Briarwood 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, 26 of the 102 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

3rd The average 3rd grader meets the grade 3 bar. 2447 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 17 points under the grade 4 bar. 2456 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2520 vs. 2502.

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.

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	89,248	2407.7	− 2432	−24.3	× 54 / 187	−7
4	89,250	2424.8	− 2473	−48.2	× 64 / 187	−16.5
5	89,252	2493.7	− 2502	−8.3	× 69 / 187	−3.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,784	2435.3	− 2432	3.3	× 59 / 162	1.2
4	82,785	2464.2	− 2473	−8.8	× 46 / 162	−2.5
5	82,788	2477.6	− 2502	−24.4	× 57 / 162	−8.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−10

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,094	2401.1	− 2432	−30.9	× 57 / 161	−10.9
4	85,095	2446.5	− 2473	−26.5	× 54 / 161	−8.9
5	85,098	2467.7	− 2502	−34.3	× 50 / 161	−10.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,311	2454.8	− 2432	22.8	× 47 / 145	7.4
4	85,313	2461.2	− 2473	−11.8	× 47 / 145	−3.8
5	85,315	2470.5	− 2502	−31.5	× 51 / 145	−11.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,903	2450.6	− 2432	18.6	× 50 / 149	6.2
4	85,904	2475.3	− 2473	2.3	× 47 / 149	0.7
5	85,905	2518.0	− 2502	16	× 52 / 149	5.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						13

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	86,114	2478.0	− 2432	46	× 25 / 108	10.6
4	86,115	2453.3	− 2473	−19.7	× 39 / 108	−7.1
5	86,116	2462.0	− 2502	−40	× 44 / 108	−16.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	86,036	2416.3	− 2432	−15.7	× 48 / 115	−6.6
4	86,037	2470.5	− 2473	−2.5	× 26 / 115	−0.6
5	86,038	2510.0	− 2502	8	× 41 / 115	2.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	86,022	2458.8	− 2432	26.8	× 38 / 110	9.3
4	86,023	2444.8	− 2473	−28.2	× 50 / 110	−12.8
5	86,024	2503.0	− 2502	1	× 22 / 110	0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−3

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,710	2418.5	− 2432	−13.5	× 36 / 135	−3.6
4	85,711	2464.1	− 2473	−8.9	× 42 / 135	−2.8
5	85,712	2499.1	− 2502	−2.9	× 57 / 135	−1.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,467	2447.1	− 2432	15.1	× 36 / 102	5.3
4	85,468	2456.4	− 2473	−16.6	× 31 / 102	−5
5	85,469	2520.1	− 2502	18.1	× 35 / 102	6.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						6

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −27, −10, −30, −8, 13, −13, −4, −3, −8, 6 → −8.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 17 · 2016→2017: 20 · 2017→2018: 22 · 2018→2019: 21 · 2019→2022: 26 · 2022→2023: 9 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 5 · 2025→2026: 14 → average 15
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 15 × 2.66 = 39.9. Upper limit 31.5, lower limit −48.3.

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.