Mountain View: 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 8.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 45 of the 107 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 81 points under the grade 3 bar. 2351 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 37 points under the grade 3 bar. 2396 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 10 points under the grade 4 bar. 2463 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores 28 points under the grade 5 bar. 2474 vs. 2502. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores 12 points under the grade 6 bar. 2519 vs. 2531. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores just under the grade 6 bar. 2526 vs. 2531. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.

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.

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,106	2366.7	− 2432	−65.3	× 12 / 66	−11.9
4	71,107	2402.6	− 2473	−70.4	× 18 / 66	−19.2
5	71,108	2464.5	− 2502	−37.5	× 11 / 66	−6.3
6	71,109	2436.1	− 2531	−94.9	× 25 / 66	−35.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−73

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,104	2416.6	− 2432	−15.4	× 13 / 79	−2.5
5	71,106	2453.9	− 2502	−48.1	× 16 / 79	−9.7
6	71,107	2508.9	− 2531	−22.1	× 20 / 79	−5.6
7	71,108	2480.6	− 2552	−71.4	× 19 / 79	−17.2
8	71,109	2526.6	− 2567	−40.4	× 11 / 79	−5.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,078	2415.7	− 2432	−16.3	× 11 / 88	−2
4	71,079	2443.0	− 2473	−30	× 12 / 88	−4.1
5	71,080	2462.9	− 2502	−39.1	× 12 / 88	−5.3
6	71,081	2486.9	− 2531	−44.1	× 16 / 88	−8
7	71,082	2551.9	− 2552	−0.1	× 18 / 88	0
8	71,083	2533.1	− 2567	−33.9	× 19 / 88	−7.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,796	2360.5	− 2432	−71.5	× 16 / 98	−11.7
4	70,797	2441.7	− 2473	−31.3	× 15 / 98	−4.8
5	70,798	2502.0	− 2502	0	× 12 / 98	0
6	70,799	2477.6	− 2531	−53.4	× 20 / 98	−10.9
7	70,800	2563.8	− 2552	11.8	× 15 / 98	1.8
8	70,801	2596.5	− 2567	29.5	× 20 / 98	6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,813	2351.0	− 2432	−81	× 21 / 107	−15.9
4	70,814	2395.5	− 2473	−77.5	× 19 / 107	−13.8
5	70,815	2463.2	− 2502	−38.8	× 14 / 107	−5.1
6	70,816	2474.1	− 2531	−56.9	× 18 / 107	−9.6
7	70,817	2519.0	− 2552	−33	× 20 / 107	−6.2
8	70,818	2525.7	− 2567	−41.3	× 15 / 107	−5.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −73, −41, −27, −20, −56 → −43.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2022→2023: 32 · 2023→2024: 14 · 2024→2025: 7 · 2025→2026: 36 → average 22.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 22.3 × 2.66 = 59.3. Upper limit 15.9, lower limit −102.7.

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".

Step 3 · Free or reduced-price meals

The share of enrolled students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. From 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.