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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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 17 points under the grade 3 bar. 2415 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 34 points under the grade 4 bar. 2439 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2472 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.

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
3	60,678	2403.1	− 2432	−28.9	× 67 / 184	−10.5
4	60,680	2441.7	− 2473	−31.3	× 56 / 184	−9.5
5	60,682	2527.7	− 2502	25.7	× 61 / 184	8.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	56,296	2386.2	− 2432	−45.8	× 69 / 182	−17.4
4	56,298	2414.2	− 2473	−58.8	× 61 / 182	−19.7
5	56,300	2497.4	− 2502	−4.6	× 52 / 182	−1.3
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
3	57,930	2412.3	− 2432	−19.7	× 56 / 194	−5.7
4	57,932	2470.1	− 2473	−2.9	× 72 / 194	−1.1
5	57,935	2507.3	− 2502	5.3	× 66 / 194	1.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,065	2419.5	− 2432	−12.5	× 51 / 194	−3.3
4	58,068	2462.8	− 2473	−10.2	× 68 / 194	−3.6
5	58,069	2502.9	− 2502	0.9	× 75 / 194	0.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,316	2427.2	− 2432	−4.8	× 56 / 161	−1.7
4	58,317	2476.9	− 2473	3.9	× 49 / 161	1.2
5	58,318	2519.8	− 2502	17.8	× 56 / 161	6.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						6

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,357	2430.1	− 2432	−1.9	× 62 / 159	−0.7
4	58,358	2480.6	− 2473	7.6	× 50 / 159	2.4
5	58,359	2479.7	− 2502	−22.3	× 47 / 159	−6.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,321	2394.4	− 2432	−37.6	× 55 / 167	−12.4
4	58,322	2457.7	− 2473	−15.3	× 60 / 167	−5.5
5	58,323	2509.2	− 2502	7.2	× 52 / 167	2.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,218	2383.5	− 2432	−48.5	× 50 / 170	−14.3
4	58,219	2442.8	− 2473	−30.2	× 59 / 170	−10.5
5	58,220	2499.2	− 2502	−2.8	× 61 / 170	−1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,977	2400.6	− 2432	−31.4	× 47 / 175	−8.4
4	57,978	2432.1	− 2473	−40.9	× 64 / 175	−15
5	57,979	2471.4	− 2502	−30.6	× 64 / 175	−11.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,898	2415.2	− 2432	−16.8	× 71 / 189	−6.3
4	57,899	2438.6	− 2473	−34.4	× 52 / 189	−9.5
5	57,900	2472.2	− 2502	−29.8	× 66 / 189	−10.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −12, −38, −5, −7, 6, −5, −16, −26, −35, −26 → −16.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 26 · 2016→2017: 33 · 2017→2018: 2 · 2018→2019: 13 · 2019→2022: 11 · 2022→2023: 11 · 2023→2024: 10 · 2024→2025: 9 · 2025→2026: 9 → average 13.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.8 × 2.66 = 36.7. Upper limit 20.3, lower limit −53.1.

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.