Virginia Lee Rose 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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 173 of the 421 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 68 points under the grade 3 bar. 2364 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 14 points under the grade 3 bar. 2418 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 37 points under the grade 4 bar. 2436 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores 11 points under the grade 5 bar. 2491 vs. 2502. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.

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 50 students 45 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 58 students 34 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 63 students Just under the grade 4 bar. 6th 77 students 11 points under the grade 6 bar.

English learners

Students leave this group as they become fluent, so its average stays low even where they learn well.

Grade bars 3rd 49 students 92 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 48 students 38 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 41 students 40 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 35 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.

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	39,183	2380.7	− 2432	−51.3	× 99 / 414	−12.3
4	39,186	2430.9	− 2473	−42.1	× 113 / 414	−11.5
5	39,187	2444.5	− 2502	−57.5	× 94 / 414	−13.1
6	39,190	2478.8	− 2531	−52.2	× 108 / 414	−13.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	39,323	2399.2	− 2432	−32.8	× 103 / 393	−8.6
4	39,324	2412.6	− 2473	−60.4	× 94 / 393	−14.4
5	39,325	2469.8	− 2502	−32.2	× 111 / 393	−9.1
6	39,326	2504.7	− 2531	−26.3	× 85 / 393	−5.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	39,086	2364.1	− 2432	−67.9	× 98 / 403	−16.5
4	39,087	2408.7	− 2473	−64.3	× 98 / 403	−15.6
5	39,088	2402.3	− 2502	−99.7	× 109 / 403	−27
6	39,089	2503.9	− 2531	−27.1	× 98 / 403	−6.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	39,139	2370.8	− 2432	−61.2	× 118 / 433	−16.7
4	39,140	2415.6	− 2473	−57.4	× 108 / 433	−14.3
5	39,141	2421.2	− 2502	−80.8	× 98 / 433	−18.3
6	39,142	2491.2	− 2531	−39.8	× 109 / 433	−10
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	38,967	2361.8	− 2432	−70.2	× 92 / 409	−15.8
4	38,968	2404.5	− 2473	−68.5	× 118 / 409	−19.8
5	38,969	2430.7	− 2502	−71.3	× 111 / 409	−19.4
6	38,970	2494.0	− 2531	−37	× 88 / 409	−8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	38,738	2366.4	− 2432	−65.6	× 101 / 413	−16
4	38,739	2421.9	− 2473	−51.1	× 90 / 413	−11.1
5	38,740	2449.9	− 2502	−52.1	× 112 / 413	−14.1
6	38,741	2484.6	− 2531	−46.4	× 110 / 413	−12.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	38,675	2363.8	− 2432	−68.2	× 99 / 421	−16
4	38,676	2418.4	− 2473	−54.6	× 106 / 421	−13.7
5	38,677	2435.8	− 2502	−66.2	× 104 / 421	−16.4
6	38,678	2491.1	− 2531	−39.9	× 112 / 421	−10.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −50, −38, −66, −59, −63, −54, −57 → −55.3
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2018→2019: 12 · 2019→2022: 28 · 2022→2023: 7 · 2023→2024: 4 · 2024→2025: 9 · 2025→2026: 3 → average 10.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.5 × 2.66 = 27.9. Upper limit −27.4, lower limit −83.2.

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 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.