Aragon Avenue 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 5.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 21 of the 78 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 64 points under the grade 3 bar. 2368 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 16 points under the grade 3 bar. 2416 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 11 points under the grade 5 bar. 2491 vs. 2502.

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	29,364	2348.6	− 2432	−83.4	× 56 / 171	−27.3
4	29,366	2363.4	− 2473	−109.6	× 61 / 171	−39.1
5	29,368	2458.4	− 2502	−43.6	× 54 / 171	−13.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−80

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	27,586	2347.8	− 2432	−84.2	× 62 / 172	−30.4
4	27,588	2407.0	− 2473	−66	× 56 / 172	−21.5
5	27,590	2396.1	− 2502	−105.9	× 54 / 172	−33.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−85

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,157	2349.9	− 2432	−82.1	× 51 / 160	−26.2
4	28,158	2401.5	− 2473	−71.5	× 58 / 160	−25.9
5	28,160	2443.5	− 2502	−58.5	× 51 / 160	−18.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−71

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,208	2345.2	− 2432	−86.8	× 42 / 151	−24.1
4	28,210	2410.3	− 2473	−62.7	× 51 / 151	−21.2
5	28,212	2424.5	− 2502	−77.5	× 58 / 151	−29.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,383	2345.1	− 2432	−86.9	× 34 / 126	−23.4
4	28,384	2394.8	− 2473	−78.2	× 44 / 126	−27.3
5	28,385	2446.9	− 2502	−55.1	× 48 / 126	−21
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−72

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,418	2375.1	− 2432	−56.9	× 31 / 91	−19.4
4	28,419	2423.3	− 2473	−49.7	× 30 / 91	−16.4
5	28,420	2452.0	− 2502	−50	× 30 / 91	−16.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−52

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,479	2390.7	− 2432	−41.3	× 43 / 106	−16.8
4	28,480	2442.4	− 2473	−30.6	× 31 / 106	−8.9
5	28,481	2450.7	− 2502	−51.3	× 32 / 106	−15.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,345	2414.6	− 2432	−17.4	× 28 / 104	−4.7
4	28,346	2416.9	− 2473	−56.1	× 45 / 104	−24.3
5	28,347	2488.6	− 2502	−13.4	× 31 / 104	−4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,208	2380.0	− 2432	−52	× 35 / 113	−16.1
4	28,209	2447.7	− 2473	−25.3	× 27 / 113	−6
5	28,210	2449.8	− 2502	−52.2	× 51 / 113	−23.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,202	2367.6	− 2432	−64.4	× 22 / 78	−18.2
4	28,203	2416.1	− 2473	−56.9	× 33 / 78	−24.1
5	28,204	2491.0	− 2502	−11	× 23 / 78	−3.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −80, −85, −71, −75, −72, −52, −41, −33, −46, −45 → −60
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 5 · 2016→2017: 14 · 2017→2018: 4 · 2018→2019: 3 · 2019→2022: 20 · 2022→2023: 11 · 2023→2024: 8 · 2024→2025: 13 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 8.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.8 × 2.66 = 23.4. Upper limit −36.6, lower limit −83.4.

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.