Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Mt. Pleas: 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, 95 of the 152 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 137 points under the grade 3 bar. 2296 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 21 points under the grade 3 bar. 2411 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 39 points under the grade 4 bar. 2434 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2430 vs. 2432. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.
7th The average 7th grader scores 27 points under the grade 5 bar. 2476 vs. 2502. The 7th-grade bar is 2552.
8th The average 8th grader scores 29 points under the grade 4 bar. 2444 vs. 2473. 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 5th 12 students 28 points under the grade 5 bar. 8th 13 students 23 points under 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 5th 17 students 27 points under the grade 3 bar. 8th 14 students 21 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.

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,073	2403.5	− 2432	−28.5	× 28 / 28	−28.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,679	2432.8	− 2432	0.8	× 41 / 67	0.5
4	82,680	2423.8	− 2473	−49.2	× 26 / 67	−19.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,884	2386.8	− 2432	−45.2	× 44 / 181	−11
4	82,885	2397.3	− 2473	−75.7	× 34 / 181	−14.2
5	82,886	2448.9	− 2502	−53.1	× 43 / 181	−12.6
6	82,887	2455.4	− 2531	−75.6	× 40 / 181	−16.7
7	82,888	2462.7	− 2552	−89.3	× 20 / 181	−9.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−64

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,862	2330.0	− 2432	−102	× 31 / 174	−18.2
4	82,863	2394.6	− 2473	−78.4	× 38 / 174	−17.1
5	82,864	2467.9	− 2502	−34.1	× 28 / 174	−5.5
6	82,865	2450.8	− 2531	−80.2	× 36 / 174	−16.6
7	82,866	2488.5	− 2552	−63.5	× 24 / 174	−8.8
8	82,867	2460.9	− 2567	−106.1	× 17 / 174	−10.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,864	2307.4	− 2432	−124.6	× 28 / 128	−27.3
4	82,865	2362.2	− 2473	−110.8	× 20 / 128	−17.3
5	82,866	2431.4	− 2502	−70.6	× 25 / 128	−13.8
6	82,867	2454.0	− 2531	−77	× 18 / 128	−10.8
7	82,868	2443.6	− 2552	−108.4	× 22 / 128	−18.6
8	82,869	2434.3	− 2567	−132.7	× 15 / 128	−15.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−103

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,540	2356.9	− 2432	−75.1	× 25 / 145	−12.9
4	82,541	2431.3	− 2473	−41.7	× 27 / 145	−7.8
5	82,542	2419.6	− 2502	−82.4	× 21 / 145	−11.9
6	82,543	2445.1	− 2531	−85.9	× 28 / 145	−16.6
7	82,544	2422.4	− 2552	−129.6	× 20 / 145	−17.9
8	82,545	2450.4	− 2567	−116.6	× 24 / 145	−19.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−86

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,430	2295.5	− 2432	−136.5	× 17 / 152	−15.3
4	82,431	2411.4	− 2473	−61.6	× 22 / 152	−8.9
5	82,432	2433.7	− 2502	−68.3	× 29 / 152	−13
6	82,433	2429.9	− 2531	−101.1	× 26 / 152	−17.3
7	82,434	2475.5	− 2552	−76.5	× 31 / 152	−15.6
8	82,435	2443.8	− 2567	−123.2	× 27 / 152	−21.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−92

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −29, −19, −64, −76, −103, −86, −92 → −67
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2018→2019: 10 · 2019→2022: 45 · 2022→2023: 12 · 2023→2024: 27 · 2024→2025: 17 · 2025→2026: 6 → average 19.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 19.5 × 2.66 = 51.9. Upper limit −15.1, lower limit −118.9.

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.