KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory: 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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 237 of the 483 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 40 points under the grade 3 bar. 2392 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 40 points under the grade 4 bar. 2434 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 19 points under the grade 4 bar. 2454 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores 36 points under the grade 4 bar. 2437 vs. 2473. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores 23 points under the grade 6 bar. 2508 vs. 2531. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 10 points under the grade 8 bar. 2557 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 37 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 4th 32 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 32 students Meets the grade 5 bar. 6th 41 students 25 points under the grade 6 bar. 7th 40 students Meets the grade 7 bar. 8th 64 students Meets the grade 8 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 35 students 81 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 35 students 53 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 40 students 33 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 48 students 54 points under the grade 3 bar. 7th 55 students 15 points under the grade 4 bar. 8th 24 students 28 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.

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	77,392	2486.9	− 2473	13.9	× 65 / 65	13.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						14

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,513	2422.3	− 2432	−9.7	× 60 / 213	−2.7
4	79,516	2448.0	− 2473	−25	× 61 / 213	−7.2
5	79,518	2507.7	− 2502	5.7	× 92 / 213	2.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,650	2415.0	− 2432	−17	× 76 / 289	−4.5
4	79,653	2476.1	− 2473	3.1	× 56 / 289	0.6
5	79,654	2490.5	− 2502	−11.5	× 63 / 289	−2.5
6	79,657	2514.3	− 2531	−16.7	× 94 / 289	−5.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,148	2461.0	− 2432	29	× 85 / 410	6
4	80,149	2461.4	− 2473	−11.6	× 85 / 410	−2.4
5	80,150	2504.1	− 2502	2.1	× 69 / 410	0.4
6	80,151	2549.2	− 2531	18.2	× 78 / 410	3.5
7	80,152	2564.2	− 2552	12.2	× 93 / 410	2.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						10

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,585	2367.8	− 2432	−64.2	× 87 / 548	−10.2
4	78,586	2418.5	− 2473	−54.5	× 87 / 548	−8.7
5	78,587	2472.9	− 2502	−29.1	× 100 / 548	−5.3
6	78,588	2471.4	− 2531	−59.6	× 96 / 548	−10.4
7	78,589	2532.2	− 2552	−19.8	× 95 / 548	−3.4
8	78,590	2552.3	− 2567	−14.7	× 83 / 548	−2.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−40

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,400	2341.3	− 2432	−90.7	× 90 / 541	−15.1
4	80,401	2420.0	− 2473	−53	× 91 / 541	−8.9
5	80,402	2457.8	− 2502	−44.2	× 88 / 541	−7.2
6	80,403	2529.1	− 2531	−1.9	× 90 / 541	−0.3
7	80,404	2534.0	− 2552	−18	× 93 / 541	−3.1
8	80,405	2538.0	− 2567	−29	× 89 / 541	−4.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,364	2365.3	− 2432	−66.7	× 77 / 492	−10.4
4	80,365	2379.7	− 2473	−93.3	× 82 / 492	−15.6
5	80,366	2445.2	− 2502	−56.8	× 82 / 492	−9.5
6	80,367	2496.2	− 2531	−34.8	× 89 / 492	−6.3
7	80,368	2535.5	− 2552	−16.5	× 75 / 492	−2.5
8	80,369	2537.6	− 2567	−29.4	× 87 / 492	−5.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,382	2377.2	− 2432	−54.8	× 74 / 482	−8.4
4	80,383	2390.8	− 2473	−82.2	× 72 / 482	−12.3
5	80,384	2431.9	− 2502	−70.1	× 78 / 482	−11.3
6	80,385	2502.6	− 2531	−28.4	× 90 / 482	−5.3
7	80,386	2508.5	− 2552	−43.5	× 91 / 482	−8.2
8	80,387	2545.9	− 2567	−21.1	× 77 / 482	−3.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,046	2397.0	− 2432	−35	× 62 / 475	−4.6
4	80,047	2414.0	− 2473	−59	× 70 / 475	−8.7
5	80,048	2426.0	− 2502	−76	× 72 / 475	−11.5
6	80,049	2482.2	− 2531	−48.8	× 95 / 475	−9.8
7	80,050	2531.2	− 2552	−20.8	× 90 / 475	−3.9
8	80,051	2553.8	− 2567	−13.2	× 86 / 475	−2.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,964	2392.0	− 2432	−40	× 72 / 483	−6
4	79,965	2433.5	− 2473	−39.5	× 67 / 483	−5.5
5	79,966	2454.1	− 2502	−47.9	× 72 / 483	−7.1
6	79,967	2437.2	− 2531	−93.8	× 89 / 483	−17.3
7	79,968	2507.8	− 2552	−44.2	× 95 / 483	−8.7
8	79,969	2557.3	− 2567	−9.7	× 88 / 483	−1.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 14, −7, −12, 10, −40, −39, −49, −49, −41, −46 → −25.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2016→2017: 21 · 2017→2018: 5 · 2018→2019: 22 · 2019→2021: 50 · 2021→2022: 1 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 0 · 2024→2025: 8 · 2025→2026: 5 → average 13.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.6 × 2.66 = 36.2. Upper limit 10.3, lower limit −62.1.

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 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.