Warner Junior/Senior High: 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 11.

7th The average 7th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2494 vs. 2502. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 10 points under the grade 8 bar. 2558 vs. 2567.
11th The average 11th grader scores 15 points under the grade 6 bar. 2516 vs. 2531. The 11th-grade bar is 2583.

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
7	77,328	2518.4	− 2552	−33.6	× 21 / 44	−16
8	77,330	2600.7	− 2567	33.7	× 11 / 44	8.4
11	77,332	2570.1	− 2583	−12.9	× 12 / 44	−3.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−11

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	71,604	2453.5	− 2552	−98.5	× 15 / 45	−32.8
8	71,606	2532.9	− 2567	−34.1	× 16 / 45	−12.1
11	71,608	2558.5	− 2583	−24.5	× 14 / 45	−7.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−53

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	73,497	2429.9	− 2552	−122.1	× 14 / 26	−65.7
11	73,501	2522.7	− 2583	−60.3	× 12 / 26	−27.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−94

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	73,638	2472.1	− 2567	−94.9	× 18 / 18	−94.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−95

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	74,094	2579.3	− 2552	27.3	× 12 / 41	8
8	74,095	2486.6	− 2567	−80.4	× 15 / 41	−29.4
11	74,096	2523.1	− 2583	−59.9	× 14 / 41	−20.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	74,298	2483.9	− 2552	−68.1	× 15 / 27	−37.8
11	74,300	2507.3	− 2583	−75.7	× 12 / 27	−33.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−71

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	74,280	2523.7	− 2552	−28.3	× 18 / 44	−11.6
8	74,281	2480.0	− 2567	−87	× 14 / 44	−27.7
11	74,282	2541.3	− 2583	−41.7	× 12 / 44	−11.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	74,254	2543.6	− 2552	−8.4	× 16 / 53	−2.5
8	74,255	2525.3	− 2567	−41.7	× 20 / 53	−15.7
11	74,256	2587.7	− 2583	4.7	× 17 / 53	1.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−17

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	73,928	2525.3	− 2552	−26.7	× 14 / 31	−12.1
8	73,929	2519.0	− 2567	−48	× 17 / 31	−26.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	73,942	2494.1	− 2552	−57.9	× 14 / 44	−18.4
8	73,943	2557.5	− 2567	−9.5	× 15 / 44	−3.2
11	73,944	2515.9	− 2583	−67.1	× 15 / 44	−22.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −11, −53, −94, −95, −42, −71, −51, −17, −38, −45 → −51.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 42 · 2016→2017: 41 · 2017→2018: 1 · 2018→2019: 53 · 2019→2022: 29 · 2022→2023: 20 · 2023→2024: 34 · 2024→2025: 21 · 2025→2026: 7 → average 27.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 27.6 × 2.66 = 73.4. Upper limit 21.7, lower limit −125.1.

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.