Meadow Lane 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 56 points under the grade 3 bar. 2376 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 23 points under the grade 4 bar. 2450 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2471 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 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.

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	87,439	2396.3	− 2432	−35.7	× 48 / 48	−35.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−36

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,681	2369.1	− 2432	−62.9	× 62 / 182	−21.4
4	85,682	2457.1	− 2473	−15.9	× 60 / 182	−5.2
5	85,683	2489.4	− 2502	−12.6	× 60 / 182	−4.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	87,774	2386.1	− 2432	−45.9	× 65 / 180	−16.6
4	87,775	2448.2	− 2473	−24.8	× 58 / 180	−8
5	87,776	2482.4	− 2502	−19.6	× 57 / 180	−6.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	87,688	2401.9	− 2432	−30.1	× 61 / 184	−10
4	87,689	2445.2	− 2473	−27.8	× 67 / 184	−10.1
5	87,690	2459.9	− 2502	−42.1	× 56 / 184	−12.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	87,670	2377.5	− 2432	−54.5	× 58 / 190	−16.6
4	87,671	2464.9	− 2473	−8.1	× 61 / 190	−2.6
5	87,672	2466.8	− 2502	−35.2	× 71 / 190	−13.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	87,358	2383.3	− 2432	−48.7	× 63 / 177	−17.3
4	87,359	2469.5	− 2473	−3.5	× 54 / 177	−1.1
5	87,360	2473.1	− 2502	−28.9	× 60 / 177	−9.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	87,079	2375.7	− 2432	−56.3	× 67 / 189	−20
4	87,080	2450.4	− 2473	−22.6	× 64 / 189	−7.7
5	87,081	2471.3	− 2502	−30.7	× 58 / 189	−9.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −36, −31, −31, −33, −32, −28, −37 → −32.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2019→2021: 5 · 2021→2022: 0 · 2022→2023: 2 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 4 · 2025→2026: 9 → average 3.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 3.5 × 2.66 = 9.3. Upper limit −23.3, lower limit −41.9.

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 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.