Holly Drive Leadership Academy: 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 7.

4th The average 4th grader scores 23 points under the grade 4 bar. 2450 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 26 points under the grade 5 bar. 2476 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2532 vs. 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores just under the grade 7 bar. 2548 vs. 2552.

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
4	75,185	2355.0	− 2473	−118	× 21 / 91	−27.2
5	75,187	2436.5	− 2502	−65.5	× 18 / 91	−13
6	75,189	2466.0	− 2531	−65	× 20 / 91	−14.3
7	75,191	2502.6	− 2552	−49.4	× 14 / 91	−7.6
8	75,193	2497.6	− 2567	−69.4	× 18 / 91	−13.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	69,887	2377.2	− 2432	−54.8	× 16 / 106	−8.3
4	69,889	2417.5	− 2473	−55.5	× 11 / 106	−5.8
5	69,891	2426.7	− 2502	−75.3	× 24 / 106	−17
6	69,893	2474.3	− 2531	−56.7	× 16 / 106	−8.6
7	69,895	2497.6	− 2552	−54.4	× 21 / 106	−10.8
8	69,897	2527.1	− 2567	−39.9	× 18 / 106	−6.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	71,723	2415.0	− 2473	−58	× 16 / 67	−13.9
6	71,728	2437.0	− 2531	−94	× 21 / 67	−29.5
7	71,730	2536.9	− 2552	−15.1	× 13 / 67	−2.9
8	71,732	2542.2	− 2567	−24.8	× 17 / 67	−6.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−53

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,867	2365.8	− 2432	−66.2	× 20 / 83	−16
5	71,871	2480.1	− 2502	−21.9	× 15 / 83	−4
6	71,872	2494.8	− 2531	−36.2	× 14 / 83	−6.1
7	71,875	2536.4	− 2552	−15.6	× 19 / 83	−3.6
8	71,876	2541.0	− 2567	−26	× 15 / 83	−4.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,348	2387.5	− 2432	−44.5	× 16 / 86	−8.3
4	72,349	2405.4	− 2473	−67.6	× 19 / 86	−14.9
6	72,351	2477.6	− 2531	−53.4	× 17 / 86	−10.6
7	72,352	2512.6	− 2552	−39.4	× 12 / 86	−5.5
8	72,353	2551.5	− 2567	−15.5	× 22 / 86	−4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	72,440	2420.2	− 2502	−81.8	× 12 / 23	−42.7
7	72,442	2475.2	− 2552	−76.8	× 11 / 23	−36.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−79

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,414	2405.8	− 2432	−26.2	× 19 / 19	−26.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,130	2396.0	− 2432	−36	× 14 / 33	−15.3
4	72,131	2429.8	− 2473	−43.2	× 19 / 33	−24.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−40

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	72,154	2450.0	− 2473	−23	× 17 / 58	−6.7
5	72,155	2475.6	− 2502	−26.4	× 17 / 58	−7.7
6	72,156	2532.1	− 2531	1.1	× 13 / 58	0.2
7	72,157	2547.6	− 2552	−4.4	× 11 / 58	−0.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −76, −57, −53, −34, −43, −79, −26, −40, −15 → −47
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: 4 · 2017→2018: 19 · 2018→2019: 9 · 2019→2022: 36 · 2022→2024: 53 · 2024→2025: 14 · 2025→2026: 25 → average 22.4
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 22.4 × 2.66 = 59.6. Upper limit 12.6, lower limit −106.6.

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.