Highlands 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 6.

3rd The average 3rd grader meets the grade 3 bar. 2455 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2498 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2505 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2588 vs. 2531.

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	37,385	2420.0	− 2432	−12	× 68 / 265	−3.1
4	37,388	2443.2	− 2473	−29.8	× 64 / 265	−7.2
5	37,389	2482.3	− 2502	−19.7	× 60 / 265	−4.5
6	37,392	2534.0	− 2531	3	× 73 / 265	0.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−14

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	34,783	2435.3	− 2432	3.3	× 55 / 244	0.7
4	34,785	2466.2	− 2473	−6.8	× 66 / 244	−1.8
5	34,786	2461.4	− 2502	−40.6	× 64 / 244	−10.6
6	34,789	2549.5	− 2531	18.5	× 59 / 244	4.5
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	35,429	2420.0	− 2432	−12	× 51 / 234	−2.6
4	35,430	2474.2	− 2473	1.2	× 55 / 234	0.3
5	35,432	2490.3	− 2502	−11.7	× 62 / 234	−3.1
6	35,435	2509.9	− 2531	−21.1	× 66 / 234	−6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−11

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	35,438	2412.5	− 2432	−19.5	× 43 / 216	−3.9
4	35,440	2461.6	− 2473	−11.4	× 52 / 216	−2.7
5	35,442	2495.5	− 2502	−6.5	× 60 / 216	−1.8
6	35,444	2542.9	− 2531	11.9	× 61 / 216	3.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	35,601	2395.7	− 2432	−36.3	× 59 / 209	−10.2
4	35,602	2439.9	− 2473	−33.1	× 38 / 209	−6
5	35,603	2520.9	− 2502	18.9	× 48 / 209	4.3
6	35,604	2517.4	− 2531	−13.6	× 64 / 209	−4.2
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	35,490	2456.3	− 2432	24.3	× 117 / 457	6.2
4	35,491	2495.4	− 2473	22.4	× 128 / 457	6.3
5	35,492	2532.3	− 2502	30.3	× 107 / 457	7.1
6	35,493	2539.9	− 2531	8.9	× 105 / 457	2
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	35,495	2446.2	− 2432	14.2	× 101 / 292	4.9
4	35,496	2485.4	− 2473	12.4	× 64 / 292	2.7
5	35,497	2474.9	− 2502	−27.1	× 59 / 292	−5.5
6	35,498	2533.2	− 2531	2.2	× 68 / 292	0.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						3

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	35,357	2442.1	− 2432	10.1	× 81 / 289	2.8
4	35,358	2461.7	− 2473	−11.3	× 90 / 289	−3.5
5	35,359	2519.2	− 2502	17.2	× 64 / 289	3.8
6	35,360	2527.6	− 2531	−3.4	× 54 / 289	−0.6
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	35,198	2450.3	− 2432	18.3	× 94 / 351	4.9
4	35,199	2473.6	− 2473	0.6	× 83 / 351	0.1
5	35,200	2528.7	− 2502	26.7	× 105 / 351	8
6	35,201	2588.6	− 2531	57.6	× 69 / 351	11.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						24

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	35,192	2454.5	− 2432	22.5	× 78 / 335	5.2
4	35,193	2498.0	− 2473	25	× 87 / 335	6.5
5	35,194	2505.2	− 2502	3.2	× 70 / 335	0.7
6	35,195	2588.3	− 2531	57.3	× 100 / 335	17.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						30

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −14, −7, −11, −5, −16, 22, 3, 2, 24, 30 → 2.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 7 · 2016→2017: 4 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 11 · 2019→2022: 38 · 2022→2023: 19 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 22 · 2025→2026: 6 → average 12.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 12.7 × 2.66 = 33.8. Upper limit 36.6, lower limit −31.

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.