G. W. Hellyer 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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2025, 76 of the 220 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 11 points under the grade 3 bar. 2421 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2472 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 6 bar. 2526 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 3rd 26 students 23 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 39 students 11 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 37 students Just under the grade 5 bar. 6th 42 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 3rd 23 students 59 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 21 students 88 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 20 students 14 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 12 students 33 points under the grade 4 bar.

the group's average that grade's own bar the distance between

2025 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	87,221	2437.7	− 2432	5.7	× 51 / 239	1.2
4	87,223	2474.8	− 2473	1.8	× 60 / 239	0.5
5	87,225	2501.1	− 2502	−0.9	× 64 / 239	−0.2
6	87,227	2531.5	− 2531	0.5	× 64 / 239	0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						2

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,956	2441.6	− 2432	9.6	× 45 / 225	1.9
4	80,958	2501.2	− 2473	28.2	× 50 / 225	6.3
5	80,960	2520.0	− 2502	18	× 65 / 225	5.2
6	80,962	2539.3	− 2531	8.3	× 65 / 225	2.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						16

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,190	2423.9	− 2432	−8.1	× 54 / 197	−2.2
4	83,191	2484.0	− 2473	11	× 39 / 197	2.2
5	83,194	2519.5	− 2502	17.5	× 46 / 197	4.1
6	83,196	2550.6	− 2531	19.6	× 58 / 197	5.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						10

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,417	2417.8	− 2432	−14.2	× 69 / 241	−4.1
4	83,419	2463.0	− 2473	−10	× 70 / 241	−2.9
5	83,421	2522.5	− 2502	20.5	× 45 / 241	3.8
6	83,423	2523.4	− 2531	−7.6	× 57 / 241	−1.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,027	2422.4	− 2432	−9.6	× 52 / 227	−2.2
4	84,028	2471.9	− 2473	−1.1	× 63 / 227	−0.3
5	84,029	2490.0	− 2502	−12	× 71 / 227	−3.8
6	84,030	2565.8	− 2531	34.8	× 41 / 227	6.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,188	2411.6	− 2432	−20.4	× 50 / 193	−5.3
4	84,189	2450.7	− 2473	−22.3	× 46 / 193	−5.3
5	84,190	2449.7	− 2502	−52.3	× 50 / 193	−13.5
6	84,191	2513.6	− 2531	−17.4	× 47 / 193	−4.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,129	2404.0	− 2432	−28	× 50 / 195	−7.2
4	84,130	2447.2	− 2473	−25.8	× 52 / 195	−6.9
5	84,131	2504.3	− 2502	2.3	× 43 / 195	0.5
6	84,132	2501.2	− 2531	−29.8	× 50 / 195	−7.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,130	2406.8	− 2432	−25.2	× 53 / 201	−6.6
4	84,131	2453.7	− 2473	−19.3	× 53 / 201	−5.1
5	84,132	2478.6	− 2502	−23.4	× 51 / 201	−5.9
6	84,133	2543.6	− 2531	12.6	× 44 / 201	2.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,814	2392.1	− 2432	−39.9	× 49 / 220	−8.9
4	83,815	2420.9	− 2473	−52.1	× 60 / 220	−14.2
5	83,816	2472.4	− 2502	−29.6	× 57 / 220	−7.7
6	83,817	2525.6	− 2531	−5.4	× 54 / 220	−1.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 2, 16, 10, −5, 0, −28, −21, −15, −32 → −8.1
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 14 · 2016→2017: 6 · 2017→2018: 15 · 2018→2019: 5 · 2019→2022: 28 · 2022→2023: 7 · 2023→2024: 6 · 2024→2025: 17 → average 12.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 12.3 × 2.66 = 32.7. Upper limit 24.6, lower limit −40.8.

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.