ICEF Vista Elementary Academy: 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 meets the grade 3 bar. 2468 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2510 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2544 vs. 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 4th 38 students Meets the grade 4 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 4th 12 students 22 points under the grade 4 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	27,439	2392.8	− 2432	−39.2	× 54 / 164	−12.9
4	27,442	2440.3	− 2473	−32.7	× 55 / 164	−11
5	27,443	2519.8	− 2502	17.8	× 55 / 164	6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−18

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,523	2410.5	− 2432	−21.5	× 56 / 172	−7
4	25,525	2419.3	− 2473	−53.7	× 58 / 172	−18.1
5	25,528	2511.6	− 2502	9.6	× 58 / 172	3.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	26,000	2391.4	− 2432	−40.6	× 57 / 175	−13.2
4	26,002	2470.7	− 2473	−2.3	× 59 / 175	−0.8
5	26,004	2497.2	− 2502	−4.8	× 59 / 175	−1.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,979	2416.1	− 2432	−15.9	× 58 / 175	−5.3
4	25,981	2484.7	− 2473	11.7	× 58 / 175	3.9
5	25,983	2501.6	− 2502	−0.4	× 59 / 175	−0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	26,121	2441.8	− 2432	9.8	× 51 / 171	2.9
4	26,122	2435.6	− 2473	−37.4	× 58 / 171	−12.7
5	26,123	2512.9	− 2502	10.9	× 62 / 171	4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−6

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	26,072	2393.4	− 2432	−38.6	× 43 / 152	−10.9
4	26,073	2422.6	− 2473	−50.4	× 56 / 152	−18.6
5	26,074	2477.2	− 2502	−24.8	× 53 / 152	−8.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	26,031	2396.8	− 2432	−35.2	× 48 / 150	−11.3
4	26,032	2472.9	− 2473	−0.1	× 41 / 150	0
5	26,033	2469.0	− 2502	−33	× 61 / 150	−13.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−25

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,881	2435.2	− 2432	3.2	× 44 / 139	1
4	25,882	2479.5	− 2473	6.5	× 48 / 139	2.2
5	25,883	2513.3	− 2502	11.3	× 47 / 139	3.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						7

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,770	2445.3	− 2432	13.3	× 51 / 150	4.5
4	25,771	2520.5	− 2473	47.5	× 44 / 150	13.9
5	25,772	2512.8	− 2502	10.8	× 55 / 150	4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						22

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,786	2468.3	− 2432	36.3	× 41 / 143	10.4
4	25,787	2510.4	− 2473	37.4	× 50 / 143	13.1
5	25,788	2543.8	− 2502	41.8	× 52 / 143	15.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						39

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −18, −22, −16, −2, −6, −38, −25, 7, 22, 39 → −5.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 4 · 2016→2017: 6 · 2017→2018: 14 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2022: 32 · 2022→2023: 13 · 2023→2024: 32 · 2024→2025: 15 · 2025→2026: 17 → average 15.2
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 15.2 × 2.66 = 40.4. Upper limit 34.5, lower limit −46.3.

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.