Murrieta Canyon 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 11.

7th The average 7th grader meets the grade 7 bar. 2576 vs. 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores just under the grade 8 bar. 2565 vs. 2567.
11th The average 11th grader meets the grade 11 bar. 2605 vs. 2583.

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.

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
11	59,441	2619.8	− 2583	36.8	× 32 / 32	36.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						37

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	55,160	2594.1	− 2567	27.1	× 10 / 61	4.4
11	55,161	2622.9	− 2583	39.9	× 51 / 61	33.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						38

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	56,768	2564.5	− 2567	−2.5	× 11 / 90	−0.3
11	56,771	2540.0	− 2583	−43	× 79 / 90	−37.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	56,874	2528.6	− 2583	−54.4	× 86 / 86	−54.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	57,112	2563.4	− 2583	−19.6	× 88 / 88	−19.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,202	2426.5	− 2432	−5.5	× 45 / 332	−0.7
4	57,203	2483.6	− 2473	10.6	× 56 / 332	1.8
5	57,204	2531.6	− 2502	29.6	× 43 / 332	3.8
6	57,205	2545.8	− 2531	14.8	× 39 / 332	1.7
7	57,206	2578.3	− 2552	26.3	× 40 / 332	3.2
8	57,207	2591.0	− 2567	24	× 45 / 332	3.3
11	57,208	2554.8	− 2583	−28.2	× 64 / 332	−5.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						8

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,167	2441.6	− 2432	9.6	× 19 / 248	0.7
4	57,168	2495.3	− 2473	22.3	× 24 / 248	2.2
5	57,169	2487.9	− 2502	−14.1	× 28 / 248	−1.6
6	57,170	2531.1	− 2531	0.1	× 26 / 248	0
7	57,171	2596.8	− 2552	44.8	× 35 / 248	6.3
8	57,172	2573.0	− 2567	6	× 33 / 248	0.8
11	57,173	2539.2	− 2583	−43.8	× 83 / 248	−14.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−6

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,065	2452.3	− 2432	20.3	× 11 / 152	1.5
5	57,067	2506.7	− 2502	4.7	× 21 / 152	0.6
6	57,068	2541.4	− 2531	10.4	× 19 / 152	1.3
7	57,069	2566.3	− 2552	14.3	× 33 / 152	3.1
8	57,070	2599.0	− 2567	32	× 21 / 152	4.4
11	57,071	2516.5	− 2583	−66.5	× 47 / 152	−20.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−10

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	56,826	2575.6	− 2531	44.6	× 16 / 118	6
7	56,827	2623.5	− 2552	71.5	× 22 / 118	13.3
8	56,828	2639.4	− 2567	72.4	× 27 / 118	16.6
11	56,829	2551.7	− 2583	−31.3	× 53 / 118	−14.1
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
7	56,763	2576.2	− 2552	24.2	× 21 / 112	4.5
8	56,764	2564.8	− 2567	−2.2	× 31 / 112	−0.6
11	56,765	2605.2	− 2583	22.2	× 60 / 112	11.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						16

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 37, 38, −38, −54, −20, 8, −6, −10, 22, 16 → −0.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 1 · 2016→2017: 76 · 2017→2018: 16 · 2018→2019: 34 · 2019→2022: 28 · 2022→2023: 14 · 2023→2024: 4 · 2024→2025: 32 · 2025→2026: 6 → average 23.4
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 23.4 × 2.66 = 62.2. Upper limit 61.5, lower limit −62.9.

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.