Dolores Street 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 28 points under the grade 3 bar. 2404 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 23 points under the grade 4 bar. 2450 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 10 points under the grade 5 bar. 2492 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	30,093	2375.7	− 2432	−56.3	× 98 / 299	−18.5
4	30,095	2423.4	− 2473	−49.6	× 93 / 299	−15.4
5	30,097	2432.6	− 2502	−69.4	× 108 / 299	−25.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,314	2398.4	− 2432	−33.6	× 91 / 278	−11
4	28,315	2422.4	− 2473	−50.6	× 99 / 278	−18
5	28,318	2471.3	− 2502	−30.7	× 88 / 278	−9.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,881	2400.2	− 2432	−31.8	× 85 / 265	−10.2
4	28,882	2437.2	− 2473	−35.8	× 85 / 265	−11.5
5	28,885	2473.0	− 2502	−29	× 95 / 265	−10.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,930	2410.1	− 2432	−21.9	× 104 / 270	−8.4
4	28,932	2452.9	− 2473	−20.1	× 83 / 270	−6.2
5	28,934	2466.1	− 2502	−35.9	× 83 / 270	−11
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,105	2440.5	− 2432	8.5	× 67 / 247	2.3
4	29,106	2443.2	− 2473	−29.8	× 96 / 247	−11.6
5	29,107	2478.4	− 2502	−23.6	× 84 / 247	−8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−17

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,140	2432.6	− 2432	0.6	× 86 / 249	0.2
4	29,141	2447.0	− 2473	−26	× 84 / 249	−8.8
5	29,142	2487.0	− 2502	−15	× 79 / 249	−4.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,199	2407.8	− 2432	−24.2	× 65 / 235	−6.7
4	29,200	2466.1	− 2473	−6.9	× 86 / 235	−2.5
5	29,201	2474.7	− 2502	−27.3	× 84 / 235	−9.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,065	2403.8	− 2432	−28.2	× 68 / 216	−8.9
4	29,066	2435.5	− 2473	−37.5	× 64 / 216	−11.1
5	29,067	2490.4	− 2502	−11.6	× 84 / 216	−4.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,928	2402.8	− 2432	−29.2	× 56 / 188	−8.7
4	28,929	2457.4	− 2473	−15.6	× 66 / 188	−5.5
5	28,930	2490.0	− 2502	−12	× 66 / 188	−4.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−18

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,922	2403.8	− 2432	−28.2	× 47 / 161	−8.2
4	28,923	2450.1	− 2473	−22.9	× 51 / 161	−7.3
5	28,924	2492.2	− 2502	−9.8	× 63 / 161	−3.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −59, −39, −32, −26, −17, −13, −19, −24, −18, −19 → −26.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 20 · 2016→2017: 7 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 9 · 2019→2022: 4 · 2022→2023: 6 · 2023→2024: 5 · 2024→2025: 6 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 7.1
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 7.1 × 2.66 = 18.9. Upper limit −7.7, lower limit −45.5.

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.