Wingland 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 3 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 5.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 74 points under the grade 3 bar. 2358 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 19 points under the grade 3 bar. 2413 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2431 vs. 2432. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.

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 4th 92 students 15 points under the grade 3 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 4th 21 students 41 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	18,029	2357.5	− 2432	−74.5	× 117 / 371	−23.5
4	18,032	2394.5	− 2473	−78.5	× 127 / 371	−26.9
5	18,033	2425.4	− 2502	−76.6	× 127 / 371	−26.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−77

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,033	2363.0	− 2432	−69	× 112 / 370	−20.9
4	17,035	2386.0	− 2473	−87	× 127 / 370	−29.9
5	17,037	2424.5	− 2502	−77.5	× 131 / 370	−27.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−78

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,353	2357.0	− 2432	−75	× 126 / 348	−27.2
4	17,355	2386.0	− 2473	−87	× 107 / 348	−26.8
5	17,358	2439.1	− 2502	−62.9	× 115 / 348	−20.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,378	2408.0	− 2432	−24	× 103 / 345	−7.2
4	17,381	2409.2	− 2473	−63.8	× 127 / 345	−23.5
5	17,382	2448.3	− 2502	−53.7	× 115 / 345	−17.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,516	2387.6	− 2432	−44.4	× 131 / 351	−16.6
4	17,517	2404.8	− 2473	−68.2	× 103 / 351	−20
5	17,518	2436.7	− 2502	−65.3	× 117 / 351	−21.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−58

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,570	2346.8	− 2432	−85.2	× 112 / 340	−28.1
4	17,571	2414.6	− 2473	−58.4	× 120 / 340	−20.6
5	17,572	2440.1	− 2502	−61.9	× 108 / 340	−19.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,512	2361.7	− 2432	−70.3	× 114 / 361	−22.2
4	17,513	2402.5	− 2473	−70.5	× 121 / 361	−23.6
5	17,514	2430.1	− 2502	−71.9	× 126 / 361	−25.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−71

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,462	2355.2	− 2432	−76.8	× 97 / 336	−22.2
4	17,463	2387.6	− 2473	−85.4	× 117 / 336	−29.7
5	17,464	2423.7	− 2502	−78.3	× 122 / 336	−28.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−80

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,456	2380.0	− 2432	−52	× 117 / 349	−17.4
4	17,457	2384.2	− 2473	−88.8	× 114 / 349	−29
5	17,458	2458.4	− 2502	−43.6	× 118 / 349	−14.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	17,461	2358.2	− 2432	−73.8	× 110 / 334	−24.3
4	17,462	2412.6	− 2473	−60.4	× 113 / 334	−20.4
5	17,463	2431.2	− 2502	−70.8	× 111 / 334	−23.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −77, −78, −75, −49, −58, −68, −71, −80, −61, −68 → −68.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 1 · 2016→2017: 3 · 2017→2018: 26 · 2018→2019: 9 · 2019→2022: 10 · 2022→2023: 3 · 2023→2024: 9 · 2024→2025: 19 · 2025→2026: 7 → average 9.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.7 × 2.66 = 25.8. Upper limit −42.7, lower limit −94.3.

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.