Paso Verde: 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 8.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 37 points under the grade 3 bar. 2395 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 28 points under the grade 4 bar. 2445 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 22 points under the grade 5 bar. 2480 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2494 vs. 2502. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores just under the grade 6 bar. 2528 vs. 2531. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores just under the grade 7 bar. 2548 vs. 2552. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.

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 29 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 77 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 3rd 15 students 77 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 12 students 38 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.

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,248	2449.2	− 2432	17.2	× 54 / 119	7.8
4	60,249	2462.4	− 2473	−10.6	× 31 / 119	−2.8
5	60,252	2525.8	− 2502	23.8	× 34 / 119	6.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						12

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,488	2461.1	− 2432	29.1	× 70 / 232	8.8
4	60,489	2480.9	− 2473	7.9	× 59 / 232	2
5	60,490	2528.5	− 2502	26.5	× 51 / 232	5.8
6	60,491	2537.9	− 2531	6.9	× 52 / 232	1.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						18

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,554	2429.3	− 2432	−2.7	× 87 / 467	−0.5
4	60,555	2480.7	− 2473	7.7	× 91 / 467	1.5
5	60,556	2519.4	− 2502	17.4	× 91 / 467	3.4
6	60,557	2511.7	− 2531	−19.3	× 78 / 467	−3.2
7	60,558	2527.4	− 2552	−24.6	× 65 / 467	−3.4
8	60,559	2571.9	− 2567	4.9	× 55 / 467	0.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,505	2433.2	− 2432	1.2	× 95 / 527	0.2
4	60,506	2473.8	− 2473	0.8	× 91 / 527	0.1
5	60,507	2513.6	− 2502	11.6	× 97 / 527	2.1
6	60,508	2501.8	− 2531	−29.2	× 84 / 527	−4.7
7	60,509	2518.7	− 2552	−33.3	× 88 / 527	−5.6
8	60,510	2541.7	− 2567	−25.3	× 72 / 527	−3.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−11

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,450	2409.2	− 2432	−22.8	× 88 / 504	−4
4	60,451	2476.6	− 2473	3.6	× 90 / 504	0.6
5	60,452	2512.7	− 2502	10.7	× 91 / 504	1.9
6	60,453	2523.6	− 2531	−7.4	× 91 / 504	−1.3
7	60,454	2542.6	− 2552	−9.4	× 79 / 504	−1.5
8	60,455	2538.7	− 2567	−28.3	× 65 / 504	−3.6
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	60,209	2384.9	− 2432	−47.1	× 93 / 543	−8.1
4	60,210	2432.3	− 2473	−40.7	× 92 / 543	−6.9
5	60,211	2488.1	− 2502	−13.9	× 91 / 543	−2.3
6	60,212	2510.3	− 2531	−20.7	× 84 / 543	−3.2
7	60,213	2525.8	− 2552	−26.2	× 98 / 543	−4.7
8	60,214	2545.7	− 2567	−21.3	× 85 / 543	−3.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,138	2395.2	− 2432	−36.8	× 96 / 532	−6.6
4	60,139	2445.0	− 2473	−28	× 89 / 532	−4.7
5	60,140	2479.9	− 2502	−22.1	× 89 / 532	−3.7
6	60,141	2494.4	− 2531	−36.6	× 78 / 532	−5.4
7	60,142	2528.0	− 2552	−24	× 92 / 532	−4.2
8	60,143	2547.7	− 2567	−19.3	× 88 / 532	−3.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 12, 18, −2, −11, −8, −29, −28 → −6.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2018→2019: 6 · 2019→2022: 20 · 2022→2023: 9 · 2023→2024: 3 · 2024→2025: 21 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 10
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10 × 2.66 = 26.6. Upper limit 19.7, lower limit −33.5.

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