Vista Grande 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 5.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 27 points under the grade 3 bar. 2405 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader meets the grade 4 bar. 2473 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 11 points under the grade 5 bar. 2491 vs. 2502.

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 90 students 10 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 83 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 76 students Meets the grade 5 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 23 students 93 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 22 students 16 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 14 students 30 points under the grade 3 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	70,330	2437.9	− 2432	5.9	× 109 / 311	2.1
4	70,333	2454.6	− 2473	−18.4	× 102 / 311	−6
5	70,334	2518.7	− 2502	16.7	× 100 / 311	5.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						1

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,207	2439.0	− 2432	7	× 98 / 327	2.1
4	65,210	2477.3	− 2473	4.3	× 122 / 327	1.6
5	65,212	2515.5	− 2502	13.5	× 107 / 327	4.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						8

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,024	2431.7	− 2432	−0.3	× 102 / 316	−0.1
4	67,026	2468.7	− 2473	−4.3	× 97 / 316	−1.3
5	67,028	2529.9	− 2502	27.9	× 117 / 316	10.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						9

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,127	2450.5	− 2432	18.5	× 99 / 295	6.2
4	67,129	2477.6	− 2473	4.6	× 106 / 295	1.7
5	67,131	2516.6	− 2502	14.6	× 90 / 295	4.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						12

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,620	2444.0	− 2432	12	× 102 / 294	4.2
4	67,621	2485.7	− 2473	12.7	× 106 / 294	4.6
5	67,622	2508.7	− 2502	6.7	× 86 / 294	2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						11

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,766	2413.8	− 2432	−18.2	× 102 / 276	−6.7
4	67,767	2451.4	− 2473	−21.6	× 97 / 276	−7.6
5	67,768	2491.1	− 2502	−10.9	× 77 / 276	−3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−17

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,776	2441.4	− 2432	9.4	× 100 / 300	3.1
4	67,777	2444.7	− 2473	−28.3	× 108 / 300	−10.2
5	67,778	2491.8	− 2502	−10.2	× 92 / 300	−3.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−10

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,770	2408.9	− 2432	−23.1	× 91 / 281	−7.5
4	67,771	2493.0	− 2473	20	× 101 / 281	7.2
5	67,772	2492.8	− 2502	−9.2	× 89 / 281	−2.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−3

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,528	2428.9	− 2432	−3.1	× 108 / 290	−1.2
4	67,529	2464.0	− 2473	−9	× 100 / 290	−3.1
5	67,530	2530.5	− 2502	28.5	× 82 / 290	8.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						4

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,573	2404.7	− 2432	−27.3	× 113 / 308	−10
4	67,574	2473.3	− 2473	0.3	× 105 / 308	0.1
5	67,575	2491.0	− 2502	−11	× 90 / 308	−3.2
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. 1, 8, 9, 12, 11, −17, −10, −3, 4, −13 → 0.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 7 · 2016→2017: 1 · 2017→2018: 3 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2022: 28 · 2022→2023: 7 · 2023→2024: 7 · 2024→2025: 7 · 2025→2026: 17 → average 8.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.7 × 2.66 = 23.1. Upper limit 23.3, lower limit −22.9.

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.