Susan B. Anthony 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.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader meets the grade 3 bar. 2466 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2520 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2573 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2545 vs. 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 5th 37 students Meets the grade 5 bar. 6th 33 students Meets 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 5th 11 students Just under the grade 4 bar. 6th 11 students 41 points under the grade 4 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	50,047	2395.3	− 2432	−36.7	× 78 / 303	−9.4
4	50,048	2431.6	− 2473	−41.4	× 72 / 303	−9.8
5	50,051	2487.7	− 2502	−14.3	× 89 / 303	−4.2
6	50,052	2533.2	− 2531	2.2	× 64 / 303	0.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	46,515	2415.7	− 2432	−16.3	× 69 / 310	−3.6
4	46,517	2450.3	− 2473	−22.7	× 82 / 310	−6
5	46,520	2485.8	− 2502	−16.2	× 72 / 310	−3.8
6	46,521	2558.8	− 2531	27.8	× 87 / 310	7.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−6

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,760	2436.4	− 2432	4.4	× 69 / 288	1.1
4	47,761	2455.1	− 2473	−17.9	× 67 / 288	−4.2
5	47,763	2505.9	− 2502	3.9	× 79 / 288	1.1
6	47,766	2546.7	− 2531	15.7	× 73 / 288	4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						2

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,763	2483.8	− 2432	51.8	× 45 / 227	10.3
4	47,765	2527.4	− 2473	54.4	× 59 / 227	14.1
5	47,767	2557.7	− 2502	55.7	× 58 / 227	14.2
6	47,769	2569.5	− 2531	38.5	× 65 / 227	11
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	47,942	2467.4	− 2432	35.4	× 44 / 221	7
4	47,943	2517.7	− 2473	44.7	× 50 / 221	10.1
5	47,944	2550.1	− 2502	48.1	× 67 / 221	14.6
6	47,945	2588.0	− 2531	57	× 60 / 221	15.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						47

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,802	2447.3	− 2432	15.3	× 52 / 196	4.1
4	47,803	2522.1	− 2473	49.1	× 54 / 196	13.5
5	47,804	2547.1	− 2502	45.1	× 39 / 196	9
6	47,805	2584.1	− 2531	53.1	× 51 / 196	13.8
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	47,784	2428.1	− 2432	−3.9	× 42 / 196	−0.8
4	47,785	2491.7	− 2473	18.7	× 55 / 196	5.2
5	47,786	2559.8	− 2502	57.8	× 59 / 196	17.4
6	47,787	2550.6	− 2531	19.6	× 40 / 196	4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						26

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,637	2490.2	− 2432	58.2	× 50 / 205	14.2
4	47,638	2479.3	− 2473	6.3	× 42 / 205	1.3
5	47,639	2540.3	− 2502	38.3	× 54 / 205	10.1
6	47,640	2592.4	− 2531	61.4	× 59 / 205	17.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						43

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,393	2486.7	− 2432	54.7	× 52 / 205	13.9
4	47,394	2514.2	− 2473	41.2	× 48 / 205	9.6
5	47,395	2527.2	− 2502	25.2	× 42 / 205	5.2
6	47,396	2574.4	− 2531	43.4	× 63 / 205	13.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						42

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,263	2465.5	− 2432	33.5	× 33 / 174	6.4
4	47,264	2519.5	− 2473	46.5	× 49 / 174	13.1
5	47,265	2572.5	− 2502	70.5	× 48 / 174	19.4
6	47,266	2545.4	− 2531	14.4	× 44 / 174	3.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						43

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −23, −6, 2, 50, 47, 40, 26, 43, 42, 43 → 26.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 17 · 2016→2017: 8 · 2017→2018: 48 · 2018→2019: 3 · 2019→2022: 7 · 2022→2023: 14 · 2023→2024: 17 · 2024→2025: 1 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 12.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 12.9 × 2.66 = 34.3. Upper limit 60.7, lower limit −7.9.

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.