Stanislaus County Special Education: 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 3 bar

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.

Many students here are still learning English, and this test is given in English. In 2025, 7 of the 27 students who took the English Language Arts test were English learners.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 144 points under the grade 3 bar. 2288 vs. 2432.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2427 vs. 2432. The 6th-grade bar is 2531.

2025 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
6	96,280	2368.6	− 2531	−162.4	× 7 / 10	−113.7
7	96,283	2412.0	− 2552	−140	× 3 / 10	−42
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−156

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,305	2291.7	− 2432	−140.3	× 12 / 75	−22.4
4	89,306	2313.4	− 2473	−159.6	× 14 / 75	−29.8
5	89,308	2395.8	− 2502	−106.2	× 13 / 75	−18.4
7	89,313	2422.6	− 2552	−129.4	× 8 / 75	−13.8
8	89,315	2423.9	− 2567	−143.1	× 17 / 75	−32.4
11	89,317	2386.0	− 2583	−197	× 11 / 75	−28.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−146

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	91,898	2324.3	− 2502	−177.7	× 16 / 49	−58
6	91,901	2402.8	− 2531	−128.2	× 17 / 49	−44.5
8	91,905	2436.3	− 2567	−130.7	× 16 / 49	−42.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−145

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	92,092	2356.8	− 2432	−75.2	× 11 / 11	−75.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	92,724	2349.9	− 2432	−82.1	× 14 / 51	−22.5
4	92,725	2393.5	− 2473	−79.5	× 19 / 51	−29.6
7	92,728	2363.5	− 2552	−188.5	× 18 / 51	−66.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−119

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,755	2302.4	− 2432	−129.6	× 17 / 53	−41.6
4	90,756	2343.8	− 2473	−129.2	× 17 / 53	−41.4
5	90,757	2347.5	− 2502	−154.5	× 19 / 53	−55.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−138

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	92,965	2311.1	− 2432	−120.9	× 30 / 47	−77.2
5	92,967	2387.1	− 2502	−114.9	× 17 / 47	−41.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−119

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	92,869	2310.6	− 2432	−121.4	× 26 / 96	−32.9
4	92,870	2329.6	− 2473	−143.4	× 23 / 96	−34.4
5	92,871	2338.6	− 2502	−163.4	× 14 / 96	−23.8
6	92,872	2374.5	− 2531	−156.5	× 11 / 96	−17.9
7	92,873	2422.9	− 2552	−129.1	× 11 / 96	−14.8
8	92,874	2377.8	− 2567	−189.2	× 11 / 96	−21.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−145

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	92,750	2302.1	− 2432	−129.9	× 14 / 61	−29.8
4	92,751	2283.3	− 2473	−189.7	× 18 / 61	−56
5	92,752	2350.1	− 2502	−151.9	× 16 / 61	−39.8
6	92,753	2332.9	− 2531	−198.1	× 13 / 61	−42.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−168

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	92,486	2287.8	− 2432	−144.2	× 15 / 27	−80.1
6	92,489	2427.2	− 2531	−103.8	× 12 / 27	−46.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−126

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −156, −146, −145, −75, −119, −138, −119, −145, −168, −126 → −133.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 10 · 2016→2017: 1 · 2017→2018: 70 · 2018→2019: 44 · 2019→2021: 19 · 2021→2022: 19 · 2022→2023: 26 · 2023→2024: 23 · 2024→2025: 42 → average 28.2
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 28.2 × 2.66 = 75. Upper limit −58.7, lower limit −208.7.

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.