Rosewood Avenue Elementary School Urban Planning a: 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 just under the grade 3 bar. 2426 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2496 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2517 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	31,863	2409.1	− 2432	−22.9	× 62 / 164	−8.7
4	31,865	2443.0	− 2473	−30	× 38 / 164	−7
5	31,867	2462.1	− 2502	−39.9	× 34 / 164	−8.3
6	31,869	2499.2	− 2531	−31.8	× 30 / 164	−5.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,079	2454.1	− 2432	22.1	× 42 / 153	6.1
4	30,081	2493.6	− 2473	20.6	× 57 / 153	7.7
5	30,084	2522.7	− 2502	20.7	× 31 / 153	4.2
6	30,085	2561.6	− 2531	30.6	× 23 / 153	4.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						23

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,644	2449.3	− 2432	17.3	× 33 / 132	4.3
4	30,646	2519.5	− 2473	46.5	× 37 / 132	13
5	30,649	2508.5	− 2502	6.5	× 49 / 132	2.4
6	30,651	2539.5	− 2531	8.5	× 13 / 132	0.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						21

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,695	2440.8	− 2432	8.8	× 36 / 105	3
4	30,697	2476.4	− 2473	3.4	× 35 / 105	1.1
5	30,699	2513.8	− 2502	11.8	× 34 / 105	3.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						8

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,867	2414.1	− 2432	−17.9	× 52 / 126	−7.4
4	30,868	2476.7	− 2473	3.7	× 37 / 126	1.1
5	30,869	2488.4	− 2502	−13.6	× 37 / 126	−4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−10

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,894	2453.1	− 2432	21.1	× 39 / 129	6.4
4	30,895	2468.3	− 2473	−4.7	× 48 / 129	−1.7
5	30,896	2531.8	− 2502	29.8	× 42 / 129	9.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						14

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,951	2431.6	− 2432	−0.4	× 49 / 133	−0.1
4	30,952	2488.9	− 2473	15.9	× 38 / 133	4.5
5	30,953	2510.2	− 2502	8.2	× 46 / 133	2.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						7

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,817	2403.8	− 2432	−28.2	× 41 / 125	−9.2
4	30,818	2475.5	− 2473	2.5	× 46 / 125	0.9
5	30,819	2519.1	− 2502	17.1	× 38 / 125	5.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−3

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,676	2476.5	− 2432	44.5	× 39 / 123	14.1
4	30,677	2459.7	− 2473	−13.3	× 44 / 123	−4.8
5	30,678	2520.1	− 2502	18.1	× 40 / 123	5.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						15

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,662	2425.5	− 2432	−6.5	× 38 / 124	−2
4	30,663	2496.1	− 2473	23.1	× 43 / 124	8
5	30,664	2517.3	− 2502	15.3	× 43 / 124	5.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						11

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −30, 23, 21, 8, −10, 14, 7, −3, 15, 11 → 5.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 53 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 13 · 2018→2019: 18 · 2019→2022: 24 · 2022→2023: 7 · 2023→2024: 10 · 2024→2025: 18 · 2025→2026: 4 → average 16.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 16.6 × 2.66 = 44.2. Upper limit 49.8, lower limit −38.6.

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.