Cherokee Point 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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 40 of the 121 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 39 points under the grade 3 bar. 2393 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 41 points under the grade 4 bar. 2432 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 37 points under the grade 4 bar. 2436 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 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 4th 26 students 24 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 29 students 25 points under 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 4th 14 students 31 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 16 students 71 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	73,517	2412.5	− 2432	−19.5	× 68 / 222	−6
4	73,518	2388.5	− 2473	−84.5	× 80 / 222	−30.5
5	73,521	2456.6	− 2502	−45.4	× 74 / 222	−15.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−52

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	68,195	2393.4	− 2432	−38.6	× 59 / 191	−11.9
4	68,197	2430.2	− 2473	−42.8	× 58 / 191	−13
5	68,198	2437.9	− 2502	−64.1	× 74 / 191	−24.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,012	2360.8	− 2432	−71.2	× 62 / 173	−25.5
4	70,013	2430.3	− 2473	−42.7	× 55 / 173	−13.6
5	70,016	2467.5	− 2502	−34.5	× 56 / 173	−11.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,170	2392.8	− 2432	−39.2	× 50 / 175	−11.2
4	70,173	2412.2	− 2473	−60.8	× 62 / 175	−21.5
5	70,174	2458.4	− 2502	−43.6	× 63 / 175	−15.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,682	2397.8	− 2432	−34.2	× 62 / 165	−12.9
4	70,683	2430.5	− 2473	−42.5	× 48 / 165	−12.4
5	70,684	2432.3	− 2502	−69.7	× 55 / 165	−23.2
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	70,774	2402.7	− 2432	−29.3	× 51 / 138	−10.8
4	70,775	2446.1	− 2473	−26.9	× 45 / 138	−8.8
5	70,776	2475.0	− 2502	−27	× 42 / 138	−8.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,772	2367.2	− 2432	−64.8	× 41 / 132	−20.1
4	70,773	2442.3	− 2473	−30.7	× 46 / 132	−10.7
5	70,774	2482.3	− 2502	−19.7	× 45 / 132	−6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,754	2368.0	− 2432	−64	× 43 / 134	−20.5
4	70,755	2419.4	− 2473	−53.6	× 45 / 134	−18
5	70,756	2473.8	− 2502	−28.2	× 46 / 134	−9.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,468	2400.9	− 2432	−31.1	× 43 / 134	−10
4	70,469	2417.4	− 2473	−55.6	× 49 / 134	−20.3
5	70,470	2429.7	− 2502	−72.3	× 42 / 134	−22.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−53

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,501	2393.0	− 2432	−39	× 36 / 121	−11.6
4	70,502	2432.1	− 2473	−40.9	× 40 / 121	−13.5
5	70,503	2436.0	− 2502	−66	× 45 / 121	−24.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −52, −50, −50, −48, −48, −28, −38, −48, −53, −50 → −46.5
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: 0 · 2017→2018: 2 · 2018→2019: 0 · 2019→2022: 20 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 10 · 2024→2025: 5 · 2025→2026: 3 → average 5.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 5.8 × 2.66 = 15.4. Upper limit −31.1, lower limit −61.9.

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.