Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Morgan Hi: 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 8.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2026, 128 of the 257 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 22 points under the grade 3 bar. 2410 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 36 points under the grade 3 bar. 2396 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2470 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2466 vs. 2473. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2473 vs. 2473. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores just under the grade 6 bar. 2527 vs. 2531. The 8th-grade bar is 2567.

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 11 students Meets the grade 3 bar. 4th 20 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 22 students Meets the grade 5 bar. 6th 30 students 12 points under the grade 6 bar. 7th 14 students 18 points under the grade 7 bar. 8th 32 students 14 points under the grade 8 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 3rd 15 students 42 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 37 students 82 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 22 students 24 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 29 students 20 points under the grade 3 bar. 7th 13 students 26 points under the grade 3 bar. 8th 12 students 17 points under the grade 4 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.

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,055	2395.9	− 2432	−36.1	× 26 / 26	−36.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−36

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,673	2411.0	− 2432	−21	× 43 / 73	−12.4
4	82,674	2445.8	− 2473	−27.2	× 30 / 73	−11.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,872	2351.2	− 2432	−80.8	× 44 / 209	−17
4	82,873	2416.6	− 2473	−56.4	× 57 / 209	−15.4
5	82,874	2470.5	− 2502	−31.5	× 51 / 209	−7.7
6	82,875	2522.6	− 2531	−8.4	× 33 / 209	−1.3
7	82,876	2526.9	− 2552	−25.1	× 24 / 209	−2.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,848	2372.3	− 2432	−59.7	× 39 / 184	−12.7
4	82,849	2407.8	− 2473	−65.2	× 31 / 184	−11
5	82,850	2461.7	− 2502	−40.3	× 37 / 184	−8.1
6	82,851	2503.1	− 2531	−27.9	× 36 / 184	−5.5
7	82,852	2545.6	− 2552	−6.4	× 25 / 184	−0.9
8	82,853	2520.1	− 2567	−46.9	× 16 / 184	−4.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,850	2355.9	− 2432	−76.1	× 32 / 192	−12.7
4	82,851	2393.2	− 2473	−79.8	× 38 / 192	−15.8
5	82,852	2433.3	− 2502	−68.7	× 29 / 192	−10.4
6	82,853	2489.5	− 2531	−41.5	× 38 / 192	−8.2
7	82,854	2503.9	− 2552	−48.1	× 32 / 192	−8
8	82,855	2565.4	− 2567	−1.6	× 23 / 192	−0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,526	2377.5	− 2432	−54.5	× 46 / 243	−10.3
4	82,527	2424.6	− 2473	−48.4	× 46 / 243	−9.2
5	82,528	2461.1	− 2502	−40.9	× 46 / 243	−7.7
6	82,529	2448.9	− 2531	−82.1	× 29 / 243	−9.8
7	82,530	2517.2	− 2552	−34.8	× 44 / 243	−6.3
8	82,531	2525.4	− 2567	−41.6	× 32 / 243	−5.5
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	82,416	2410.2	− 2432	−21.8	× 26 / 257	−2.2
4	82,417	2396.3	− 2473	−76.7	× 57 / 257	−17
5	82,418	2469.6	− 2502	−32.4	× 44 / 257	−5.5
6	82,419	2466.4	− 2531	−64.6	× 59 / 257	−14.8
7	82,420	2472.5	− 2552	−79.5	× 27 / 257	−8.4
8	82,421	2526.8	− 2567	−40.2	× 44 / 257	−6.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −36, −24, −44, −42, −55, −49, −55 → −43.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2018→2019: 12 · 2019→2022: 20 · 2022→2023: 2 · 2023→2024: 13 · 2024→2025: 6 · 2025→2026: 6 → average 9.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.8 × 2.66 = 26.1. Upper limit −17.5, lower limit −69.7.

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 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.