Price (Adelaide) 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, 70 of the 262 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 55 points under the grade 3 bar. 2377 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 17 points under the grade 4 bar. 2456 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2495 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2493 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 39 students 28 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 59 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 35 students Meets the grade 5 bar. 6th 59 students 16 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 27 students 95 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 16 students 54 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 13 students 32 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 14 students 34 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	47,838	2375.0	− 2432	−57	× 119 / 466	−14.6
4	47,841	2410.1	− 2473	−62.9	× 137 / 466	−18.5
5	47,842	2483.5	− 2502	−18.5	× 105 / 466	−4.2
6	47,845	2493.7	− 2531	−37.3	× 105 / 466	−8.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	44,505	2382.6	− 2432	−49.4	× 110 / 462	−11.8
4	44,508	2421.5	− 2473	−51.5	× 122 / 462	−13.6
5	44,510	2475.2	− 2502	−26.8	× 129 / 462	−7.5
6	44,511	2523.7	− 2531	−7.3	× 101 / 462	−1.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,677	2393.6	− 2432	−38.4	× 119 / 472	−9.7
4	45,679	2434.7	− 2473	−38.3	× 108 / 472	−8.8
5	45,681	2467.3	− 2502	−34.7	× 115 / 472	−8.5
6	45,683	2503.3	− 2531	−27.7	× 130 / 472	−7.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,693	2418.3	− 2432	−13.7	× 98 / 435	−3.1
4	45,695	2451.1	− 2473	−21.9	× 116 / 435	−5.8
5	45,697	2506.6	− 2502	4.6	× 105 / 435	1.1
6	45,699	2529.8	− 2531	−1.2	× 116 / 435	−0.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,870	2409.8	− 2432	−22.2	× 128 / 456	−6.2
4	45,871	2434.7	− 2473	−38.3	× 101 / 456	−8.5
5	45,872	2496.4	− 2502	−5.6	× 120 / 456	−1.5
6	45,873	2536.6	− 2531	5.6	× 107 / 456	1.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,688	2382.4	− 2432	−49.6	× 87 / 361	−12
4	45,689	2436.9	− 2473	−36.1	× 79 / 361	−7.9
5	45,690	2472.1	− 2502	−29.9	× 86 / 361	−7.1
6	45,691	2494.7	− 2531	−36.3	× 109 / 361	−11
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,670	2393.0	− 2432	−39	× 72 / 308	−9.1
4	45,671	2445.9	− 2473	−27.1	× 81 / 308	−7.1
5	45,672	2475.8	− 2502	−26.2	× 74 / 308	−6.3
6	45,673	2493.7	− 2531	−37.3	× 81 / 308	−9.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,529	2429.1	− 2432	−2.9	× 54 / 279	−0.6
4	45,530	2446.2	− 2473	−26.8	× 74 / 279	−7.1
5	45,531	2462.8	− 2502	−39.2	× 81 / 279	−11.4
6	45,532	2487.1	− 2531	−43.9	× 70 / 279	−11
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,283	2387.7	− 2432	−44.3	× 81 / 284	−12.6
4	45,284	2453.0	− 2473	−20	× 49 / 284	−3.5
5	45,285	2480.3	− 2502	−21.7	× 74 / 284	−5.7
6	45,286	2492.6	− 2531	−38.4	× 80 / 284	−10.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,177	2376.8	− 2432	−55.2	× 66 / 262	−13.9
4	45,178	2456.4	− 2473	−16.6	× 75 / 262	−4.8
5	45,179	2494.6	− 2502	−7.4	× 48 / 262	−1.4
6	45,180	2492.6	− 2531	−38.4	× 73 / 262	−10.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −46, −34, −35, −8, −15, −38, −32, −30, −33, −31 → −30.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 12 · 2016→2017: 1 · 2017→2018: 27 · 2018→2019: 7 · 2019→2022: 23 · 2022→2023: 6 · 2023→2024: 2 · 2024→2025: 3 · 2025→2026: 2 → 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 −5.7, lower limit −54.7.

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.