Marion Mix 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.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 33 points under the grade 3 bar. 2399 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 14 points under the grade 4 bar. 2459 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2505 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 6 bar. 2524 vs. 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 3rd 81 students 30 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 87 students 14 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 106 students Meets the grade 5 bar. 6th 94 students Meets the grade 6 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 19 students 45 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 25 students 17 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 14 students 13 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 19 students 22 points 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.

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,785	2413.0	− 2432	−19	× 105 / 388	−5.1
4	55,787	2461.0	− 2473	−12	× 92 / 388	−2.8
5	55,789	2514.7	− 2502	12.7	× 105 / 388	3.4
6	55,792	2513.7	− 2531	−17.3	× 86 / 388	−3.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,410	2424.0	− 2432	−8	× 104 / 435	−1.9
4	57,412	2466.9	− 2473	−6.1	× 119 / 435	−1.7
5	57,414	2502.9	− 2502	0.9	× 102 / 435	0.2
6	57,417	2540.1	− 2531	9.1	× 110 / 435	2.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−1

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,522	2454.0	− 2432	22	× 93 / 411	5
4	57,523	2469.0	− 2473	−4	× 111 / 411	−1.1
5	57,526	2513.2	− 2502	11.2	× 104 / 411	2.8
6	57,527	2542.2	− 2531	11.2	× 103 / 411	2.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						10

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,770	2449.8	− 2432	17.8	× 115 / 437	4.7
4	57,771	2500.1	− 2473	27.1	× 90 / 437	5.6
5	57,772	2482.9	− 2502	−19.1	× 115 / 437	−5
6	57,773	2533.5	− 2531	2.5	× 117 / 437	0.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						6

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	56,453	2400.1	− 2432	−31.9	× 101 / 410	−7.9
4	56,454	2445.2	− 2473	−27.8	× 108 / 410	−7.3
5	56,455	2486.6	− 2502	−15.4	× 112 / 410	−4.2
6	56,456	2532.0	− 2531	1	× 89 / 410	0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,809	2388.7	− 2432	−43.3	× 103 / 435	−10.3
4	57,810	2463.5	− 2473	−9.5	× 112 / 435	−2.4
5	57,811	2505.4	− 2502	3.4	× 109 / 435	0.9
6	57,812	2526.3	− 2531	−4.7	× 111 / 435	−1.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,769	2413.2	− 2432	−18.8	× 101 / 426	−4.5
4	57,770	2446.1	− 2473	−26.9	× 100 / 426	−6.3
5	57,771	2499.9	− 2502	−2.1	× 107 / 426	−0.5
6	57,772	2540.6	− 2531	9.6	× 118 / 426	2.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−9

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,669	2439.8	− 2432	7.8	× 104 / 430	1.9
4	57,670	2461.4	− 2473	−11.6	× 111 / 430	−3
5	57,671	2502.1	− 2502	0.1	× 98 / 430	0
6	57,672	2506.3	− 2531	−24.7	× 117 / 430	−6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,429	2405.4	− 2432	−26.6	× 106 / 416	−6.8
4	57,430	2479.4	− 2473	6.4	× 108 / 416	1.7
5	57,431	2482.6	− 2502	−19.4	× 103 / 416	−4.8
6	57,432	2529.9	− 2531	−1.1	× 99 / 416	−0.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−10

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,350	2399.0	− 2432	−33	× 100 / 445	−7.4
4	57,351	2458.7	− 2473	−14.3	× 112 / 445	−3.6
5	57,352	2504.5	− 2502	2.5	× 120 / 445	0.7
6	57,353	2523.6	− 2531	−7.4	× 113 / 445	−1.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −8, −1, 10, 6, −19, −13, −9, −8, −10, −12 → −6.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2016→2017: 7 · 2017→2018: 11 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2021: 25 · 2021→2022: 6 · 2022→2023: 4 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 2 · 2025→2026: 2 → average 6.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 6.9 × 2.66 = 18.4. Upper limit 12, lower limit −24.8.

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 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.