Ramblewood 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.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2427 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 39 points under the grade 4 bar. 2434 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2494 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2552 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 4th 32 students 19 points under the grade 4 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 4th 11 students 56 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	87,139	2421.5	− 2432	−10.5	× 60 / 248	−2.5
4	87,142	2449.7	− 2473	−23.3	× 63 / 248	−5.9
5	87,143	2494.4	− 2502	−7.6	× 61 / 248	−1.9
6	87,146	2541.2	− 2531	10.2	× 64 / 248	2.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,872	2420.1	− 2432	−11.9	× 48 / 225	−2.5
4	80,874	2461.5	− 2473	−11.5	× 61 / 225	−3.1
5	80,876	2518.6	− 2502	16.6	× 58 / 225	4.3
6	80,879	2564.8	− 2531	33.8	× 58 / 225	8.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						7

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,101	2447.0	− 2432	15	× 61 / 233	3.9
4	83,104	2426.6	− 2473	−46.4	× 51 / 233	−10.2
5	83,105	2496.3	− 2502	−5.7	× 60 / 233	−1.5
6	83,108	2567.4	− 2531	36.4	× 61 / 233	9.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						2

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,318	2444.8	− 2432	12.8	× 52 / 227	2.9
4	83,321	2490.8	− 2473	17.8	× 64 / 227	5
5	83,322	2497.0	− 2502	−5	× 54 / 227	−1.2
6	83,325	2538.6	− 2531	7.6	× 57 / 227	1.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						9

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,927	2449.3	− 2432	17.3	× 51 / 216	4.1
4	83,928	2493.2	− 2473	20.2	× 55 / 216	5.1
5	83,929	2532.4	− 2502	30.4	× 58 / 216	8.2
6	83,930	2546.1	− 2531	15.1	× 52 / 216	3.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						21

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,102	2477.1	− 2432	45.1	× 37 / 175	9.5
4	84,103	2459.8	− 2473	−13.2	× 44 / 175	−3.3
5	84,104	2474.6	− 2502	−27.4	× 44 / 175	−6.9
6	84,105	2557.0	− 2531	26	× 50 / 175	7.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						7

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,043	2433.0	− 2432	1	× 40 / 160	0.3
4	84,044	2479.5	− 2473	6.5	× 41 / 160	1.7
5	84,045	2503.2	− 2502	1.2	× 39 / 160	0.3
6	84,046	2514.9	− 2531	−16.1	× 40 / 160	−4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,044	2423.0	− 2432	−9	× 42 / 172	−2.2
4	84,045	2432.4	− 2473	−40.6	× 42 / 172	−9.9
5	84,046	2511.4	− 2502	9.4	× 46 / 172	2.5
6	84,047	2518.5	− 2531	−12.5	× 42 / 172	−3.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,726	2426.7	− 2432	−5.3	× 31 / 157	−1
4	83,727	2434.0	− 2473	−39	× 43 / 157	−10.7
5	83,728	2494.4	− 2502	−7.6	× 37 / 157	−1.8
6	83,729	2552.0	− 2531	21	× 46 / 157	6.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −8, 7, 2, 9, 21, 7, −2, −13, −7 → 1.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 15 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 7 · 2018→2019: 12 · 2019→2022: 14 · 2022→2023: 9 · 2023→2024: 11 · 2024→2025: 6 → average 9.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.9 × 2.66 = 26.3. Upper limit 28.1, lower limit −24.5.

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.