Alamo 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 6.

3rd The average 3rd grader meets the grade 3 bar. 2456 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 15 points under the grade 4 bar. 2458 vs. 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 25 points under the grade 5 bar. 2477 vs. 2502.
6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2546 vs. 2531.

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	93,382	2402.3	− 2432	−29.7	× 91 / 364	−7.4
4	93,385	2463.3	− 2473	−9.7	× 81 / 364	−2.2
5	93,386	2500.5	− 2502	−1.5	× 97 / 364	−0.4
6	93,388	2509.6	− 2531	−21.4	× 95 / 364	−5.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	86,770	2424.7	− 2432	−7.3	× 102 / 386	−1.9
4	86,771	2437.4	− 2473	−35.6	× 101 / 386	−9.3
5	86,774	2506.3	− 2502	4.3	× 84 / 386	0.9
6	86,776	2536.6	− 2531	5.6	× 99 / 386	1.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−9

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,217	2417.9	− 2432	−14.1	× 98 / 391	−3.5
4	89,218	2468.2	− 2473	−4.8	× 97 / 391	−1.2
5	89,221	2474.7	− 2502	−27.3	× 108 / 391	−7.5
6	89,223	2534.2	− 2531	3.2	× 88 / 391	0.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,426	2440.7	− 2432	8.7	× 98 / 406	2.1
4	89,429	2469.9	− 2473	−3.1	× 100 / 406	−0.8
5	89,430	2495.8	− 2502	−6.2	× 101 / 406	−1.5
6	89,433	2505.6	− 2531	−25.4	× 107 / 406	−6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,029	2449.2	− 2432	17.2	× 107 / 407	4.5
4	90,030	2484.0	− 2473	11	× 96 / 407	2.6
5	90,031	2505.0	− 2502	3	× 102 / 407	0.8
6	90,032	2530.8	− 2531	−0.2	× 102 / 407	−0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						8

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,293	2434.6	− 2432	2.6	× 98 / 389	0.7
4	90,294	2483.4	− 2473	10.4	× 90 / 389	2.4
5	90,295	2446.7	− 2502	−55.3	× 97 / 389	−13.8
6	90,296	2523.9	− 2531	−7.1	× 104 / 389	−1.9
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	90,185	2426.4	− 2432	−5.6	× 108 / 406	−1.5
4	90,186	2464.4	− 2473	−8.6	× 101 / 406	−2.1
5	90,187	2502.8	− 2502	0.8	× 97 / 406	0.2
6	90,188	2529.9	− 2531	−1.1	× 100 / 406	−0.3
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	90,134	2425.0	− 2432	−7	× 88 / 387	−1.6
4	90,135	2447.3	− 2473	−25.7	× 102 / 387	−6.8
5	90,136	2489.8	− 2502	−12.2	× 100 / 387	−3.2
6	90,137	2555.0	− 2531	24	× 97 / 387	6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−6

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,818	2411.0	− 2432	−21	× 104 / 434	−5
4	89,819	2458.1	− 2473	−14.9	× 98 / 434	−3.4
5	89,820	2485.2	− 2502	−16.8	× 118 / 434	−4.6
6	89,821	2523.0	− 2531	−8	× 114 / 434	−2.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,513	2455.5	− 2432	23.5	× 82 / 386	5
4	89,514	2458.0	− 2473	−15	× 93 / 386	−3.6
5	89,515	2476.6	− 2502	−25.4	× 99 / 386	−6.5
6	89,516	2545.5	− 2531	14.5	× 112 / 386	4.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−1

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −16, −9, −12, −7, 8, −13, −4, −6, −15, −1 → −7.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 7 · 2016→2017: 3 · 2017→2018: 5 · 2018→2019: 15 · 2019→2022: 21 · 2022→2023: 9 · 2023→2024: 2 · 2024→2025: 9 · 2025→2026: 14 → average 9.4
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.4 × 2.66 = 25. Upper limit 17.5, lower limit −32.5.

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.