La Jolla 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 32 points under the grade 3 bar. 2401 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 10 points under the grade 3 bar. 2422 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 22 points under the grade 5 bar. 2480 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 4th 101 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 5th 86 students Just under 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 4th 15 students 45 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 14 students 56 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	57,110	2369.9	− 2432	−62.1	× 165 / 468	−21.9
4	57,113	2408.8	− 2473	−64.2	× 137 / 468	−18.8
5	57,114	2449.6	− 2502	−52.4	× 166 / 468	−18.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	53,022	2387.2	− 2432	−44.8	× 153 / 462	−14.8
4	53,024	2413.4	− 2473	−59.6	× 167 / 462	−21.5
5	53,025	2455.0	− 2502	−47	× 142 / 462	−14.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,562	2373.2	− 2432	−58.8	× 135 / 444	−17.9
4	54,565	2408.4	− 2473	−64.6	× 145 / 444	−21.1
5	54,566	2436.8	− 2502	−65.2	× 164 / 444	−24.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,671	2396.8	− 2432	−35.2	× 106 / 382	−9.8
4	54,673	2415.3	− 2473	−57.7	× 127 / 382	−19.2
5	54,675	2448.7	− 2502	−53.3	× 149 / 382	−20.8
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	54,920	2392.9	− 2432	−39.1	× 138 / 386	−14
4	54,921	2429.2	− 2473	−43.8	× 113 / 386	−12.8
5	54,922	2444.7	− 2502	−57.3	× 135 / 386	−20
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	54,976	2361.2	− 2432	−70.8	× 101 / 327	−21.9
4	54,977	2410.3	− 2473	−62.7	× 106 / 327	−20.3
5	54,978	2403.2	− 2502	−98.8	× 120 / 327	−36.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−78

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,927	2365.3	− 2432	−66.7	× 131 / 356	−24.5
4	54,928	2416.9	− 2473	−56.1	× 100 / 356	−15.8
5	54,929	2428.3	− 2502	−73.7	× 125 / 356	−25.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,801	2389.9	− 2432	−42.1	× 102 / 331	−13
4	54,802	2384.9	− 2473	−88.1	× 128 / 331	−34.1
5	54,803	2446.9	− 2502	−55.1	× 101 / 331	−16.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−64

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,555	2385.7	− 2432	−46.3	× 125 / 353	−16.4
4	54,556	2419.9	− 2473	−53.1	× 101 / 353	−15.2
5	54,557	2442.1	− 2502	−59.9	× 127 / 353	−21.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−53

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,476	2400.5	− 2432	−31.5	× 115 / 331	−10.9
4	54,477	2421.7	− 2473	−51.3	× 116 / 331	−18
5	54,478	2480.0	− 2502	−22	× 100 / 331	−6.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−36

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −59, −51, −63, −50, −47, −78, −66, −64, −53, −36 → −56.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 8 · 2016→2017: 12 · 2017→2018: 13 · 2018→2019: 3 · 2019→2022: 31 · 2022→2023: 12 · 2023→2024: 2 · 2024→2025: 11 · 2025→2026: 17 → average 12.1
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 12.1 × 2.66 = 32.2. Upper limit −24.5, lower limit −88.9.

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.