Bautista Creek 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 5.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 24 points under the grade 3 bar. 2408 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 20 points under the grade 3 bar. 2412 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 12 points under the grade 4 bar. 2461 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 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 121 students 15 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 143 students 17 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 119 students Just 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 3rd 13 students 105 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 15 students 55 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 11 students 57 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	56,624	2399.2	− 2432	−32.8	× 129 / 434	−9.7
4	56,627	2448.4	− 2473	−24.6	× 143 / 434	−8.1
5	56,628	2478.8	− 2502	−23.2	× 162 / 434	−8.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	52,606	2393.4	− 2432	−38.6	× 167 / 448	−14.4
4	52,608	2443.4	− 2473	−29.6	× 137 / 448	−9.1
5	52,610	2502.8	− 2502	0.8	× 144 / 448	0.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,115	2402.0	− 2432	−30	× 133 / 440	−9.1
4	54,116	2446.0	− 2473	−27	× 157 / 440	−9.6
5	54,118	2482.0	− 2502	−20	× 150 / 440	−6.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,224	2395.6	− 2432	−36.4	× 160 / 473	−12.3
4	54,226	2447.1	− 2473	−25.9	× 144 / 473	−7.9
5	54,228	2468.1	− 2502	−33.9	× 169 / 473	−12.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,458	2409.7	− 2432	−22.3	× 156 / 458	−7.6
4	54,459	2450.9	− 2473	−22.1	× 150 / 458	−7.2
5	54,460	2501.4	− 2502	−0.6	× 152 / 458	−0.2
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	54,504	2394.1	− 2432	−37.9	× 164 / 460	−13.5
4	54,505	2426.4	− 2473	−46.6	× 162 / 460	−16.4
5	54,506	2462.6	− 2502	−39.4	× 134 / 460	−11.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,453	2389.8	− 2432	−42.2	× 162 / 503	−13.6
4	54,454	2422.6	− 2473	−50.4	× 170 / 503	−17
5	54,455	2431.5	− 2502	−70.5	× 171 / 503	−24
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,325	2370.4	− 2432	−61.6	× 142 / 485	−18
4	54,326	2424.4	− 2473	−48.6	× 170 / 485	−17
5	54,327	2439.3	− 2502	−62.7	× 173 / 485	−22.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,063	2390.9	− 2432	−41.1	× 159 / 473	−13.8
4	54,064	2410.0	− 2473	−63	× 146 / 473	−19.4
5	54,065	2464.2	− 2502	−37.8	× 168 / 473	−13.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,002	2408.2	− 2432	−23.8	× 134 / 422	−7.6
4	54,003	2411.8	− 2473	−61.2	× 158 / 422	−22.9
5	54,004	2460.6	− 2502	−41.4	× 130 / 422	−12.8
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. −27, −23, −26, −32, −15, −41, −55, −57, −47, −43 → −36.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 4 · 2016→2017: 3 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 17 · 2019→2022: 26 · 2022→2023: 14 · 2023→2024: 2 · 2024→2025: 10 · 2025→2026: 4 → average 9.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.6 × 2.66 = 25.5. Upper limit −11.1, lower limit −62.1.

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.