Hillside 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 8.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 14 points under the grade 3 bar. 2418 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 26 points under the grade 3 bar. 2406 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 14 points under the grade 5 bar. 2488 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 6 bar. 2528 vs. 2531.
7th The average 7th grader meets the grade 7 bar. 2587 vs. 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores just under the grade 8 bar. 2559 vs. 2567.

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.

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	39,644	2426.8	− 2473	−46.2	× 12 / 25	−22.2
7	39,647	2568.2	− 2552	16.2	× 13 / 25	8.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−14

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	39,434	2431.0	− 2432	−1	× 21 / 150	−0.1
4	39,435	2440.2	− 2473	−32.8	× 22 / 150	−4.8
5	39,436	2480.9	− 2502	−21.1	× 33 / 150	−4.6
6	39,437	2542.2	− 2531	11.2	× 29 / 150	2.2
7	39,438	2517.8	− 2552	−34.2	× 31 / 150	−7.1
8	39,439	2563.4	− 2567	−3.6	× 14 / 150	−0.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	39,495	2437.7	− 2432	5.7	× 32 / 153	1.2
4	39,496	2475.0	− 2473	2	× 29 / 153	0.4
5	39,497	2474.7	− 2502	−27.3	× 17 / 153	−3
6	39,498	2527.5	− 2531	−3.5	× 31 / 153	−0.7
7	39,499	2575.0	− 2552	23	× 26 / 153	3.9
8	39,500	2533.3	− 2567	−33.7	× 18 / 153	−4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	39,314	2373.8	− 2432	−58.2	× 31 / 159	−11.3
4	39,315	2460.6	− 2473	−12.4	× 31 / 159	−2.4
5	39,316	2487.9	− 2502	−14.1	× 28 / 159	−2.5
6	39,317	2529.9	− 2531	−1.1	× 18 / 159	−0.1
7	39,318	2547.4	− 2552	−4.6	× 26 / 159	−0.8
8	39,319	2588.1	− 2567	21.1	× 25 / 159	3.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−14

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	39,083	2391.9	− 2432	−40.1	× 35 / 186	−7.5
4	39,084	2449.0	− 2473	−24	× 33 / 186	−4.3
5	39,085	2494.1	− 2502	−7.9	× 32 / 186	−1.4
6	39,086	2550.2	− 2531	19.2	× 41 / 186	4.2
7	39,087	2540.1	− 2552	−11.9	× 18 / 186	−1.2
8	39,088	2602.5	− 2567	35.5	× 27 / 186	5.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	39,017	2418.3	− 2432	−13.7	× 39 / 200	−2.7
4	39,018	2405.9	− 2473	−67.1	× 44 / 200	−14.8
5	39,019	2487.7	− 2502	−14.3	× 38 / 200	−2.7
6	39,020	2527.5	− 2531	−3.5	× 30 / 200	−0.5
7	39,021	2587.1	− 2552	35.1	× 30 / 200	5.3
8	39,022	2559.1	− 2567	−7.9	× 19 / 200	−0.8
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. −14, −15, −2, −14, −5, −16 → −11
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2019→2022: 1 · 2022→2023: 13 · 2023→2024: 12 · 2024→2025: 9 · 2025→2026: 11 → average 9.2
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.2 × 2.66 = 24.5. Upper limit 13.5, lower limit −35.5.

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 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.