Fair 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.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 31 points under the grade 3 bar. 2401 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 24 points under the grade 4 bar. 2449 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 13 points under the grade 4 bar. 2460 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.

Students fluent in English

The closest these results come to reading alone: English is not in the way. Includes students who have only ever spoken English.

Grade bars 3rd 70 students 14 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 66 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 60 students 25 points under the grade 5 bar.

English learners

Students leave this group as they become fluent, so its average stays low even where they learn well.

Grade bars 3rd 22 students 87 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 25 students 54 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 15 students 41 points under the grade 3 bar.

the group's average that grade's own bar the distance between

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. The state leaves out any group of ten students or fewer, so a grade may be missing from the charts.

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	30,256	2400.8	− 2432	−31.2	× 168 / 459	−11.4
4	30,257	2439.1	− 2473	−33.9	× 161 / 459	−11.9
5	30,260	2472.3	− 2502	−29.7	× 130 / 459	−8.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,476	2425.2	− 2432	−6.8	× 130 / 437	−2
4	28,477	2448.2	− 2473	−24.8	× 156 / 437	−8.9
5	28,479	2478.2	− 2502	−23.8	× 151 / 437	−8.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,043	2395.6	− 2432	−36.4	× 127 / 396	−11.7
4	29,044	2421.9	− 2473	−51.1	× 127 / 396	−16.4
5	29,047	2471.1	− 2502	−30.9	× 142 / 396	−11.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,092	2409.8	− 2432	−22.2	× 140 / 374	−8.3
4	29,094	2432.1	− 2473	−40.9	× 119 / 374	−13
5	29,096	2483.1	− 2502	−18.9	× 115 / 374	−5.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,267	2399.6	− 2432	−32.4	× 124 / 380	−10.6
4	29,268	2450.6	− 2473	−22.4	× 136 / 380	−8
5	29,269	2475.5	− 2502	−26.5	× 120 / 380	−8.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,300	2369.6	− 2432	−62.4	× 111 / 316	−21.9
4	29,301	2420.1	− 2473	−52.9	× 95 / 316	−15.9
5	29,302	2464.0	− 2502	−38	× 110 / 316	−13.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,359	2352.8	− 2432	−79.2	× 102 / 306	−26.4
4	29,360	2416.3	− 2473	−56.7	× 109 / 306	−20.2
5	29,361	2435.1	− 2502	−66.9	× 95 / 306	−20.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−67

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,225	2375.2	− 2432	−56.8	× 70 / 289	−13.8
4	29,226	2432.4	− 2473	−40.6	× 100 / 289	−14
5	29,227	2448.5	− 2502	−53.5	× 119 / 289	−22
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,088	2392.0	− 2432	−40	× 92 / 260	−14.2
4	29,089	2424.1	− 2473	−48.9	× 74 / 260	−13.9
5	29,090	2461.7	− 2502	−40.3	× 94 / 260	−14.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,082	2400.7	− 2432	−31.3	× 92 / 258	−11.2
4	29,083	2449.1	− 2473	−23.9	× 91 / 258	−8.4
5	29,084	2460.2	− 2502	−41.8	× 75 / 258	−12.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −32, −19, −39, −27, −27, −51, −67, −50, −43, −32 → −38.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 13 · 2016→2017: 20 · 2017→2018: 12 · 2018→2019: 0 · 2019→2022: 24 · 2022→2023: 16 · 2023→2024: 17 · 2024→2025: 7 · 2025→2026: 11 → average 13.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.3 × 2.66 = 35.4. Upper limit −3.3, lower limit −74.1.

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.