Dry Creek 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 25 points under the grade 3 bar. 2407 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2466 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2469 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2542 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 66 students 15 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 68 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 65 students 19 points under the grade 5 bar. 6th 71 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 22 students 55 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 13 students 20 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 15 students 21 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 13 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.

2015 from sb_ca2015_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,384	2380.8	− 2432	−51.2	× 85 / 166	−26.2
4	63,387	2415.2	− 2473	−57.8	× 81 / 166	−28.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,801	2397.9	− 2432	−34.1	× 74 / 164	−15.4
4	58,803	2414.2	− 2473	−58.8	× 90 / 164	−32.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,514	2403.9	− 2432	−28.1	× 90 / 155	−16.3
4	60,516	2445.2	− 2473	−27.8	× 65 / 155	−11.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,639	2413.7	− 2432	−18.3	× 75 / 163	−8.4
4	60,642	2462.7	− 2473	−10.3	× 88 / 163	−5.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−14

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,886	2432.4	− 2432	0.4	× 78 / 151	0.2
4	60,887	2476.4	− 2473	3.4	× 73 / 151	1.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						2

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,986	2381.1	− 2432	−50.9	× 84 / 311	−13.7
4	60,987	2405.9	− 2473	−67.1	× 69 / 311	−14.9
5	60,988	2486.8	− 2502	−15.2	× 80 / 311	−3.9
6	60,989	2501.0	− 2531	−30	× 78 / 311	−7.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−40

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,933	2405.4	− 2432	−26.6	× 82 / 317	−6.9
4	60,934	2420.8	− 2473	−52.2	× 81 / 317	−13.3
5	60,935	2482.6	− 2502	−19.4	× 72 / 317	−4.4
6	60,936	2511.1	− 2531	−19.9	× 82 / 317	−5.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,878	2415.9	− 2432	−16.1	× 84 / 349	−3.9
4	60,879	2456.0	− 2473	−17	× 87 / 349	−4.2
5	60,880	2456.2	− 2502	−45.8	× 92 / 349	−12.1
6	60,881	2519.2	− 2531	−11.8	× 86 / 349	−2.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,647	2441.2	− 2432	9.2	× 82 / 342	2.2
4	60,648	2437.9	− 2473	−35.1	× 80 / 342	−8.2
5	60,649	2495.4	− 2502	−6.6	× 87 / 342	−1.7
6	60,650	2501.1	− 2531	−29.9	× 93 / 342	−8.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,584	2407.1	− 2432	−24.9	× 88 / 333	−6.6
4	60,585	2466.1	− 2473	−6.9	× 81 / 333	−1.7
5	60,586	2469.1	− 2502	−32.9	× 80 / 333	−7.9
6	60,587	2542.1	− 2531	11.1	× 84 / 333	2.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −54, −48, −28, −14, 2, −40, −30, −23, −16, −13 → −26.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 6 · 2016→2017: 20 · 2017→2018: 14 · 2018→2019: 16 · 2019→2022: 42 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 7 · 2024→2025: 7 · 2025→2026: 3 → average 13.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.9 × 2.66 = 37. Upper limit 10.6, lower limit −63.4.

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.