George Kelly 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 8.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 20 points under the grade 3 bar. 2412 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 10 points under the grade 4 bar. 2463 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2495 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2562 vs. 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores just under the grade 6 bar. 2525 vs. 2531. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader meets the grade 8 bar. 2592 vs. 2567.

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 75 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 4th 83 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 75 students Meets the grade 5 bar. 6th 102 students Meets the grade 6 bar. 7th 90 students Just under the grade 7 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 17 students 86 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 13 students 55 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 12 students 12 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 21 students 24 points under the grade 4 bar. 7th 20 students 15 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	81,208	2400.8	− 2432	−31.2	× 127 / 773	−5.1
4	81,210	2456.5	− 2473	−16.5	× 128 / 773	−2.7
5	81,212	2508.3	− 2502	6.3	× 126 / 773	1
6	81,214	2510.0	− 2531	−21	× 137 / 773	−3.7
7	81,216	2551.4	− 2552	−0.6	× 133 / 773	−0.1
8	81,218	2582.4	− 2567	15.4	× 122 / 773	2.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,265	2428.8	− 2432	−3.2	× 127 / 788	−0.5
4	75,267	2475.1	− 2473	2.1	× 128 / 788	0.3
5	75,268	2483.8	− 2502	−18.2	× 128 / 788	−3
6	75,271	2504.1	− 2531	−26.9	× 131 / 788	−4.5
7	75,272	2556.5	− 2552	4.5	× 139 / 788	0.8
8	75,275	2584.4	− 2567	17.4	× 135 / 788	3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	77,271	2417.1	− 2432	−14.9	× 122 / 750	−2.4
4	77,274	2479.0	− 2473	6	× 124 / 750	1
5	77,276	2503.4	− 2502	1.4	× 128 / 750	0.2
6	77,277	2535.4	− 2531	4.4	× 128 / 750	0.8
7	77,279	2582.3	− 2552	30.3	× 121 / 750	4.9
8	77,282	2596.4	− 2567	29.4	× 127 / 750	5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						9

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	77,453	2440.7	− 2432	8.7	× 99 / 735	1.2
4	77,454	2476.0	− 2473	3	× 126 / 735	0.5
5	77,457	2531.7	− 2502	29.7	× 128 / 735	5.2
6	77,458	2525.6	− 2531	−5.4	× 128 / 735	−0.9
7	77,461	2579.1	− 2552	27.1	× 127 / 735	4.7
8	77,462	2594.1	− 2567	27.1	× 127 / 735	4.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						15

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	77,966	2448.1	− 2432	16.1	× 116 / 714	2.6
4	77,967	2456.4	− 2473	−16.6	× 110 / 714	−2.6
5	77,968	2511.3	− 2502	9.3	× 112 / 714	1.5
6	77,969	2549.1	− 2531	18.1	× 128 / 714	3.2
7	77,970	2571.5	− 2552	19.5	× 127 / 714	3.5
8	77,971	2582.7	− 2567	15.7	× 121 / 714	2.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						11

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	76,489	2413.8	− 2432	−18.2	× 97 / 654	−2.7
4	76,490	2460.5	− 2473	−12.5	× 115 / 654	−2.2
5	76,491	2520.0	− 2502	18	× 103 / 654	2.8
6	76,492	2507.2	− 2531	−23.8	× 98 / 654	−3.6
7	76,493	2549.3	− 2552	−2.7	× 117 / 654	−0.5
8	76,494	2575.9	− 2567	8.9	× 124 / 654	1.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,100	2413.1	− 2432	−18.9	× 99 / 662	−2.8
4	78,101	2463.9	− 2473	−9.1	× 95 / 662	−1.3
5	78,102	2496.4	− 2502	−5.6	× 121 / 662	−1
6	78,103	2529.7	− 2531	−1.3	× 117 / 662	−0.2
7	78,104	2570.4	− 2552	18.4	× 104 / 662	2.9
8	78,105	2569.4	− 2567	2.4	× 126 / 662	0.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,092	2461.1	− 2432	29.1	× 108 / 660	4.8
4	78,093	2463.3	− 2473	−9.7	× 99 / 660	−1.5
5	78,094	2514.6	− 2502	12.6	× 107 / 660	2
6	78,095	2550.4	− 2531	19.4	× 123 / 660	3.6
7	78,096	2556.8	− 2552	4.8	× 121 / 660	0.9
8	78,097	2583.6	− 2567	16.6	× 102 / 660	2.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						12

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,106	2428.4	− 2432	−3.6	× 85 / 672	−0.5
4	78,107	2482.0	− 2473	9	× 111 / 672	1.5
5	78,108	2505.3	− 2502	3.3	× 102 / 672	0.5
6	78,109	2522.2	− 2531	−8.8	× 117 / 672	−1.5
7	78,110	2541.2	− 2552	−10.8	× 131 / 672	−2.1
8	78,111	2565.7	− 2567	−1.3	× 126 / 672	−0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	77,774	2428.7	− 2432	−3.3	× 95 / 648	−0.5
4	77,775	2482.1	− 2473	9.1	× 81 / 648	1.1
5	77,776	2500.5	− 2502	−1.5	× 110 / 648	−0.3
6	77,777	2524.7	− 2531	−6.3	× 112 / 648	−1.1
7	77,778	2562.1	− 2552	10.1	× 114 / 648	1.8
8	77,779	2571.6	− 2567	4.6	× 136 / 648	1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						2

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	77,676	2412.1	− 2432	−19.9	× 92 / 624	−2.9
4	77,677	2463.2	− 2473	−9.8	× 96 / 624	−1.5
5	77,678	2494.7	− 2502	−7.3	× 87 / 624	−1
6	77,679	2561.9	− 2531	30.9	× 123 / 624	6.1
7	77,680	2525.0	− 2552	−27	× 110 / 624	−4.8
8	77,681	2591.8	− 2567	24.8	× 116 / 624	4.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −8, −4, 9, 15, 11, −4, −2, 12, −2, 2, 0 → 2.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 4 · 2016→2017: 13 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2021: 15 · 2021→2022: 2 · 2022→2023: 14 · 2023→2024: 14 · 2024→2025: 4 · 2025→2026: 2 → average 7.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 7.8 × 2.66 = 20.7. Upper limit 23.3, lower limit −18.1.

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.