Jeanne R. Meadows 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, 99 of the 242 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 42 points under the grade 3 bar. 2390 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2431 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2497 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores 15 points under the grade 6 bar. 2516 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 41 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 4th 42 students 21 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 24 students Meets the grade 5 bar. 6th 36 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 32 students 96 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 33 students 28 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 18 students 16 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 16 students 22 points under the grade 3 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	87,325	2423.3	− 2432	−8.7	× 52 / 283	−1.6
4	87,328	2454.1	− 2473	−18.9	× 64 / 283	−4.3
5	87,329	2504.2	− 2502	2.2	× 68 / 283	0.5
6	87,332	2531.2	− 2531	0.2	× 99 / 283	0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,061	2440.0	− 2432	8	× 81 / 287	2.3
4	81,063	2460.3	− 2473	−12.7	× 69 / 287	−3.1
5	81,065	2509.1	− 2502	7.1	× 71 / 287	1.8
6	81,068	2553.7	− 2531	22.7	× 66 / 287	5.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						6

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,296	2438.9	− 2432	6.9	× 94 / 298	2.2
4	83,297	2484.7	− 2473	11.7	× 76 / 298	3
5	83,300	2494.6	− 2502	−7.4	× 64 / 298	−1.6
6	83,301	2534.2	− 2531	3.2	× 64 / 298	0.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						4

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,523	2444.3	− 2432	12.3	× 72 / 276	3.2
4	83,526	2463.8	− 2473	−9.2	× 80 / 276	−2.7
5	83,527	2526.2	− 2502	24.2	× 66 / 276	5.8
6	83,530	2552.4	− 2531	21.4	× 58 / 276	4.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						11

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,133	2448.1	− 2432	16.1	× 69 / 259	4.3
4	84,134	2461.2	− 2473	−11.8	× 62 / 259	−2.8
5	84,135	2526.3	− 2502	24.3	× 65 / 259	6.1
6	84,136	2570.6	− 2531	39.6	× 63 / 259	9.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						17

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,294	2418.5	− 2432	−13.5	× 52 / 238	−2.9
4	84,295	2439.5	− 2473	−33.5	× 61 / 238	−8.6
5	84,296	2489.0	− 2502	−13	× 64 / 238	−3.5
6	84,297	2531.2	− 2531	0.2	× 61 / 238	0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,235	2415.4	− 2432	−16.6	× 49 / 216	−3.8
4	84,236	2484.2	− 2473	11.2	× 50 / 216	2.6
5	84,237	2458.3	− 2502	−43.7	× 59 / 216	−11.9
6	84,238	2491.4	− 2531	−39.6	× 58 / 216	−10.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,238	2371.2	− 2432	−60.8	× 70 / 225	−18.9
4	84,239	2479.1	− 2473	6.1	× 44 / 225	1.2
5	84,240	2512.9	− 2502	10.9	× 50 / 225	2.4
6	84,241	2481.8	− 2531	−49.2	× 61 / 225	−13.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,920	2389.8	− 2432	−42.2	× 73 / 242	−12.7
4	83,921	2431.2	− 2473	−41.8	× 75 / 242	−13
5	83,922	2496.9	− 2502	−5.1	× 42 / 242	−0.9
6	83,923	2515.6	− 2531	−15.4	× 52 / 242	−3.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −5, 6, 4, 11, 17, −15, −24, −29, −30 → −7.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 11 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 7 · 2018→2019: 6 · 2019→2022: 32 · 2022→2023: 9 · 2023→2024: 5 · 2024→2025: 1 → average 9.1
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.1 × 2.66 = 24.2. Upper limit 17, lower limit −31.4.

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.