7	× 85 / 240	−6.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,896	2399.7	− 2432	−32.3	× 83 / 259	−10.4
4	17,897	2432.8	− 2473	−40.2	× 91 / 259	−14.1
5	17,898	2457.2	− 2502	−44.8	× 85 / 259	−14.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,848	2431.7	− 2432	−0.3	× 86 / 262	−0.1
4	17,849	2462.5	− 2473	−10.5	× 89 / 262	−3.6
5	17,850	2462.3	− 2502	−39.7	× 87 / 262	−13.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−17

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,800	2410.1	− 2432	−21.9	× 76 / 254	−6.6
4	17,801	2476.5	− 2473	3.5	× 82 / 254	1.1
5	17,802	2457.7	− 2502	−44.3	× 96 / 254	−16.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,796	2384.3	− 2432	−47.7	× 82 / 232	−16.9
4	17,797	2490.7	− 2473	17.7	× 73 / 232	5.6
5	17,798	2514.9	− 2502	12.9	× 77 / 232	4.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,831	2402.8	− 2432	−29.2	× 66 / 263	−7.3
4	17,832	2431.4	− 2473	−41.6	× 83 / 263	−13.1
5	17,833	2489.8	− 2502	−12.2	× 61 / 263	−2.8
6	17,834	2480.5	− 2531	−50.5	× 53 / 263	−10.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 12, 18, 10, 9, 10, −26, −39, −17, −22, −7, −33 → −7.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 6 · 2016→2017: 8 · 2017→2018: 1 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2021: 36 · 2021→2022: 13 · 2022→2023: 22 · 2023→2024: 5 · 2024→2025: 15 · 2025→2026: 26 → average 13.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.3 × 2.66 = 35.4. Upper limit 27.7, lower limit −43.1.

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.