Westlake 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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 46 of the 121 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader meets the grade 3 bar. 2447 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 24 points under the grade 3 bar. 2408 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2468 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.

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 23 students Meets the grade 3 bar. 4th 24 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 28 students Just under the grade 5 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 13 students 62 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 22 students 122 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 11 students 44 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	82,933	2393.0	− 2432	−39	× 60 / 203	−11.5
4	82,934	2454.2	− 2473	−18.8	× 53 / 203	−4.9
5	82,937	2502.3	− 2502	0.3	× 56 / 203	0.1
6	82,938	2558.4	− 2531	27.4	× 34 / 203	4.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	76,897	2436.3	− 2432	4.3	× 58 / 199	1.3
4	76,899	2458.4	− 2473	−14.6	× 60 / 199	−4.4
5	76,900	2509.4	− 2502	7.4	× 51 / 199	1.9
6	76,902	2506.0	− 2531	−25	× 30 / 199	−3.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,980	2408.4	− 2432	−23.6	× 62 / 216	−6.8
4	78,982	2467.3	− 2473	−5.7	× 61 / 216	−1.6
5	78,983	2477.3	− 2502	−24.7	× 63 / 216	−7.2
6	78,985	2544.0	− 2531	13	× 30 / 216	1.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−14

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,125	2411.8	− 2432	−20.2	× 48 / 166	−5.8
4	79,126	2460.2	− 2473	−12.8	× 61 / 166	−4.7
5	79,129	2516.3	− 2502	14.3	× 57 / 166	4.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−6

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,648	2416.0	− 2432	−16	× 42 / 146	−4.6
4	79,649	2461.4	− 2473	−11.6	× 43 / 146	−3.4
5	79,650	2485.5	− 2502	−16.5	× 61 / 146	−6.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,137	2399.0	− 2432	−33	× 48 / 117	−13.5
4	78,138	2436.6	− 2473	−36.4	× 38 / 117	−11.8
5	78,139	2487.2	− 2502	−14.8	× 31 / 117	−3.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,896	2372.8	− 2432	−59.2	× 53 / 162	−19.4
4	79,897	2432.2	− 2473	−40.8	× 59 / 162	−14.9
5	79,898	2473.0	− 2502	−29	× 50 / 162	−9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,866	2382.9	− 2432	−49.1	× 43 / 148	−14.3
4	79,867	2432.8	− 2473	−40.2	× 50 / 148	−13.6
5	79,868	2471.1	− 2502	−30.9	× 55 / 148	−11.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,888	2410.9	− 2432	−21.1	× 44 / 144	−6.4
4	79,889	2413.4	− 2473	−59.6	× 44 / 144	−18.2
5	79,890	2454.4	− 2502	−47.6	× 56 / 144	−18.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,554	2413.6	− 2432	−18.4	× 42 / 131	−5.9
4	79,555	2478.5	− 2473	5.5	× 40 / 131	1.7
5	79,556	2463.6	− 2502	−38.4	× 49 / 131	−14.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,482	2446.5	− 2432	14.5	× 36 / 121	4.3
4	79,483	2408.0	− 2473	−65	× 46 / 121	−24.7
5	79,484	2467.6	− 2502	−34.4	× 39 / 121	−11.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −12, −5, −14, −6, −15, −29, −43, −39, −43, −19, −31 → −23.3
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 7 · 2016→2017: 9 · 2017→2018: 8 · 2018→2019: 9 · 2019→2021: 14 · 2021→2022: 14 · 2022→2023: 4 · 2023→2024: 4 · 2024→2025: 24 · 2025→2026: 12 → average 10.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.5 × 2.66 = 27.9. Upper limit 4.6, lower limit −51.2.

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.