Cheremoya 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 30 points under the grade 3 bar. 2402 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 15 points under the grade 4 bar. 2458 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2507 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	29,856	2413.3	− 2432	−18.7	× 47 / 155	−5.7
4	29,858	2447.7	− 2473	−25.3	× 43 / 155	−7
5	29,860	2523.8	− 2502	21.8	× 40 / 155	5.6
6	29,862	2515.4	− 2531	−15.6	× 25 / 155	−2.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−10

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,078	2439.1	− 2432	7.1	× 42 / 161	1.9
4	28,080	2461.5	− 2473	−11.5	× 48 / 161	−3.4
5	28,082	2505.0	− 2502	3	× 41 / 161	0.8
6	28,084	2566.9	− 2531	35.9	× 30 / 161	6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						6

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,645	2424.5	− 2432	−7.5	× 44 / 164	−2
4	28,646	2450.3	− 2473	−22.7	× 40 / 164	−5.5
5	28,649	2519.3	− 2502	17.3	× 44 / 164	4.6
6	28,651	2539.2	− 2531	8.2	× 36 / 164	1.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−1

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,694	2425.7	− 2432	−6.3	× 45 / 154	−1.8
4	28,696	2460.3	− 2473	−12.7	× 42 / 154	−3.5
5	28,698	2532.6	− 2502	30.6	× 36 / 154	7.2
6	28,700	2562.4	− 2531	31.4	× 31 / 154	6.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						8

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,869	2447.5	− 2432	15.5	× 44 / 142	4.8
4	28,870	2471.4	− 2473	−1.6	× 37 / 142	−0.4
5	28,871	2518.8	− 2502	16.8	× 34 / 142	4
6	28,872	2565.0	− 2531	34	× 27 / 142	6.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						15

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,906	2446.6	− 2432	14.6	× 34 / 112	4.4
4	28,907	2441.1	− 2473	−31.9	× 20 / 112	−5.7
5	28,908	2515.5	− 2502	13.5	× 31 / 112	3.7
6	28,909	2500.7	− 2531	−30.3	× 27 / 112	−7.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,967	2363.8	− 2432	−68.2	× 26 / 78	−22.7
4	28,968	2447.6	− 2473	−25.4	× 34 / 78	−11.1
5	28,969	2472.3	− 2502	−29.7	× 18 / 78	−6.9
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	28,833	2384.5	− 2432	−47.5	× 22 / 74	−14.1
4	28,834	2356.4	− 2473	−116.6	× 19 / 74	−29.9
5	28,835	2500.1	− 2502	−1.9	× 33 / 74	−0.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,696	2419.3	− 2432	−12.7	× 21 / 74	−3.6
4	28,697	2447.2	− 2473	−25.8	× 25 / 74	−8.7
5	28,698	2471.8	− 2502	−30.2	× 28 / 74	−11.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,690	2402.0	− 2432	−30	× 24 / 73	−9.9
4	28,691	2458.0	− 2473	−15	× 21 / 73	−4.3
5	28,692	2506.7	− 2502	4.7	× 28 / 73	1.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −10, 6, −1, 8, 15, −5, −41, −45, −24, −12 → −10.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 16 · 2016→2017: 7 · 2017→2018: 9 · 2018→2019: 7 · 2019→2022: 20 · 2022→2023: 36 · 2023→2024: 4 · 2024→2025: 21 · 2025→2026: 12 → average 14.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 14.7 × 2.66 = 39.1. Upper limit 28.2, lower limit −50.

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.