Keema School for Independent Study: 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 11.

All students

6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2472 vs. 2473. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores 16 points under the grade 6 bar. 2516 vs. 2531. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 29 points under the grade 6 bar. 2502 vs. 2531. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.
11th The average 11th grader scores just under the grade 6 bar. 2531 vs. 2531. The 11th-grade bar is 2583.

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 11th 123 students 13 points under the grade 7 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 11th 26 students Just under the grade 5 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
7	63,234	2472.5	− 2552	−79.5	× 19 / 121	−12.5
8	63,236	2493.7	− 2567	−73.3	× 25 / 121	−15.1
11	63,238	2504.8	− 2583	−78.2	× 77 / 121	−49.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−77

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	58,652	2440.6	− 2567	−126.4	× 19 / 54	−44.5
11	58,653	2512.7	− 2583	−70.3	× 35 / 54	−45.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−90

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	60,349	2448.5	− 2552	−103.5	× 11 / 130	−8.8
8	60,351	2483.7	− 2567	−83.3	× 22 / 130	−14.1
11	60,352	2499.1	− 2583	−83.9	× 97 / 130	−62.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−85

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	60,474	2511.6	− 2552	−40.4	× 12 / 104	−4.7
8	60,475	2481.8	− 2567	−85.2	× 21 / 104	−17.2
11	60,478	2493.8	− 2583	−89.2	× 71 / 104	−60.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	60,720	2469.5	− 2552	−82.5	× 15 / 98	−12.6
8	60,721	2464.2	− 2567	−102.8	× 25 / 98	−26.2
11	60,722	2532.4	− 2583	−50.6	× 58 / 98	−29.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,812	2365.7	− 2432	−66.3	× 35 / 537	−4.3
4	60,813	2391.3	− 2473	−81.7	× 36 / 537	−5.5
5	60,814	2430.9	− 2502	−71.1	× 42 / 537	−5.6
6	60,815	2456.1	− 2531	−74.9	× 38 / 537	−5.3
7	60,816	2459.5	− 2552	−92.5	× 70 / 537	−12.1
8	60,817	2479.5	− 2567	−87.5	× 124 / 537	−20.2
11	60,818	2496.1	− 2583	−86.9	× 192 / 537	−31.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−84

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	60,757	2359.5	− 2432	−72.5	× 15 / 365	−3
4	60,758	2392.7	− 2473	−80.3	× 16 / 365	−3.5
5	60,759	2415.5	− 2502	−86.5	× 26 / 365	−6.2
6	60,760	2446.4	− 2531	−84.6	× 30 / 365	−7
7	60,761	2462.0	− 2552	−90	× 32 / 365	−7.9
8	60,762	2458.0	− 2567	−109	× 58 / 365	−17.3
11	60,763	2506.5	− 2583	−76.5	× 188 / 365	−39.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−84

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	60,706	2431.4	− 2502	−70.6	× 21 / 293	−5.1
6	60,707	2493.8	− 2531	−37.2	× 16 / 293	−2
7	60,708	2482.0	− 2552	−70	× 49 / 293	−11.7
8	60,709	2465.5	− 2567	−101.5	× 60 / 293	−20.8
11	60,710	2515.0	− 2583	−68	× 147 / 293	−34.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	60,473	2425.7	− 2502	−76.3	× 15 / 333	−3.4
6	60,474	2475.0	− 2531	−56	× 13 / 333	−2.2
7	60,475	2497.7	− 2552	−54.3	× 32 / 333	−5.2
8	60,476	2485.6	− 2567	−81.4	× 86 / 333	−21
11	60,477	2531.4	− 2583	−51.6	× 187 / 333	−29
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	60,411	2471.6	− 2531	−59.4	× 15 / 248	−3.6
7	60,412	2515.5	− 2552	−36.5	× 40 / 248	−5.9
8	60,413	2502.4	− 2567	−64.6	× 44 / 248	−11.5
11	60,414	2530.7	− 2583	−52.3	× 149 / 248	−31.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−52

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −77, −90, −85, −83, −69, −84, −84, −74, −61, −52 → −75.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 13 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 2 · 2018→2019: 14 · 2019→2022: 15 · 2022→2023: 0 · 2023→2024: 10 · 2024→2025: 13 · 2025→2026: 9 → average 9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9 × 2.66 = 23.9. Upper limit −52, lower limit −99.8.

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 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.