Willow Glen 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.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2424 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2464 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 17 points under the grade 5 bar. 2485 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 77 students Meets the grade 3 bar. 4th 89 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 80 students Meets the grade 5 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 116 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 20 students 43 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 14 students 85 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	89,010	2428.1	− 2432	−3.9	× 130 / 350	−1.4
4	89,012	2491.1	− 2473	18.1	× 101 / 350	5.2
5	89,014	2508.2	− 2502	6.2	× 119 / 350	2.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						6

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,611	2432.7	− 2432	0.7	× 143 / 365	0.3
4	82,614	2490.3	− 2473	17.3	× 121 / 365	5.7
5	82,616	2537.3	− 2502	35.3	× 101 / 365	9.8
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	84,903	2429.5	− 2432	−2.5	× 121 / 380	−0.8
4	84,905	2486.0	− 2473	13	× 142 / 380	4.9
5	84,907	2523.3	− 2502	21.3	× 117 / 380	6.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						11

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,120	2448.9	− 2432	16.9	× 116 / 374	5.2
4	85,122	2482.6	− 2473	9.6	× 119 / 374	3.1
5	85,124	2517.0	− 2502	15	× 139 / 374	5.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						14

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,709	2424.1	− 2432	−7.9	× 130 / 355	−2.9
4	85,710	2492.7	− 2473	19.7	× 109 / 355	6
5	85,711	2510.0	− 2502	8	× 116 / 355	2.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						6

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	83,935	2403.7	− 2432	−28.3	× 104 / 326	−9
4	83,936	2447.3	− 2473	−25.7	× 106 / 326	−8.4
5	83,937	2491.5	− 2502	−10.5	× 116 / 326	−3.7
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	85,904	2435.1	− 2432	3.1	× 115 / 339	1.1
4	85,905	2449.9	− 2473	−23.1	× 111 / 339	−7.6
5	85,906	2500.6	− 2502	−1.4	× 113 / 339	−0.5
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	85,822	2434.1	− 2432	2.1	× 112 / 332	0.7
4	85,823	2469.7	− 2473	−3.3	× 112 / 332	−1.1
5	85,824	2493.5	− 2502	−8.5	× 108 / 332	−2.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−3

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,814	2444.0	− 2432	12	× 95 / 317	3.6
4	85,815	2482.8	− 2473	9.8	× 109 / 317	3.4
5	85,816	2514.3	− 2502	12.3	× 113 / 317	4.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						11

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,500	2417.3	− 2432	−14.7	× 109 / 306	−5.2
4	85,501	2487.9	− 2473	14.9	× 95 / 306	4.6
5	85,502	2499.0	− 2502	−3	× 102 / 306	−1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,257	2423.5	− 2432	−8.5	× 100 / 304	−2.8
4	85,258	2464.3	− 2473	−8.7	× 110 / 304	−3.1
5	85,259	2484.8	− 2502	−17.2	× 94 / 304	−5.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−11

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 6, 16, 11, 14, 6, −21, −7, −3, 11, −2, −11 → 1.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 10 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 3 · 2018→2019: 8 · 2019→2021: 27 · 2021→2022: 14 · 2022→2023: 4 · 2023→2024: 14 · 2024→2025: 13 · 2025→2026: 9 → average 10.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.7 × 2.66 = 28.5. Upper limit 30.3, lower limit −26.7.

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.