Fairhaven 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, 57 of the 190 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 69 points under the grade 3 bar. 2363 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 34 points under the grade 3 bar. 2398 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 28 points under the grade 5 bar. 2474 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2497 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 4th 18 students 19 points under the grade 4 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 4th 28 students 70 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	51,042	2389.6	− 2432	−42.4	× 62 / 279	−9.4
4	51,045	2429.9	− 2473	−43.1	× 77 / 279	−11.9
5	51,046	2418.8	− 2502	−83.2	× 71 / 279	−21.2
6	51,049	2483.7	− 2531	−47.3	× 69 / 279	−11.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,401	2357.0	− 2432	−75	× 95 / 311	−22.9
4	47,404	2412.1	− 2473	−60.9	× 67 / 311	−13.1
5	47,406	2474.8	− 2502	−27.2	× 79 / 311	−6.9
6	47,407	2469.7	− 2531	−61.3	× 70 / 311	−13.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	48,703	2349.9	− 2432	−82.1	× 87 / 302	−23.7
4	48,705	2418.3	− 2473	−54.7	× 81 / 302	−14.7
5	48,707	2451.2	− 2502	−50.8	× 61 / 302	−10.3
6	48,709	2501.5	− 2531	−29.5	× 73 / 302	−7.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	48,715	2385.6	− 2432	−46.4	× 60 / 273	−10.2
4	48,718	2420.0	− 2473	−53	× 78 / 273	−15.1
5	48,719	2455.5	− 2502	−46.5	× 81 / 273	−13.8
6	48,722	2485.6	− 2531	−45.4	× 54 / 273	−9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	48,916	2362.1	− 2432	−69.9	× 70 / 271	−18.1
4	48,917	2412.6	− 2473	−60.4	× 55 / 271	−12.3
5	48,918	2456.9	− 2502	−45.1	× 78 / 271	−13
6	48,919	2517.6	− 2531	−13.4	× 68 / 271	−3.4
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	48,826	2308.6	− 2432	−123.4	× 31 / 200	−19.1
4	48,827	2416.4	− 2473	−56.6	× 61 / 200	−17.3
5	48,828	2419.2	− 2502	−82.8	× 56 / 200	−23.2
6	48,829	2498.4	− 2531	−32.6	× 52 / 200	−8.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	48,784	2341.9	− 2432	−90.1	× 58 / 223	−23.4
4	48,785	2403.2	− 2473	−69.8	× 54 / 223	−16.9
5	48,786	2471.7	− 2502	−30.3	× 64 / 223	−8.7
6	48,787	2519.5	− 2531	−11.5	× 47 / 223	−2.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	48,641	2383.8	− 2432	−48.2	× 53 / 223	−11.5
4	48,642	2404.0	− 2473	−69	× 55 / 223	−17
5	48,643	2417.3	− 2502	−84.7	× 53 / 223	−20.1
6	48,644	2533.5	− 2531	2.5	× 62 / 223	0.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	48,393	2353.7	− 2432	−78.3	× 51 / 215	−18.6
4	48,394	2426.4	− 2473	−46.6	× 51 / 215	−11.1
5	48,395	2467.8	− 2502	−34.2	× 53 / 215	−8.4
6	48,396	2496.6	− 2531	−34.4	× 60 / 215	−9.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	48,250	2363.0	− 2432	−69	× 47 / 190	−17.1
4	48,251	2397.7	− 2473	−75.3	× 46 / 190	−18.2
5	48,252	2473.8	− 2502	−28.2	× 47 / 190	−7
6	48,253	2496.8	− 2531	−34.2	× 50 / 190	−9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −54, −57, −56, −48, −47, −68, −51, −48, −48, −51 → −52.8
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: 1 · 2017→2018: 8 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2022: 21 · 2022→2023: 17 · 2023→2024: 3 · 2024→2025: 0 · 2025→2026: 3 → average 6.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 6.3 × 2.66 = 16.8. Upper limit −36, lower limit −69.6.

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.