Tulelake Basin 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, 36 of the 124 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 64 points under the grade 3 bar. 2369 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 18 points under the grade 4 bar. 2455 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2426 vs. 2432. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores 23 points under the grade 4 bar. 2450 vs. 2473. 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 6th 22 students 16 points under the grade 5 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 6th 13 students 35 points 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.

2015 from sb_ca2015_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,076	2370.7	− 2432	−61.3	× 32 / 129	−15.2
4	45,077	2425.4	− 2473	−47.6	× 36 / 129	−13.3
5	45,080	2459.8	− 2502	−42.2	× 31 / 129	−10.1
6	45,081	2522.3	− 2531	−8.7	× 30 / 129	−2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,783	2414.8	− 2432	−17.2	× 26 / 123	−3.6
4	41,785	2417.2	− 2473	−55.8	× 33 / 123	−15
5	41,788	2476.8	− 2502	−25.2	× 32 / 123	−6.6
6	41,789	2499.5	− 2531	−31.5	× 32 / 123	−8.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,821	2401.7	− 2432	−30.3	× 43 / 127	−10.3
4	42,822	2463.0	− 2473	−10	× 21 / 127	−1.7
5	42,825	2444.3	− 2502	−57.7	× 31 / 127	−14.1
6	42,827	2470.6	− 2531	−60.4	× 32 / 127	−15.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,835	2384.6	− 2432	−47.4	× 26 / 122	−10.1
4	42,838	2434.6	− 2473	−38.4	× 38 / 122	−12
5	42,839	2489.4	− 2502	−12.6	× 25 / 122	−2.6
6	42,842	2469.9	− 2531	−61.1	× 33 / 122	−16.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,943	2389.1	− 2432	−42.9	× 22 / 111	−8.5
4	42,944	2437.6	− 2473	−35.4	× 24 / 111	−7.7
5	42,945	2466.3	− 2502	−35.7	× 42 / 111	−13.5
6	42,946	2526.0	− 2531	−5	× 23 / 111	−1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,817	2388.6	− 2432	−43.4	× 24 / 107	−9.7
4	41,818	2368.7	− 2473	−104.3	× 33 / 107	−32.2
5	41,819	2423.8	− 2502	−78.2	× 23 / 107	−16.8
6	41,820	2434.9	− 2531	−96.1	× 27 / 107	−24.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,678	2407.5	− 2432	−24.5	× 30 / 116	−6.3
4	42,679	2435.8	− 2473	−37.2	× 27 / 116	−8.7
5	42,680	2453.8	− 2502	−48.2	× 37 / 116	−15.4
6	42,681	2479.9	− 2531	−51.1	× 22 / 116	−9.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−40

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,691	2341.2	− 2432	−90.8	× 31 / 124	−22.7
4	42,692	2447.0	− 2473	−26	× 32 / 124	−6.7
5	42,693	2448.4	− 2502	−53.6	× 26 / 124	−11.2
6	42,694	2426.6	− 2531	−104.4	× 35 / 124	−29.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,524	2364.1	− 2432	−67.9	× 34 / 137	−16.9
4	42,525	2406.6	− 2473	−66.4	× 34 / 137	−16.5
5	42,526	2470.5	− 2502	−31.5	× 37 / 137	−8.5
6	42,527	2469.1	− 2531	−61.9	× 32 / 137	−14.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,283	2373.7	− 2432	−58.3	× 27 / 142	−11.1
4	42,284	2404.1	− 2473	−68.9	× 39 / 142	−18.9
5	42,285	2374.8	− 2502	−127.2	× 31 / 142	−27.8
6	42,286	2473.0	− 2531	−58	× 45 / 142	−18.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,185	2368.5	− 2432	−63.5	× 29 / 124	−14.9
4	42,186	2454.8	− 2473	−18.2	× 23 / 124	−3.4
5	42,187	2426.1	− 2502	−75.9	× 36 / 124	−22
6	42,188	2450.3	− 2531	−80.7	× 36 / 124	−23.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−64

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −41, −33, −41, −41, −31, −83, −40, −70, −56, −76, −64 → −52.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 8 · 2016→2017: 8 · 2017→2018: 0 · 2018→2019: 10 · 2019→2021: 52 · 2021→2022: 43 · 2022→2023: 30 · 2023→2024: 14 · 2024→2025: 20 · 2025→2026: 12 → average 19.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 19.7 × 2.66 = 52.4. Upper limit 0, lower limit −104.8.

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.