Shasta 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 8.

3rd The average 3rd grader meets the grade 3 bar. 2457 vs. 2432.
5th The average 5th grader scores 11 points under the grade 5 bar. 2491 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 6 bar. 2529 vs. 2531.
8th The average 8th grader meets the grade 8 bar. 2571 vs. 2567.

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	91,567	2414.8	− 2432	−17.2	× 30 / 56	−9.2
4	91,570	2449.9	− 2473	−23.1	× 14 / 56	−5.8
5	91,571	2476.1	− 2502	−25.9	× 12 / 56	−5.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	85,026	2438.3	− 2432	6.3	× 14 / 47	1.9
4	85,028	2440.8	− 2473	−32.2	× 19 / 47	−13
5	85,031	2487.0	− 2502	−15	× 14 / 47	−4.5
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	87,378	2387.0	− 2432	−45	× 22 / 61	−16.2
4	87,379	2493.0	− 2473	20	× 14 / 61	4.6
5	87,382	2480.7	− 2502	−21.3	× 25 / 61	−8.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	87,619	2404.7	− 2432	−27.3	× 14 / 60	−6.4
4	87,620	2447.7	− 2473	−25.3	× 15 / 60	−6.3
5	87,623	2549.8	− 2502	47.8	× 14 / 60	11.2
6	87,624	2491.6	− 2531	−39.4	× 17 / 60	−11.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	88,249	2411.0	− 2432	−21	× 19 / 47	−8.5
5	88,251	2519.6	− 2502	17.6	× 17 / 47	6.4
6	88,252	2576.5	− 2531	45.5	× 11 / 47	10.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						9

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	86,525	2409.9	− 2432	−22.1	× 18 / 41	−9.7
4	86,526	2457.8	− 2473	−15.2	× 11 / 41	−4.1
6	86,528	2497.3	− 2531	−33.7	× 12 / 41	−9.9
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	88,586	2391.6	− 2432	−40.4	× 12 / 28	−17.3
4	88,587	2457.5	− 2473	−15.5	× 16 / 28	−8.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	88,493	2403.7	− 2432	−28.3	× 16 / 44	−10.3
4	88,494	2408.7	− 2473	−64.3	× 11 / 44	−16.1
5	88,495	2493.0	− 2502	−9	× 17 / 44	−3.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	88,469	2451.1	− 2473	−21.9	× 17 / 43	−8.7
5	88,470	2477.5	− 2502	−24.5	× 12 / 43	−6.8
6	88,471	2523.4	− 2531	−7.6	× 14 / 43	−2.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−18

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	88,162	2480.0	− 2502	−22	× 14 / 26	−11.8
7	88,164	2561.6	− 2552	9.6	× 12 / 26	4.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	87,857	2456.5	− 2432	24.5	× 13 / 55	5.8
5	87,859	2490.6	− 2502	−11.4	× 13 / 55	−2.7
6	87,860	2528.5	− 2531	−2.5	× 15 / 55	−0.7
8	87,862	2570.9	− 2567	3.9	× 14 / 55	1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						3

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −21, −16, −20, −13, 9, −24, −26, −30, −18, −7, 3 → −14.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 5 · 2016→2017: 4 · 2017→2018: 7 · 2018→2019: 22 · 2019→2021: 33 · 2021→2022: 2 · 2022→2023: 4 · 2023→2024: 12 · 2024→2025: 11 · 2025→2026: 10 → average 11
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11 × 2.66 = 29.3. Upper limit 14.5, lower limit −44.1.

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.