El Dorado 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 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 81 points under the grade 3 bar. 2351 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 56 points under the grade 3 bar. 2376 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 26 points under the grade 4 bar. 2447 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 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	77,999	2358.3	− 2432	−73.7	× 44 / 126	−25.7
4	78,000	2427.5	− 2473	−45.5	× 40 / 126	−14.4
5	78,003	2466.7	− 2502	−35.3	× 42 / 126	−11.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−52

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	72,192	2379.7	− 2432	−52.3	× 39 / 113	−18.1
4	72,195	2401.5	− 2473	−71.5	× 45 / 113	−28.5
5	72,197	2489.7	− 2502	−12.3	× 29 / 113	−3.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	74,167	2364.4	− 2432	−67.6	× 33 / 116	−19.2
4	74,168	2408.6	− 2473	−64.4	× 40 / 116	−22.2
5	74,170	2436.0	− 2502	−66	× 43 / 116	−24.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	74,341	2373.3	− 2432	−58.7	× 27 / 101	−15.7
4	74,342	2384.9	− 2473	−88.1	× 35 / 101	−30.5
5	74,345	2434.4	− 2502	−67.6	× 39 / 101	−26.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−72

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	74,860	2371.5	− 2432	−60.5	× 21 / 80	−15.9
4	74,861	2400.1	− 2473	−72.9	× 29 / 80	−26.4
5	74,862	2417.0	− 2502	−85	× 30 / 80	−31.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,044	2370.4	− 2432	−61.6	× 21 / 67	−19.3
4	75,045	2377.1	− 2473	−95.9	× 26 / 67	−37.2
5	75,046	2409.9	− 2502	−92.1	× 20 / 67	−27.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−84

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,014	2319.1	− 2432	−112.9	× 19 / 63	−34
4	75,015	2375.0	− 2473	−98	× 16 / 63	−24.9
5	75,016	2392.1	− 2502	−109.9	× 28 / 63	−48.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−108

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,026	2342.9	− 2432	−89.1	× 19 / 50	−33.9
4	75,027	2345.0	− 2473	−128	× 14 / 50	−35.8
5	75,028	2397.4	− 2502	−104.6	× 17 / 50	−35.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−105

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	74,686	2342.3	− 2432	−89.7	× 12 / 41	−26.3
4	74,687	2370.5	− 2473	−102.5	× 18 / 41	−45
5	74,688	2348.3	− 2502	−153.7	× 11 / 41	−41.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−112

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	74,584	2351.1	− 2432	−80.9	× 11 / 43	−20.7
4	74,585	2375.6	− 2473	−97.4	× 14 / 43	−31.7
5	74,586	2447.0	− 2502	−55	× 18 / 43	−23
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −52, −50, −66, −72, −74, −84, −108, −105, −112, −75 → −79.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 2 · 2016→2017: 16 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 2 · 2019→2022: 10 · 2022→2023: 24 · 2023→2024: 3 · 2024→2025: 7 · 2025→2026: 37 → average 11.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11.9 × 2.66 = 31.7. Upper limit −48.1, lower limit −111.5.

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.