Valle Vista 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 5.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 30 of the 98 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 69 points under the grade 3 bar. 2363 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 31 points under the grade 3 bar. 2401 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 21 points under the grade 5 bar. 2481 vs. 2502.

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 24 students 43 points under the grade 3 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 13 students 117 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	88,232	2388.3	− 2432	−43.7	× 78 / 243	−14
4	88,233	2461.4	− 2473	−11.6	× 80 / 243	−3.8
5	88,236	2467.6	− 2502	−34.4	× 85 / 243	−12
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,903	2415.0	− 2432	−17	× 66 / 213	−5.3
4	81,905	2431.9	− 2473	−41.1	× 79 / 213	−15.2
5	81,908	2487.2	− 2502	−14.8	× 68 / 213	−4.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−25

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,183	2378.8	− 2432	−53.2	× 61 / 196	−16.6
4	84,185	2432.5	− 2473	−40.5	× 61 / 196	−12.6
5	84,187	2457.1	− 2502	−44.9	× 74 / 196	−17
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,401	2379.7	− 2432	−52.3	× 61 / 187	−17.1
4	84,403	2396.9	− 2473	−76.1	× 66 / 187	−26.9
5	84,405	2466.1	− 2502	−35.9	× 60 / 187	−11.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,015	2404.4	− 2432	−27.6	× 62 / 193	−8.9
4	85,016	2441.2	− 2473	−31.8	× 62 / 193	−10.2
5	85,017	2412.7	− 2502	−89.3	× 69 / 193	−31.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,196	2358.2	− 2432	−73.8	× 48 / 136	−26
4	85,197	2485.4	− 2473	12.4	× 44 / 136	4
5	85,198	2491.1	− 2502	−10.9	× 44 / 136	−3.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,133	2404.8	− 2432	−27.2	× 31 / 116	−7.3
4	85,134	2401.3	− 2473	−71.7	× 46 / 116	−28.4
5	85,135	2456.5	− 2502	−45.5	× 39 / 116	−15.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,120	2392.8	− 2432	−39.2	× 34 / 101	−13.2
4	85,121	2444.6	− 2473	−28.4	× 29 / 101	−8.2
5	85,122	2414.6	− 2502	−87.4	× 38 / 101	−32.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	84,812	2364.7	− 2432	−67.3	× 30 / 100	−20.2
4	84,813	2451.3	− 2473	−21.7	× 36 / 100	−7.8
5	84,814	2440.6	− 2502	−61.4	× 34 / 100	−20.9
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	84,583	2363.0	− 2432	−69	× 37 / 98	−26.1
4	84,584	2401.3	− 2473	−71.7	× 28 / 98	−20.5
5	84,585	2481.3	− 2502	−20.7	× 33 / 98	−7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −30, −25, −46, −55, −51, −26, −51, −54, −49, −54 → −44.1
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 5 · 2016→2017: 21 · 2017→2018: 9 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2022: 25 · 2022→2023: 25 · 2023→2024: 3 · 2024→2025: 5 · 2025→2026: 5 → average 11.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11.3 × 2.66 = 30.1. Upper limit −14, lower limit −74.2.

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.