Tulsa 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 10 points under the grade 3 bar. 2422 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2464 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 18 points under the grade 5 bar. 2484 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	32,371	2405.6	− 2432	−26.4	× 86 / 265	−8.6
4	32,373	2457.0	− 2473	−16	× 79 / 265	−4.8
5	32,375	2486.8	− 2502	−15.2	× 100 / 265	−5.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,585	2425.4	− 2432	−6.6	× 89 / 241	−2.4
4	30,588	2451.9	− 2473	−21.1	× 78 / 241	−6.8
5	30,589	2501.5	− 2502	−0.5	× 74 / 241	−0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−9

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,150	2421.5	− 2432	−10.5	× 75 / 240	−3.3
4	31,153	2471.9	− 2473	−1.1	× 79 / 240	−0.4
5	31,155	2501.7	− 2502	−0.3	× 86 / 240	−0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,197	2446.7	− 2432	14.7	× 83 / 238	5.1
4	31,199	2449.7	− 2473	−23.3	× 77 / 238	−7.5
5	31,201	2506.3	− 2502	4.3	× 78 / 238	1.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−1

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,369	2430.7	− 2432	−1.3	× 75 / 238	−0.4
4	31,370	2461.4	− 2473	−11.6	× 83 / 238	−4
5	31,371	2501.5	− 2502	−0.5	× 80 / 238	−0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,386	2402.8	− 2432	−29.2	× 59 / 191	−9
4	31,387	2447.4	− 2473	−25.6	× 64 / 191	−8.6
5	31,388	2486.0	− 2502	−16	× 68 / 191	−5.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,443	2414.0	− 2432	−18	× 54 / 180	−5.4
4	31,444	2416.7	− 2473	−56.3	× 61 / 180	−19.1
5	31,445	2484.8	− 2502	−17.2	× 65 / 180	−6.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,309	2428.4	− 2432	−3.6	× 75 / 199	−1.4
4	31,310	2441.9	− 2473	−31.1	× 66 / 199	−10.3
5	31,311	2472.1	− 2502	−29.9	× 58 / 199	−8.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,168	2440.1	− 2432	8.1	× 58 / 197	2.4
4	31,169	2467.7	− 2473	−5.3	× 73 / 197	−2
5	31,170	2500.4	− 2502	−1.6	× 66 / 197	−0.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,154	2422.4	− 2432	−9.6	× 67 / 200	−3.2
4	31,155	2464.2	− 2473	−8.8	× 61 / 200	−2.7
5	31,156	2483.6	− 2502	−18.4	× 72 / 200	−6.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −19, −9, −4, −1, −5, −23, −31, −20, 0, −13 → −12.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 10 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 3 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2022: 18 · 2022→2023: 8 · 2023→2024: 11 · 2024→2025: 20 · 2025→2026: 13 → average 10.2
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.2 × 2.66 = 27.1. Upper limit 14.6, lower limit −39.6.

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.