Synergy Charter 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 scores 19 points under the grade 3 bar. 2413 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2475 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2550 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 37 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 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 3rd 12 students 71 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 12 students Just 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	26,651	2433.3	− 2432	1.3	× 52 / 156	0.4
4	26,653	2490.0	− 2473	17	× 52 / 156	5.7
5	26,655	2520.6	− 2502	18.6	× 52 / 156	6.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						12

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	24,771	2416.4	− 2432	−15.6	× 53 / 157	−5.3
4	24,773	2470.5	− 2473	−2.5	× 52 / 157	−0.8
5	24,776	2515.1	− 2502	13.1	× 52 / 157	4.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,268	2468.2	− 2432	36.2	× 52 / 156	12.1
4	25,270	2467.3	− 2473	−5.7	× 52 / 156	−1.9
5	25,273	2529.5	− 2502	27.5	× 52 / 156	9.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						19

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,295	2474.0	− 2432	42	× 52 / 156	14
4	25,297	2504.0	− 2473	31	× 52 / 156	10.3
5	25,299	2520.4	− 2502	18.4	× 52 / 156	6.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						30

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,453	2441.6	− 2432	9.6	× 50 / 154	3.1
4	25,454	2496.4	− 2473	23.4	× 52 / 154	7.9
5	25,455	2532.6	− 2502	30.6	× 52 / 154	10.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						21

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,400	2401.8	− 2432	−30.2	× 51 / 152	−10.1
4	25,401	2461.5	− 2473	−11.5	× 51 / 152	−3.9
5	25,402	2493.3	− 2502	−8.7	× 50 / 152	−2.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−17

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,353	2446.8	− 2432	14.8	× 49 / 151	4.8
4	25,354	2439.3	− 2473	−33.7	× 51 / 151	−11.4
5	25,355	2501.0	− 2502	−1	× 51 / 151	−0.3
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	25,205	2455.6	− 2432	23.6	× 52 / 153	8
4	25,206	2455.0	− 2473	−18	× 49 / 153	−5.8
5	25,207	2481.6	− 2502	−20.4	× 52 / 153	−6.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,094	2410.0	− 2432	−22	× 51 / 154	−7.3
4	25,095	2506.4	− 2473	33.4	× 52 / 154	11.3
5	25,096	2514.0	− 2502	12	× 51 / 154	4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						8

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	25,122	2412.8	− 2432	−19.2	× 49 / 151	−6.2
4	25,123	2474.8	− 2473	1.8	× 50 / 151	0.6
5	25,124	2549.8	− 2502	47.8	× 52 / 151	16.5
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. 12, −2, 19, 30, 21, −17, −7, −5, 8, 11 → 7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 14 · 2016→2017: 21 · 2017→2018: 11 · 2018→2019: 9 · 2019→2022: 38 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 2 · 2024→2025: 13 · 2025→2026: 3 → average 13.4
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.4 × 2.66 = 35.6. Upper limit 42.6, lower limit −28.6.

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.