Howe Avenue 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 3 bar

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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 221 of the 367 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 99 points under the grade 3 bar. 2333 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 65 points under the grade 3 bar. 2367 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 18 points under the grade 3 bar. 2414 vs. 2432. The 5th-grade bar is 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 3rd 41 students 36 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 53 students 22 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 52 students 20 points under the grade 4 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 74 students 134 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 77 students 95 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 70 students 46 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	62,476	2324.1	− 2432	−107.9	× 111 / 301	−39.8
4	62,478	2365.4	− 2473	−107.6	× 91 / 301	−32.5
5	62,480	2403.3	− 2502	−98.7	× 99 / 301	−32.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−105

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	57,969	2331.1	− 2432	−100.9	× 107 / 294	−36.7
4	57,972	2375.4	− 2473	−97.6	× 100 / 294	−33.2
5	57,973	2407.8	− 2502	−94.2	× 87 / 294	−27.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−98

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	59,665	2340.6	− 2432	−91.4	× 104 / 318	−29.9
4	59,667	2375.4	− 2473	−97.6	× 108 / 318	−33.1
5	59,669	2398.1	− 2502	−103.9	× 106 / 318	−34.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−98

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	59,781	2336.3	− 2432	−95.7	× 102 / 302	−32.3
4	59,784	2395.6	− 2473	−77.4	× 101 / 302	−25.9
5	59,785	2418.4	− 2502	−83.6	× 99 / 302	−27.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−86

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,032	2341.7	− 2432	−90.3	× 149 / 336	−40
4	60,033	2362.7	− 2473	−110.3	× 88 / 336	−28.9
5	60,034	2418.4	− 2502	−83.6	× 99 / 336	−24.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−94

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,100	2332.9	− 2432	−99.1	× 118 / 348	−33.6
4	60,101	2355.4	− 2473	−117.6	× 115 / 348	−38.9
5	60,102	2377.4	− 2502	−124.6	× 115 / 348	−41.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−114

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,055	2322.1	− 2432	−109.9	× 108 / 325	−36.5
4	60,056	2367.8	− 2473	−105.2	× 108 / 325	−35
5	60,057	2389.8	− 2502	−112.2	× 109 / 325	−37.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−109

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	59,980	2340.7	− 2432	−91.3	× 105 / 311	−30.8
4	59,981	2338.2	− 2473	−134.8	× 101 / 311	−43.8
5	59,982	2400.8	− 2502	−101.2	× 105 / 311	−34.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−109

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	59,741	2343.6	− 2432	−88.4	× 110 / 321	−30.3
4	59,742	2376.3	− 2473	−96.7	× 105 / 321	−31.6
5	59,743	2373.1	− 2502	−128.9	× 106 / 321	−42.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−104

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	59,668	2333.2	− 2432	−98.8	× 115 / 367	−31
4	59,669	2366.9	− 2473	−106.1	× 130 / 367	−37.6
5	59,670	2414.3	− 2502	−87.7	× 122 / 367	−29.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−98

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −105, −98, −98, −86, −94, −114, −109, −109, −104, −98 → −101.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 7 · 2016→2017: 0 · 2017→2018: 12 · 2018→2019: 8 · 2019→2022: 20 · 2022→2023: 5 · 2023→2024: 0 · 2024→2025: 5 · 2025→2026: 6 → average 7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 7 × 2.66 = 18.6. Upper limit −82.9, lower limit −120.1.

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.