High Tech Elementary Explorer: 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 18 points under the grade 3 bar. 2414 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 11 points under the grade 4 bar. 2462 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2508 vs. 2502.

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	75,196	2444.9	− 2432	12.9	× 69 / 182	4.9
4	75,199	2484.4	− 2473	11.4	× 48 / 182	3
5	75,200	2542.4	− 2502	40.4	× 65 / 182	14.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						22

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	69,900	2436.0	− 2432	4	× 49 / 167	1.2
4	69,902	2496.8	− 2473	23.8	× 70 / 167	10
5	69,904	2518.9	− 2502	16.9	× 48 / 167	4.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						16

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,736	2407.0	− 2432	−25	× 72 / 189	−9.5
4	71,738	2488.5	− 2473	15.5	× 47 / 189	3.9
5	71,739	2540.9	− 2502	38.9	× 70 / 189	14.4
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	71,881	2442.5	− 2432	10.5	× 48 / 164	3.1
4	71,883	2495.8	− 2473	22.8	× 70 / 164	9.7
5	71,885	2529.9	− 2502	27.9	× 46 / 164	7.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						21

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,362	2437.0	− 2432	5	× 68 / 188	1.8
4	72,363	2497.0	− 2473	24	× 48 / 188	6.1
5	72,364	2535.7	− 2502	33.7	× 72 / 188	12.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						21

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,452	2385.2	− 2432	−46.8	× 38 / 150	−11.9
4	72,453	2457.2	− 2473	−15.8	× 66 / 150	−7
5	72,454	2500.8	− 2502	−1.2	× 46 / 150	−0.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,446	2400.3	− 2432	−31.7	× 72 / 192	−11.9
4	72,447	2447.5	− 2473	−25.5	× 51 / 192	−6.8
5	72,448	2494.2	− 2502	−7.8	× 69 / 192	−2.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,428	2407.2	− 2432	−24.8	× 65 / 185	−8.7
4	72,429	2430.4	− 2473	−42.6	× 71 / 185	−16.3
5	72,430	2484.7	− 2502	−17.3	× 49 / 185	−4.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,144	2442.2	− 2432	10.2	× 68 / 205	3.4
4	72,145	2470.4	− 2473	−2.6	× 67 / 205	−0.8
5	72,146	2489.5	− 2502	−12.5	× 70 / 205	−4.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,167	2413.6	− 2432	−18.4	× 69 / 209	−6.1
4	72,168	2462.4	− 2473	−10.6	× 72 / 209	−3.7
5	72,169	2507.8	− 2502	5.8	× 68 / 209	1.9
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. 22, 16, 9, 21, 21, −19, −21, −30, −2, −8 → 0.9
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: 7 · 2017→2018: 12 · 2018→2019: 0 · 2019→2022: 40 · 2022→2023: 2 · 2023→2024: 9 · 2024→2025: 28 · 2025→2026: 6 → average 12.2
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 12.2 × 2.66 = 32.5. Upper limit 33.4, lower limit −31.6.

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.