Santa Barbara Community Academy: 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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 51 of the 124 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 31 points under the grade 3 bar. 2402 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 31 points under the grade 4 bar. 2442 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2500 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2500 vs. 2502. The 6th-grade bar is 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 17 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 16 students Meets the grade 5 bar. 6th 29 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 16 students 40 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 12 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 6th 14 students 30 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	85,645	2391.8	− 2432	−40.2	× 44 / 152	−11.6
4	85,648	2408.0	− 2473	−65	× 49 / 152	−21
5	85,649	2448.6	− 2502	−53.4	× 29 / 152	−10.2
6	85,652	2494.2	− 2531	−36.8	× 30 / 152	−7.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,465	2389.6	− 2432	−42.4	× 48 / 160	−12.7
4	79,466	2423.7	− 2473	−49.3	× 35 / 160	−10.8
5	79,469	2449.1	− 2502	−52.9	× 50 / 160	−16.5
6	79,471	2493.3	− 2531	−37.7	× 27 / 160	−6.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,627	2403.4	− 2432	−28.6	× 47 / 178	−7.6
4	81,630	2420.1	− 2473	−52.9	× 43 / 178	−12.8
5	81,632	2469.0	− 2502	−33	× 39 / 178	−7.2
6	81,634	2489.7	− 2531	−41.3	× 49 / 178	−11.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,814	2402.2	− 2432	−29.8	× 46 / 164	−8.4
4	81,817	2454.2	− 2473	−18.8	× 41 / 164	−4.7
5	81,818	2460.8	− 2502	−41.2	× 40 / 164	−10
6	81,821	2510.0	− 2531	−21	× 37 / 164	−4.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,319	2436.9	− 2432	4.9	× 33 / 151	1.1
4	82,320	2443.4	− 2473	−29.6	× 41 / 151	−8
5	82,321	2442.6	− 2502	−59.4	× 38 / 151	−14.9
6	82,322	2515.5	− 2531	−15.5	× 39 / 151	−4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,526	2417.1	− 2432	−14.9	× 21 / 117	−2.7
4	82,527	2423.2	− 2473	−49.8	× 25 / 117	−10.6
5	82,528	2403.6	− 2502	−98.4	× 36 / 117	−30.3
6	82,529	2501.3	− 2531	−29.7	× 35 / 117	−8.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−52

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,492	2351.2	− 2432	−80.8	× 41 / 120	−27.6
4	82,493	2401.8	− 2473	−71.2	× 24 / 120	−14.2
5	82,494	2484.5	− 2502	−17.5	× 22 / 120	−3.2
6	82,495	2461.9	− 2531	−69.1	× 33 / 120	−19
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−64

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,506	2399.6	− 2432	−32.4	× 26 / 126	−6.7
4	82,507	2420.4	− 2473	−52.6	× 47 / 126	−19.6
5	82,508	2450.9	− 2502	−51.1	× 28 / 126	−11.4
6	82,509	2508.6	− 2531	−22.4	× 25 / 126	−4.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,192	2392.0	− 2432	−40	× 30 / 132	−9.1
4	82,193	2421.6	− 2473	−51.4	× 29 / 132	−11.3
5	82,194	2460.5	− 2502	−41.5	× 45 / 132	−14.1
6	82,195	2463.8	− 2531	−67.2	× 28 / 132	−14.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,094	2401.5	− 2432	−30.5	× 20 / 124	−4.9
4	82,095	2442.2	− 2473	−30.8	× 33 / 124	−8.2
5	82,096	2499.5	− 2502	−2.5	× 28 / 124	−0.6
6	82,097	2500.0	− 2531	−31	× 43 / 124	−10.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −50, −46, −39, −28, −26, −52, −64, −42, −49, −24 → −42
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: 7 · 2017→2018: 11 · 2018→2019: 2 · 2019→2022: 26 · 2022→2023: 12 · 2023→2024: 22 · 2024→2025: 7 · 2025→2026: 25 → average 12.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 12.9 × 2.66 = 34.3. Upper limit −7.7, lower limit −76.3.

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.