Encore Jr./Sr. High School For The Performing And: 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.

7th The average 7th grader scores 12 points under the grade 5 bar. 2490 vs. 2502. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 28 points under the grade 6 bar. 2503 vs. 2531. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.
11th The average 11th grader scores 16 points under the grade 11 bar. 2567 vs. 2583.

2024 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
7	69,239	2528.6	− 2552	−23.4	× 228 / 549	−9.7
8	69,242	2519.7	− 2567	−47.3	× 192 / 549	−16.5
11	69,243	2603.1	− 2583	20.1	× 129 / 549	4.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	64,177	2520.3	− 2552	−31.7	× 297 / 668	−14.1
8	64,180	2554.3	− 2567	−12.7	× 226 / 668	−4.3
11	64,182	2607.9	− 2583	24.9	× 145 / 668	5.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	65,975	2514.1	− 2552	−37.9	× 199 / 586	−12.9
8	65,977	2525.4	− 2567	−41.6	× 230 / 586	−16.3
11	65,980	2621.1	− 2583	38.1	× 157 / 586	10.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	66,057	2515.1	− 2552	−36.9	× 178 / 487	−13.5
8	66,060	2512.9	− 2567	−54.1	× 183 / 487	−20.3
11	66,061	2583.2	− 2583	0.2	× 126 / 487	0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	66,438	2524.9	− 2552	−27.1	× 205 / 521	−10.7
8	66,439	2536.5	− 2567	−30.5	× 191 / 521	−11.2
11	66,440	2591.0	− 2583	8	× 125 / 521	1.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	65,019	2483.6	− 2552	−68.4	× 58 / 141	−28.1
8	65,020	2478.7	− 2567	−88.3	× 47 / 141	−29.4
11	65,021	2551.4	− 2583	−31.6	× 36 / 141	−8.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	66,512	2469.6	− 2552	−82.4	× 93 / 314	−24.4
8	66,513	2499.6	− 2567	−67.4	× 131 / 314	−28.1
11	66,514	2570.3	− 2583	−12.7	× 90 / 314	−3.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	66,510	2515.4	− 2552	−36.6	× 117 / 284	−15.1
8	66,511	2503.9	− 2567	−63.1	× 91 / 284	−20.2
11	66,512	2583.9	− 2583	0.9	× 76 / 284	0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	66,494	2490.3	− 2552	−61.7	× 89 / 250	−22
8	66,495	2502.6	− 2567	−64.4	× 96 / 250	−24.7
11	66,496	2567.2	− 2583	−15.8	× 65 / 250	−4.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −22, −13, −19, −34, −20, −66, −56, −35, −51 → −35.1
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 9 · 2016→2017: 6 · 2017→2018: 15 · 2018→2019: 14 · 2019→2021: 46 · 2021→2022: 10 · 2022→2023: 21 · 2023→2024: 16 → average 17.1
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 17.1 × 2.66 = 45.5. Upper limit 10.4, lower limit −80.6.

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.