Broadacres Avenue Elementary Visual & Performing A: 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 37 points under the grade 3 bar. 2395 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2474 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 28 points under the grade 4 bar. 2445 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 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	29,558	2363.9	− 2432	−68.1	× 55 / 138	−27.1
4	29,560	2421.8	− 2473	−51.2	× 46 / 138	−17.1
5	29,562	2454.2	− 2502	−47.8	× 37 / 138	−12.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	27,780	2397.0	− 2432	−35	× 45 / 139	−11.3
4	27,781	2449.1	− 2473	−23.9	× 49 / 139	−8.4
5	27,783	2455.5	− 2502	−46.5	× 45 / 139	−15.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,350	2429.1	− 2432	−2.9	× 48 / 144	−1
4	28,353	2433.6	− 2473	−39.4	× 46 / 144	−12.6
5	28,355	2465.4	− 2502	−36.6	× 50 / 144	−12.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,402	2450.3	− 2432	18.3	× 32 / 120	4.9
4	28,404	2448.3	− 2473	−24.7	× 43 / 120	−8.9
5	28,406	2514.3	− 2502	12.3	× 45 / 120	4.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						1

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,577	2442.5	− 2432	10.5	× 49 / 133	3.9
4	28,578	2423.2	− 2473	−49.8	× 37 / 133	−13.9
5	28,579	2468.8	− 2502	−33.2	× 47 / 133	−11.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,608	2335.2	− 2432	−96.8	× 34 / 109	−30.2
4	28,609	2381.0	− 2473	−92	× 34 / 109	−28.7
5	28,610	2449.0	− 2502	−53	× 41 / 109	−19.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−79

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,669	2408.2	− 2432	−23.8	× 46 / 128	−8.6
4	28,670	2410.8	− 2473	−62.2	× 44 / 128	−21.4
5	28,671	2453.9	− 2502	−48.1	× 38 / 128	−14.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,535	2374.8	− 2432	−57.2	× 48 / 146	−18.8
4	28,536	2427.0	− 2473	−46	× 53 / 146	−16.7
5	28,537	2431.1	− 2502	−70.9	× 45 / 146	−21.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,398	2404.4	− 2432	−27.6	× 49 / 149	−9.1
4	28,399	2442.1	− 2473	−30.9	× 47 / 149	−9.7
5	28,400	2482.9	− 2502	−19.1	× 53 / 149	−6.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,392	2395.0	− 2432	−37	× 42 / 144	−10.8
4	28,393	2473.6	− 2473	0.6	× 50 / 144	0.2
5	28,394	2445.0	− 2502	−57	× 52 / 144	−20.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −57, −35, −26, 1, −22, −79, −44, −57, −26, −31 → −37.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 22 · 2016→2017: 9 · 2017→2018: 27 · 2018→2019: 23 · 2019→2022: 57 · 2022→2023: 35 · 2023→2024: 13 · 2024→2025: 31 · 2025→2026: 5 → average 24.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 24.7 × 2.66 = 65.7. Upper limit 28.1, lower limit −103.3.

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.