Fay 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 3 bar

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, 117 of the 237 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 109 points under the grade 3 bar. 2323 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 27 points under the grade 3 bar. 2405 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 36 points under the grade 3 bar. 2396 vs. 2432. 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 3rd 35 students 93 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 47 students 18 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 38 students 21 points under the grade 4 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 39 students 124 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 35 students 94 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 43 students 85 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	74,412	2388.6	− 2432	−43.4	× 126 / 336	−16.3
4	74,414	2398.2	− 2473	−74.8	× 112 / 336	−24.9
5	74,416	2451.5	− 2502	−50.5	× 98 / 336	−14.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	69,122	2398.5	− 2432	−33.5	× 101 / 315	−10.7
4	69,124	2428.1	− 2473	−44.9	× 113 / 315	−16.1
5	69,127	2470.5	− 2502	−31.5	× 101 / 315	−10.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,956	2401.4	− 2432	−30.6	× 110 / 318	−10.6
4	70,958	2395.9	− 2473	−77.1	× 103 / 318	−25
5	70,960	2472.9	− 2502	−29.1	× 105 / 318	−9.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,100	2382.4	− 2432	−49.6	× 89 / 309	−14.3
4	71,103	2420.6	− 2473	−52.4	× 114 / 309	−19.3
5	71,104	2445.3	− 2502	−56.7	× 106 / 309	−19.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−53

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,584	2377.2	− 2432	−54.8	× 88 / 283	−17
4	71,585	2408.9	− 2473	−64.1	× 87 / 283	−19.7
5	71,586	2450.7	− 2502	−51.3	× 108 / 283	−19.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,684	2356.7	− 2432	−75.3	× 74 / 220	−25.3
4	71,685	2402.1	− 2473	−70.9	× 68 / 220	−21.9
5	71,686	2423.4	− 2502	−78.6	× 78 / 220	−27.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,678	2355.6	− 2432	−76.4	× 68 / 201	−25.8
4	71,679	2411.4	− 2473	−61.6	× 66 / 201	−20.2
5	71,680	2419.5	− 2502	−82.5	× 67 / 201	−27.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,660	2334.4	− 2432	−97.6	× 78 / 215	−35.4
4	71,661	2386.7	− 2473	−86.3	× 69 / 215	−27.7
5	71,662	2410.9	− 2502	−91.1	× 68 / 215	−28.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−92

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,376	2372.0	− 2432	−60	× 85 / 222	−23
4	71,377	2376.8	− 2473	−96.2	× 70 / 222	−30.3
5	71,378	2418.8	− 2502	−83.2	× 67 / 222	−25.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−78

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,389	2322.8	− 2432	−109.2	× 74 / 237	−34.1
4	71,390	2405.2	− 2473	−67.8	× 82 / 237	−23.5
5	71,391	2396.2	− 2502	−105.8	× 81 / 237	−36.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−94

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −56, −37, −45, −53, −56, −75, −74, −92, −78, −94 → −66
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 19 · 2016→2017: 8 · 2017→2018: 8 · 2018→2019: 3 · 2019→2022: 19 · 2022→2023: 1 · 2023→2024: 18 · 2024→2025: 14 · 2025→2026: 16 → average 11.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11.8 × 2.66 = 31.4. Upper limit −34.6, lower limit −97.4.

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.