Rolando 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 11 points under the grade 3 bar. 2422 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 31 points under the grade 4 bar. 2442 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2520 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 5th 53 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 5th 11 students Just 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	72,336	2408.7	− 2432	−23.3	× 92 / 286	−7.5
4	72,338	2453.3	− 2473	−19.7	× 73 / 286	−5
5	72,340	2484.0	− 2502	−18	× 66 / 286	−4.2
6	72,342	2527.6	− 2531	−3.4	× 55 / 286	−0.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−17

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,139	2431.1	− 2432	−0.9	× 91 / 295	−0.3
4	67,140	2431.7	− 2473	−41.3	× 69 / 295	−9.7
5	67,143	2500.7	− 2502	−1.3	× 67 / 295	−0.3
6	67,145	2508.8	− 2531	−22.2	× 68 / 295	−5.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	68,959	2395.1	− 2432	−36.9	× 84 / 285	−10.9
4	68,961	2458.9	− 2473	−14.1	× 75 / 285	−3.7
5	68,964	2462.9	− 2502	−39.1	× 57 / 285	−7.8
6	68,965	2517.9	− 2531	−13.1	× 69 / 285	−3.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	69,131	2420.6	− 2432	−11.4	× 105 / 294	−4.1
4	69,133	2453.3	− 2473	−19.7	× 64 / 294	−4.3
5	69,135	2500.0	− 2502	−2	× 70 / 294	−0.5
6	69,137	2497.0	− 2531	−34	× 55 / 294	−6.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	69,664	2424.3	− 2432	−7.7	× 78 / 270	−2.2
4	69,665	2450.0	− 2473	−23	× 69 / 270	−5.9
5	69,666	2453.0	− 2502	−49	× 58 / 270	−10.5
6	69,667	2493.0	− 2531	−38	× 65 / 270	−9.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	69,764	2411.3	− 2432	−20.7	× 80 / 230	−7.2
4	69,765	2441.9	− 2473	−31.1	× 52 / 230	−7
5	69,766	2491.2	− 2502	−10.8	× 56 / 230	−2.6
6	69,767	2509.0	− 2531	−22	× 42 / 230	−4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	69,782	2414.0	− 2432	−18	× 81 / 242	−6
4	69,783	2444.9	− 2473	−28.1	× 58 / 242	−6.7
5	69,784	2472.0	− 2502	−30	× 51 / 242	−6.3
6	69,785	2499.2	− 2531	−31.8	× 52 / 242	−6.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	69,766	2416.0	− 2432	−16	× 63 / 225	−4.5
4	69,767	2475.1	− 2473	2.1	× 61 / 225	0.6
5	69,768	2459.0	− 2502	−43	× 54 / 225	−10.3
6	69,769	2483.5	− 2531	−47.5	× 47 / 225	−9.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	69,490	2397.3	− 2432	−34.7	× 63 / 185	−11.8
4	69,491	2465.7	− 2473	−7.3	× 63 / 185	−2.5
5	69,492	2518.2	− 2502	16.2	× 59 / 185	5.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−9

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	69,515	2421.5	− 2432	−10.5	× 40 / 172	−2.4
4	69,516	2442.0	− 2473	−31	× 68 / 172	−12.3
5	69,517	2519.6	− 2502	17.6	× 64 / 172	6.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −17, −15, −26, −15, −28, −21, −26, −24, −9, −8 → −18.9
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: 11 · 2017→2018: 11 · 2018→2019: 13 · 2019→2022: 7 · 2022→2023: 5 · 2023→2024: 2 · 2024→2025: 15 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 7.4
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 7.4 × 2.66 = 19.7. Upper limit 0.8, lower limit −38.6.

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, 2025–26.