MacArthur Park Elementary School for the Visual an: 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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 87 of the 163 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 38 points under the grade 3 bar. 2394 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 30 points under the grade 3 bar. 2402 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 23 points under the grade 5 bar. 2479 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 3rd 15 students Meets the grade 3 bar. 4th 23 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 38 students Meets 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 34 students 61 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 38 students 87 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 15 students 52 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	33,819	2372.3	− 2432	−59.7	× 99 / 228	−25.9
4	33,821	2405.2	− 2473	−67.8	× 59 / 228	−17.5
5	33,823	2450.2	− 2502	−51.8	× 70 / 228	−15.9
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	31,987	2364.2	− 2432	−67.8	× 82 / 228	−24.4
4	31,990	2424.0	− 2473	−49	× 88 / 228	−18.9
5	31,992	2451.9	− 2502	−50.1	× 58 / 228	−12.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	32,538	2348.0	− 2432	−84	× 79 / 241	−27.5
4	32,539	2411.4	− 2473	−61.6	× 75 / 241	−19.2
5	32,541	2463.4	− 2502	−38.6	× 87 / 241	−13.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	32,555	2371.7	− 2432	−60.3	× 91 / 240	−22.9
4	32,557	2415.4	− 2473	−57.6	× 78 / 240	−18.7
5	32,559	2442.4	− 2502	−59.6	× 71 / 240	−17.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	32,735	2374.9	− 2432	−57.1	× 77 / 227	−19.4
4	32,736	2406.0	− 2473	−67	× 84 / 227	−24.8
5	32,737	2459.1	− 2502	−42.9	× 66 / 227	−12.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	32,768	2303.0	− 2432	−129	× 82 / 243	−43.5
4	32,769	2380.7	− 2473	−92.3	× 74 / 243	−28.1
5	32,770	2456.2	− 2502	−45.8	× 87 / 243	−16.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−88

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	32,823	2357.2	− 2432	−74.8	× 53 / 196	−20.2
4	32,824	2401.4	− 2473	−71.6	× 74 / 196	−27
5	32,825	2411.8	− 2502	−90.2	× 69 / 196	−31.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−79

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	32,691	2427.9	− 2432	−4.1	× 51 / 168	−1.2
4	32,692	2397.7	− 2473	−75.3	× 46 / 168	−20.6
5	32,693	2382.4	− 2502	−119.6	× 71 / 168	−50.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−72

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	32,550	2347.9	− 2432	−84.1	× 61 / 162	−31.7
4	32,551	2432.4	− 2473	−40.6	× 52 / 162	−13
5	32,552	2421.7	− 2502	−80.3	× 49 / 162	−24.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	32,550	2394.0	− 2432	−38	× 49 / 163	−11.4
4	32,551	2402.3	− 2473	−70.7	× 61 / 163	−26.5
5	32,552	2479.4	− 2502	−22.6	× 53 / 163	−7.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −59, −56, −61, −59, −57, −88, −79, −72, −69, −45 → −64.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 3 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 2 · 2018→2019: 2 · 2019→2022: 31 · 2022→2023: 9 · 2023→2024: 7 · 2024→2025: 3 · 2025→2026: 24 → average 9.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.6 × 2.66 = 25.5. Upper limit −39, lower limit −90.

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.