Berenece Carlson Home Hospital: 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 5 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 8.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 8 of the 14 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

8th The average 8th grader scores 12 points under the grade 5 bar. 2490 vs. 2502. 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	33,449	2384.3	− 2432	−47.7	× 15 / 83	−8.6
5	33,453	2395.1	− 2502	−106.9	× 7 / 83	−9
6	33,456	2459.3	− 2531	−71.7	× 12 / 83	−10.4
7	33,457	2510.9	− 2552	−41.1	× 15 / 83	−7.4
8	33,460	2471.9	− 2567	−95.1	× 15 / 83	−17.2
11	33,461	2507.4	− 2583	−75.6	× 19 / 83	−17.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	31,640	2477.6	− 2473	4.6	× 10 / 49	0.9
6	31,643	2470.8	− 2531	−60.2	× 9 / 49	−11.1
8	31,648	2518.7	− 2567	−48.3	× 19 / 49	−18.7
11	31,650	2524.9	− 2583	−58.1	× 11 / 49	−13
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	32,194	2479.2	− 2502	−22.8	× 14 / 51	−6.3
7	32,199	2516.1	− 2552	−35.9	× 14 / 51	−9.9
8	32,200	2483.2	− 2567	−83.8	× 12 / 51	−19.7
11	32,203	2515.5	− 2583	−67.5	× 11 / 51	−14.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	32,224	2536.2	− 2531	5.2	× 12 / 12	5.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						5

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	32,396	2444.0	− 2473	−29	× 14 / 45	−9
8	32,400	2519.2	− 2567	−47.8	× 14 / 45	−14.9
11	32,401	2521.5	− 2583	−61.5	× 17 / 45	−23.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	31,614	2578.5	− 2583	−4.5	× 11 / 11	−4.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	32,201	2489.7	− 2567	−77.3	× 14 / 14	−77.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−77

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −70, −42, −50, 5, −47, −5, −77 → −40.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 28 · 2016→2017: 8 · 2017→2018: 55 · 2018→2019: 52 · 2019→2021: 42 · 2021→2026: 72 → average 42.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 42.8 × 2.66 = 113.8. Upper limit 72.9, lower limit −154.7.

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.