Fairmont 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.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 31 points under the grade 3 bar. 2401 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores 12 points under the grade 3 bar. 2420 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader scores 20 points under the grade 4 bar. 2453 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2469 vs. 2473. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.

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 4th 60 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 6th 65 students 22 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 4th 12 students 65 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 13 students 17 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.

2015 from sb_ca2015_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	93,412	2376.1	− 2432	−55.9	× 76 / 303	−14
4	93,415	2413.6	− 2473	−59.4	× 79 / 303	−15.5
5	93,416	2471.6	− 2502	−30.4	× 67 / 303	−6.7
6	93,419	2493.3	− 2531	−37.7	× 81 / 303	−10.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	86,800	2401.7	− 2432	−30.3	× 69 / 276	−7.6
4	86,802	2415.4	− 2473	−57.6	× 68 / 276	−14.2
5	86,804	2469.1	− 2502	−32.9	× 77 / 276	−9.2
6	86,805	2528.6	− 2531	−2.4	× 62 / 276	−0.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,246	2378.5	− 2432	−53.5	× 71 / 273	−13.9
4	89,249	2441.2	− 2473	−31.8	× 61 / 273	−7.1
5	89,251	2478.1	− 2502	−23.9	× 71 / 273	−6.2
6	89,252	2525.0	− 2531	−6	× 70 / 273	−1.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,457	2391.6	− 2432	−40.4	× 70 / 278	−10.2
4	89,458	2424.3	− 2473	−48.7	× 66 / 278	−11.6
5	89,461	2487.9	− 2502	−14.1	× 69 / 278	−3.5
6	89,462	2531.5	− 2531	0.5	× 73 / 278	0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−25

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,059	2389.1	− 2432	−42.9	× 82 / 293	−12
4	90,060	2421.0	− 2473	−52	× 74 / 293	−13.1
5	90,061	2459.8	− 2502	−42.2	× 63 / 293	−9.1
6	90,062	2511.1	− 2531	−19.9	× 74 / 293	−5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,323	2380.7	− 2432	−51.3	× 76 / 328	−11.9
4	90,324	2444.4	− 2473	−28.6	× 82 / 328	−7.2
5	90,325	2469.2	− 2502	−32.8	× 85 / 328	−8.5
6	90,326	2472.4	− 2531	−58.6	× 85 / 328	−15.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,215	2366.6	− 2432	−65.4	× 75 / 311	−15.8
4	90,216	2430.2	− 2473	−42.8	× 73 / 311	−10
5	90,217	2461.2	− 2502	−40.8	× 79 / 311	−10.4
6	90,218	2490.4	− 2531	−40.6	× 84 / 311	−11
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,164	2394.0	− 2432	−38	× 75 / 309	−9.2
4	90,165	2423.8	− 2473	−49.2	× 75 / 309	−11.9
5	90,166	2447.4	− 2502	−54.6	× 78 / 309	−13.8
6	90,167	2473.9	− 2531	−57.1	× 81 / 309	−15
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,848	2376.7	− 2432	−55.3	× 72 / 290	−13.7
4	89,849	2428.1	− 2473	−44.9	× 73 / 290	−11.3
5	89,850	2421.8	− 2502	−80.2	× 73 / 290	−20.2
6	89,851	2485.4	− 2531	−45.6	× 72 / 290	−11.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,543	2400.8	− 2432	−31.2	× 77 / 299	−8
4	89,544	2419.7	− 2473	−53.3	× 72 / 299	−12.8
5	89,545	2452.8	− 2502	−49.2	× 72 / 299	−11.8
6	89,546	2469.3	− 2531	−61.7	× 78 / 299	−16.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −46, −31, −29, −25, −39, −43, −47, −50, −57, −49 → −41.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 15 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 4 · 2018→2019: 14 · 2019→2022: 4 · 2022→2023: 4 · 2023→2024: 3 · 2024→2025: 7 · 2025→2026: 8 → average 6.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 6.8 × 2.66 = 18.1. Upper limit −23.5, lower limit −59.7.

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.