Pat Butler 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 6.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 45 points under the grade 3 bar. 2387 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 14 points under the grade 3 bar. 2418 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 22 points under the grade 4 bar. 2451 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2535 vs. 2531.

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 4th 56 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 6th 61 students Meets the grade 6 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 4th 13 students 70 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 12 students 38 points under the grade 4 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	82,281	2443.5	− 2432	11.5	× 93 / 237	4.5
4	82,282	2468.3	− 2473	−4.7	× 59 / 237	−1.2
5	82,284	2531.1	− 2502	29.1	× 85 / 237	10.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						14

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	76,321	2441.1	− 2432	9.1	× 64 / 212	2.7
4	76,322	2480.2	− 2473	7.2	× 91 / 212	3.1
5	76,324	2526.4	− 2502	24.4	× 57 / 212	6.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						12

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,364	2457.1	− 2432	25.1	× 69 / 219	7.9
4	78,365	2481.2	− 2473	8.2	× 61 / 219	2.3
5	78,368	2523.3	− 2502	21.3	× 89 / 219	8.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						19

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,514	2453.1	− 2432	21.1	× 73 / 206	7.5
4	78,517	2496.3	− 2473	23.3	× 71 / 206	8
5	78,518	2515.4	− 2502	13.4	× 62 / 206	4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						20

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,042	2442.7	− 2432	10.7	× 79 / 230	3.7
4	79,043	2467.3	− 2473	−5.7	× 78 / 230	−1.9
5	79,044	2544.4	− 2502	42.4	× 73 / 230	13.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						15

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,298	2430.2	− 2432	−1.8	× 62 / 231	−0.5
4	79,299	2458.7	− 2473	−14.3	× 85 / 231	−5.3
5	79,300	2515.6	− 2502	13.6	× 84 / 231	4.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−1

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,268	2417.4	− 2432	−14.6	× 69 / 215	−4.7
4	79,269	2458.0	− 2473	−15	× 62 / 215	−4.3
5	79,270	2508.4	− 2502	6.4	× 84 / 215	2.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,304	2398.1	− 2432	−33.9	× 55 / 185	−10.1
4	79,305	2451.8	− 2473	−21.2	× 69 / 185	−7.9
5	79,306	2493.5	− 2502	−8.5	× 61 / 185	−2.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,984	2380.2	− 2432	−51.8	× 74 / 272	−14.1
4	78,985	2408.6	− 2473	−64.4	× 61 / 272	−14.4
5	78,986	2473.3	− 2502	−28.7	× 77 / 272	−8.1
6	78,987	2536.9	− 2531	5.9	× 60 / 272	1.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,902	2386.8	− 2432	−45.2	× 52 / 246	−9.6
4	78,903	2418.1	− 2473	−54.9	× 69 / 246	−15.4
5	78,904	2451.2	− 2502	−50.8	× 52 / 246	−10.7
6	78,905	2535.4	− 2531	4.4	× 73 / 246	1.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 14, 12, 19, 20, 15, −1, −7, −21, −35, −34 → −1.8
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: 7 · 2017→2018: 1 · 2018→2019: 5 · 2019→2022: 16 · 2022→2023: 6 · 2023→2024: 14 · 2024→2025: 14 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 7.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 7.3 × 2.66 = 19.4. Upper limit 17.6, lower limit −21.2.

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.