Antelope 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.

6th The average 6th grader scores 21 points under the grade 5 bar. 2481 vs. 2502. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader meets the grade 7 bar. 2567 vs. 2552.
8th The average 8th grader meets the grade 8 bar. 2578 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.

2015 from sb_ca2015_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,149	2462.5	− 2432	30.5	× 18 / 69	8
4	45,152	2495.6	− 2473	22.6	× 11 / 69	3.6
5	45,153	2550.7	− 2502	48.7	× 15 / 69	10.6
6	45,156	2593.5	− 2531	62.5	× 11 / 69	10
8	45,159	2574.7	− 2567	7.7	× 14 / 69	1.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						34

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	41,856	2480.0	− 2473	7	× 20 / 45	3.1
5	41,858	2542.9	− 2502	40.9	× 14 / 45	12.7
6	41,859	2617.6	− 2531	86.6	× 11 / 45	21.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						37

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,895	2377.4	− 2432	−54.6	× 16 / 72	−12.1
4	42,896	2446.7	− 2473	−26.3	× 12 / 72	−4.4
5	42,899	2549.4	− 2502	47.4	× 19 / 72	12.5
6	42,901	2552.6	− 2531	21.6	× 14 / 72	4.2
7	42,903	2599.8	− 2552	47.8	× 11 / 72	7.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						7

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,897	2403.2	− 2432	−28.8	× 15 / 84	−5.1
4	42,900	2460.0	− 2473	−13	× 15 / 84	−2.3
5	42,901	2516.3	− 2502	14.3	× 11 / 84	1.9
6	42,904	2567.3	− 2531	36.3	× 18 / 84	7.8
7	42,905	2581.1	− 2552	29.1	× 12 / 84	4.2
8	42,908	2598.9	− 2567	31.9	× 13 / 84	4.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						11

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	43,013	2452.2	− 2432	20.2	× 18 / 69	5.3
4	43,014	2435.5	− 2473	−37.5	× 11 / 69	−6
5	43,015	2524.0	− 2502	22	× 14 / 69	4.5
7	43,017	2611.2	− 2552	59.2	× 14 / 69	12
8	43,018	2651.4	− 2567	84.4	× 12 / 69	14.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						30

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,883	2423.7	− 2432	−8.3	× 13 / 54	−2
5	41,885	2545.2	− 2502	43.2	× 18 / 54	14.4
6	41,886	2486.5	− 2531	−44.5	× 11 / 54	−9.1
7	41,887	2583.6	− 2552	31.6	× 12 / 54	7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						10

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,748	2446.9	− 2432	14.9	× 13 / 64	3
4	42,749	2486.1	− 2473	13.1	× 14 / 64	2.9
6	42,751	2515.5	− 2531	−15.5	× 15 / 64	−3.6
7	42,752	2526.8	− 2552	−25.2	× 11 / 64	−4.3
8	42,753	2584.5	− 2567	17.5	× 11 / 64	3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						1

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,761	2428.7	− 2432	−3.3	× 18 / 60	−1
4	42,762	2496.6	− 2473	23.6	× 15 / 60	5.9
5	42,763	2502.1	− 2502	0.1	× 12 / 60	0
7	42,765	2540.0	− 2552	−12	× 15 / 60	−3
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
4	42,587	2438.0	− 2473	−35	× 17 / 56	−10.6
5	42,588	2514.3	− 2502	12.3	× 15 / 56	3.3
6	42,589	2558.7	− 2531	27.7	× 12 / 56	5.9
8	42,591	2556.5	− 2567	−10.5	× 12 / 56	−2.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,341	2378.9	− 2432	−53.1	× 13 / 41	−16.8
5	42,343	2447.7	− 2502	−54.3	× 15 / 41	−19.9
6	42,344	2544.3	− 2531	13.3	× 13 / 41	4.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	42,246	2481.1	− 2531	−49.9	× 14 / 37	−18.9
7	42,247	2566.5	− 2552	14.5	× 11 / 37	4.3
8	42,248	2577.9	− 2567	10.9	× 12 / 37	3.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−11

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 34, 37, 7, 11, 30, 10, 1, 2, −4, −32, −11 → 7.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 3 · 2016→2017: 30 · 2017→2018: 4 · 2018→2019: 19 · 2019→2021: 20 · 2021→2022: 9 · 2022→2023: 1 · 2023→2024: 6 · 2024→2025: 28 · 2025→2026: 21 → average 14.1
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 14.1 × 2.66 = 37.5. Upper limit 45.2, lower limit −29.8.

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.