Morongo Valley 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 26 points under the grade 3 bar. 2407 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2517 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2531 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2532 vs. 2531.

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.

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	66,292	2408.5	− 2432	−23.5	× 33 / 129	−6
4	66,294	2467.1	− 2473	−5.9	× 37 / 129	−1.7
5	66,296	2520.0	− 2502	18	× 26 / 129	3.6
6	66,298	2521.3	− 2531	−9.7	× 33 / 129	−2.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	61,467	2379.8	− 2432	−52.2	× 26 / 116	−11.7
4	61,470	2459.3	− 2473	−13.7	× 36 / 116	−4.3
5	61,471	2492.4	− 2502	−9.6	× 34 / 116	−2.8
6	61,473	2608.6	− 2531	77.6	× 20 / 116	13.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,247	2415.2	− 2432	−16.8	× 25 / 118	−3.6
4	63,249	2461.3	− 2473	−11.7	× 25 / 118	−2.5
5	63,252	2476.1	− 2502	−25.9	× 36 / 118	−7.9
6	63,253	2574.8	− 2531	43.8	× 32 / 118	11.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,346	2429.7	− 2432	−2.3	× 28 / 108	−0.6
4	63,349	2484.5	− 2473	11.5	× 22 / 108	2.3
5	63,350	2462.5	− 2502	−39.5	× 23 / 108	−8.4
6	63,353	2567.5	− 2531	36.5	× 35 / 108	11.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						5

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,598	2431.9	− 2432	−0.1	× 18 / 98	0
4	63,599	2492.3	− 2473	19.3	× 29 / 98	5.7
5	63,600	2476.4	− 2502	−25.6	× 26 / 98	−6.8
6	63,601	2538.3	− 2531	7.3	× 25 / 98	1.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						1

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,687	2347.2	− 2432	−84.8	× 15 / 80	−15.9
4	63,688	2411.7	− 2473	−61.3	× 21 / 80	−16.1
5	63,689	2522.5	− 2502	20.5	× 24 / 80	6.2
6	63,690	2583.1	− 2531	52.1	× 20 / 80	13
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,630	2393.0	− 2432	−39	× 29 / 102	−11.1
4	63,631	2419.0	− 2473	−54	× 23 / 102	−12.2
5	63,632	2451.2	− 2502	−50.8	× 24 / 102	−12
6	63,633	2573.5	− 2531	42.5	× 26 / 102	10.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,604	2438.7	− 2432	6.7	× 28 / 106	1.8
4	63,605	2427.2	− 2473	−45.8	× 32 / 106	−13.8
5	63,606	2440.3	− 2502	−61.7	× 20 / 106	−11.6
6	63,607	2522.7	− 2531	−8.3	× 26 / 106	−2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,368	2415.8	− 2432	−16.2	× 31 / 111	−4.5
4	63,369	2516.3	− 2473	43.3	× 28 / 111	10.9
5	63,370	2463.1	− 2502	−38.9	× 31 / 111	−10.9
6	63,371	2555.6	− 2531	24.6	× 21 / 111	4.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,336	2406.5	− 2432	−25.5	× 27 / 111	−6.2
4	63,337	2517.2	− 2473	44.2	× 29 / 111	11.5
5	63,338	2530.8	− 2502	28.8	× 25 / 111	6.5
6	63,339	2532.2	− 2531	1.2	× 30 / 111	0.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						12

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −7, −5, −2, 5, 1, −13, −24, −26, 0, 12 → −5.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 2 · 2016→2017: 3 · 2017→2018: 7 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2022: 14 · 2022→2023: 11 · 2023→2024: 2 · 2024→2025: 26 · 2025→2026: 12 → 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 18, lower limit −29.8.

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.