Challenger School of Sports and Fitness: 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 19 points under the grade 3 bar. 2413 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 23 points under the grade 4 bar. 2450 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 18 points under the grade 4 bar. 2455 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores 22 points under the grade 6 bar. 2509 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 102 students 19 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 88 students 19 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 92 students Just under the grade 4 bar. 6th 101 students 18 points under 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 17 students 23 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 21 students 41 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 31 students 12 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 19 students 19 points 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
3	68,504	2368.2	− 2432	−63.8	× 131 / 548	−15.3
4	68,506	2416.1	− 2473	−56.9	× 141 / 548	−14.6
5	68,508	2436.4	− 2502	−65.6	× 130 / 548	−15.6
6	68,510	2500.9	− 2531	−30.1	× 146 / 548	−8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−53

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,462	2377.7	− 2432	−54.3	× 140 / 544	−14
4	63,463	2415.2	− 2473	−57.8	× 144 / 544	−15.3
5	63,466	2457.4	− 2502	−44.6	× 137 / 544	−11.2
6	63,468	2501.2	− 2531	−29.8	× 123 / 544	−6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,252	2353.4	− 2432	−78.6	× 144 / 578	−19.6
4	65,254	2410.8	− 2473	−62.2	× 146 / 578	−15.7
5	65,255	2448.8	− 2502	−53.2	× 151 / 578	−13.9
6	65,258	2495.1	− 2531	−35.9	× 137 / 578	−8.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−58

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,338	2367.7	− 2432	−64.3	× 130 / 565	−14.8
4	65,339	2423.5	− 2473	−49.5	× 150 / 565	−13.1
5	65,342	2469.2	− 2502	−32.8	× 143 / 565	−8.3
6	65,343	2507.2	− 2531	−23.8	× 142 / 565	−6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,718	2358.5	− 2432	−73.5	× 123 / 557	−16.2
4	65,719	2409.3	− 2473	−63.7	× 143 / 557	−16.4
5	65,720	2467.2	− 2502	−34.8	× 152 / 557	−9.5
6	65,721	2506.7	− 2531	−24.3	× 139 / 557	−6.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,771	2378.2	− 2432	−53.8	× 112 / 522	−11.5
4	65,772	2422.9	− 2473	−50.1	× 137 / 522	−13.1
5	65,773	2422.5	− 2502	−79.5	× 141 / 522	−21.5
6	65,774	2501.2	− 2531	−29.8	× 132 / 522	−7.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,778	2379.0	− 2432	−53	× 123 / 526	−12.4
4	65,779	2446.3	− 2473	−26.7	× 111 / 526	−5.6
5	65,780	2485.5	− 2502	−16.5	× 148 / 526	−4.6
6	65,781	2485.7	− 2531	−45.3	× 144 / 526	−12.4
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
3	65,746	2360.9	− 2432	−71.1	× 118 / 527	−15.9
4	65,747	2427.4	− 2473	−45.6	× 132 / 527	−11.4
5	65,748	2448.5	− 2502	−53.5	× 128 / 527	−13
6	65,749	2507.4	− 2531	−23.6	× 149 / 527	−6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,506	2405.0	− 2432	−27	× 106 / 478	−6
4	65,507	2436.5	− 2473	−36.5	× 128 / 478	−9.8
5	65,508	2467.6	− 2502	−34.4	× 125 / 478	−9
6	65,509	2512.2	− 2531	−18.8	× 119 / 478	−4.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,476	2412.7	− 2432	−19.3	× 119 / 471	−4.9
4	65,477	2450.0	− 2473	−23	× 109 / 471	−5.3
5	65,478	2454.7	− 2502	−47.3	× 123 / 471	−12.4
6	65,479	2508.6	− 2531	−22.4	× 120 / 471	−5.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −53, −47, −58, −42, −48, −54, −35, −47, −29, −28 → −44.1
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: 11 · 2017→2018: 16 · 2018→2019: 6 · 2019→2022: 6 · 2022→2023: 19 · 2023→2024: 12 · 2024→2025: 18 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 10.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.6 × 2.66 = 28.2. Upper limit −15.9, lower limit −72.3.

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.