Nevada 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 47 points under the grade 3 bar. 2385 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 38 points under the grade 4 bar. 2435 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 20 points under the grade 5 bar. 2482 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 43 students 35 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 42 students 15 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 43 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 13 students 84 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 15 students 62 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 11 students 39 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	31,347	2393.0	− 2432	−39	× 74 / 220	−13.1
4	31,350	2422.0	− 2473	−51	× 71 / 220	−16.5
5	31,351	2438.5	− 2502	−63.5	× 75 / 220	−21.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,563	2369.7	− 2432	−62.3	× 72 / 213	−21.1
4	29,566	2424.7	− 2473	−48.3	× 66 / 213	−15
5	29,567	2444.2	− 2502	−57.8	× 75 / 213	−20.4
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	30,129	2376.9	− 2432	−55.1	× 65 / 194	−18.5
4	30,130	2409.1	− 2473	−63.9	× 64 / 194	−21.1
5	30,133	2471.2	− 2502	−30.8	× 65 / 194	−10.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,177	2401.1	− 2432	−30.9	× 66 / 191	−10.7
4	30,180	2396.8	− 2473	−76.2	× 60 / 191	−23.9
5	30,181	2458.7	− 2502	−43.3	× 65 / 191	−14.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,347	2400.8	− 2432	−31.2	× 49 / 166	−9.2
4	30,348	2438.8	− 2473	−34.2	× 59 / 166	−12.2
5	30,349	2463.6	− 2502	−38.4	× 58 / 166	−13.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,376	2393.0	− 2432	−39	× 33 / 115	−11.2
4	30,377	2444.1	− 2473	−28.9	× 42 / 115	−10.6
5	30,378	2467.2	− 2502	−34.8	× 40 / 115	−12.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,435	2377.6	− 2432	−54.4	× 54 / 139	−21.1
4	30,436	2425.5	− 2473	−47.5	× 35 / 139	−12
5	30,437	2425.7	− 2502	−76.3	× 50 / 139	−27.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,303	2392.2	− 2432	−39.8	× 54 / 147	−14.6
4	30,304	2437.8	− 2473	−35.2	× 53 / 147	−12.7
5	30,305	2481.1	− 2502	−20.9	× 40 / 147	−5.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,162	2393.4	− 2432	−38.6	× 48 / 153	−12.1
4	30,163	2456.3	− 2473	−16.7	× 54 / 153	−5.9
5	30,164	2482.6	− 2502	−19.4	× 51 / 153	−6.5
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	30,148	2385.4	− 2432	−46.6	× 56 / 167	−15.6
4	30,149	2434.8	− 2473	−38.2	× 57 / 167	−13
5	30,150	2481.8	− 2502	−20.2	× 54 / 167	−6.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −51, −56, −50, −49, −35, −34, −61, −33, −24, −35 → −42.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 5 · 2016→2017: 6 · 2017→2018: 1 · 2018→2019: 14 · 2019→2022: 1 · 2022→2023: 27 · 2023→2024: 28 · 2024→2025: 9 · 2025→2026: 11 → average 11.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11.3 × 2.66 = 30.1. Upper limit −12.7, lower limit −72.9.

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.