Cecil B. DeMille My Viet Language Academy: 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 5.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader meets the grade 3 bar. 2462 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2482 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2531 vs. 2502.

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 54 students Meets the grade 3 bar. 4th 45 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 52 students Meets 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 3rd 20 students 55 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 19 students 24 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 11 students Just 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	52,269	2426.3	− 2432	−5.7	× 68 / 239	−1.6
4	52,271	2422.8	− 2473	−50.2	× 61 / 239	−12.8
5	52,273	2490.2	− 2502	−11.8	× 61 / 239	−3
6	52,275	2550.7	− 2531	19.7	× 49 / 239	4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	48,569	2411.5	− 2432	−20.5	× 52 / 234	−4.6
4	48,572	2474.8	− 2473	1.8	× 69 / 234	0.5
5	48,573	2469.2	− 2502	−32.8	× 58 / 234	−8.1
6	48,575	2527.1	− 2531	−3.9	× 55 / 234	−0.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	49,889	2423.7	− 2432	−8.3	× 57 / 226	−2.1
4	49,892	2473.1	− 2473	0.1	× 50 / 226	0
5	49,893	2506.0	− 2502	4	× 66 / 226	1.2
6	49,896	2497.3	− 2531	−33.7	× 53 / 226	−7.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−9

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	49,906	2417.5	− 2432	−14.5	× 59 / 216	−4
4	49,908	2452.9	− 2473	−20.1	× 55 / 216	−5.1
5	49,909	2515.3	− 2502	13.3	× 48 / 216	3
6	49,912	2543.6	− 2531	12.6	× 54 / 216	3.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−3

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	50,096	2457.4	− 2432	25.4	× 58 / 212	6.9
4	50,097	2454.8	− 2473	−18.2	× 59 / 212	−5.1
5	50,098	2505.7	− 2502	3.7	× 58 / 212	1
6	50,099	2539.8	− 2531	8.8	× 37 / 212	1.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						4

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	50,006	2433.6	− 2432	1.6	× 69 / 262	0.4
4	50,007	2494.6	− 2473	21.6	× 79 / 262	6.5
5	50,008	2518.2	− 2502	16.2	× 65 / 262	4
6	50,009	2536.3	− 2531	5.3	× 49 / 262	1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						12

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	49,964	2457.2	− 2432	25.2	× 52 / 261	5
4	49,965	2493.1	− 2473	20.1	× 67 / 261	5.2
5	49,966	2523.6	− 2502	21.6	× 79 / 261	6.5
6	49,967	2550.2	− 2531	19.2	× 63 / 261	4.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						21

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	49,819	2446.7	− 2432	14.7	× 66 / 266	3.6
4	49,820	2487.8	− 2473	14.8	× 58 / 266	3.2
5	49,821	2534.2	− 2502	32.2	× 67 / 266	8.1
6	49,822	2543.3	− 2531	12.3	× 75 / 266	3.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						18

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	49,575	2454.6	− 2432	22.6	× 66 / 253	5.9
4	49,576	2465.7	− 2473	−7.3	× 70 / 253	−2
5	49,577	2542.4	− 2502	40.4	× 58 / 253	9.3
6	49,578	2568.5	− 2531	37.5	× 59 / 253	8.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						22

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	49,454	2461.5	− 2432	29.5	× 74 / 201	10.9
4	49,455	2481.8	− 2473	8.8	× 64 / 201	2.8
5	49,456	2530.5	− 2502	28.5	× 63 / 201	8.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						23

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −13, −13, −9, −3, 4, 12, 21, 18, 22, 23 → 6.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 0 · 2016→2017: 4 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 7 · 2019→2022: 8 · 2022→2023: 9 · 2023→2024: 3 · 2024→2025: 4 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 4.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 4.7 × 2.66 = 12.5. Upper limit 18.7, lower limit −6.3.

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.