Stagg Street 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 meets the grade 3 bar. 2435 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2508 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2513 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 54 students Meets the grade 3 bar. 4th 50 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 3rd 14 students 75 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 12 students Just 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	32,161	2407.9	− 2432	−24.1	× 61 / 193	−7.6
4	32,163	2441.1	− 2473	−31.9	× 67 / 193	−11.1
5	32,165	2491.4	− 2502	−10.6	× 65 / 193	−3.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,375	2445.7	− 2432	13.7	× 65 / 188	4.7
4	30,377	2481.7	− 2473	8.7	× 55 / 188	2.5
5	30,380	2500.3	− 2502	−1.7	× 68 / 188	−0.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						7

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,940	2441.4	− 2432	9.4	× 72 / 188	3.6
4	30,942	2486.6	− 2473	13.6	× 57 / 188	4.1
5	30,944	2540.0	− 2502	38	× 59 / 188	11.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						20

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,987	2443.1	− 2432	11.1	× 53 / 180	3.3
4	30,989	2499.7	− 2473	26.7	× 69 / 180	10.2
5	30,991	2536.6	− 2502	34.6	× 58 / 180	11.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						25

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,159	2464.0	− 2432	32	× 48 / 176	8.7
4	31,160	2460.9	− 2473	−12.1	× 58 / 176	−4
5	31,161	2534.3	− 2502	32.3	× 70 / 176	12.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						18

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,176	2447.2	− 2432	15.2	× 66 / 176	5.7
4	31,177	2450.8	− 2473	−22.2	× 59 / 176	−7.4
5	31,178	2494.8	− 2502	−7.2	× 51 / 176	−2.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,233	2441.3	− 2432	9.3	× 56 / 175	3
4	31,234	2478.5	− 2473	5.5	× 62 / 175	1.9
5	31,235	2512.2	− 2502	10.2	× 57 / 175	3.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						8

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,099	2459.3	− 2432	27.3	× 61 / 183	9.1
4	31,100	2495.7	− 2473	22.7	× 59 / 183	7.3
5	31,101	2492.7	− 2502	−9.3	× 63 / 183	−3.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						13

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,958	2443.5	− 2432	11.5	× 61 / 182	3.9
4	30,959	2506.5	− 2473	33.5	× 61 / 182	11.2
5	30,960	2490.5	− 2502	−11.5	× 60 / 182	−3.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						11

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,944	2435.0	− 2432	3	× 68 / 193	1.1
4	30,945	2507.5	− 2473	34.5	× 62 / 193	11.1
5	30,946	2513.3	− 2502	11.3	× 63 / 193	3.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						16

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −22, 7, 20, 25, 18, −4, 8, 13, 11, 16 → 9.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 29 · 2016→2017: 13 · 2017→2018: 5 · 2018→2019: 7 · 2019→2022: 22 · 2022→2023: 12 · 2023→2024: 5 · 2024→2025: 2 · 2025→2026: 5 → average 11.1
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11.1 × 2.66 = 29.5. Upper limit 38.7, lower limit −20.3.

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.