Westminster 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader meets the grade 3 bar. 2449 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2505 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2552 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	32,663	2373.0	− 2432	−59	× 62 / 181	−20.2
4	32,665	2431.7	− 2473	−41.3	× 55 / 181	−12.5
5	32,667	2476.6	− 2502	−25.4	× 64 / 181	−9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,875	2389.5	− 2432	−42.5	× 56 / 180	−13.2
4	30,877	2416.1	− 2473	−56.9	× 59 / 180	−18.7
5	30,879	2457.4	− 2502	−44.6	× 65 / 180	−16.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,440	2400.4	− 2432	−31.6	× 54 / 177	−9.6
4	31,443	2444.0	− 2473	−29	× 60 / 177	−9.8
5	31,444	2468.3	− 2502	−33.7	× 63 / 177	−12
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,487	2391.9	− 2432	−40.1	× 66 / 198	−13.4
4	31,489	2443.3	− 2473	−29.7	× 72 / 198	−10.8
5	31,491	2502.5	− 2502	0.5	× 60 / 198	0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,661	2413.9	− 2432	−18.1	× 72 / 208	−6.3
4	31,662	2442.7	− 2473	−30.3	× 64 / 208	−9.3
5	31,663	2500.2	− 2502	−1.8	× 72 / 208	−0.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,688	2388.7	− 2432	−43.3	× 50 / 177	−12.2
4	31,689	2482.1	− 2473	9.1	× 70 / 177	3.6
5	31,690	2460.6	− 2502	−41.4	× 57 / 177	−13.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,745	2406.3	− 2432	−25.7	× 77 / 196	−10.1
4	31,746	2466.8	− 2473	−6.2	× 54 / 196	−1.7
5	31,747	2484.8	− 2502	−17.2	× 65 / 196	−5.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−18

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,611	2457.3	− 2432	25.3	× 42 / 173	6.1
4	31,612	2474.8	− 2473	1.8	× 74 / 173	0.8
5	31,613	2485.8	− 2502	−16.2	× 57 / 173	−5.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						2

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,470	2442.4	− 2432	10.4	× 55 / 178	3.2
4	31,471	2511.3	− 2473	38.3	× 48 / 178	10.3
5	31,472	2517.4	− 2502	15.4	× 75 / 178	6.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						20

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,458	2449.4	− 2432	17.4	× 43 / 147	5.1
4	31,459	2505.0	− 2473	32	× 54 / 147	11.8
5	31,460	2551.6	− 2502	49.6	× 50 / 147	16.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						34

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −42, −48, −31, −24, −16, −22, −18, 2, 20, 34 → −14.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 6 · 2016→2017: 17 · 2017→2018: 7 · 2018→2019: 8 · 2019→2022: 6 · 2022→2023: 4 · 2023→2024: 20 · 2024→2025: 18 · 2025→2026: 14 → 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 15, lower limit −44.

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.