Lincoln Street: 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.

5th The average 5th grader scores 34 points under the grade 4 bar. 2440 vs. 2473. The 5th-grade bar is 2502.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2429 vs. 2432. The 6th-grade bar is 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
8	99,112	2543.3	− 2567	−23.7	× 16 / 16	−23.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	91,872	2458.0	− 2502	−44	× 14 / 39	−15.8
6	91,874	2505.2	− 2531	−25.8	× 12 / 39	−7.9
8	91,879	2522.8	− 2567	−44.2	× 13 / 39	−14.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	94,640	2402.4	− 2432	−29.6	× 14 / 56	−7.4
6	94,646	2498.9	− 2531	−32.1	× 12 / 56	−6.9
7	94,649	2509.5	− 2552	−42.5	× 13 / 56	−9.9
8	94,651	2537.2	− 2567	−29.8	× 17 / 56	−9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	94,851	2428.5	− 2473	−44.5	× 13 / 42	−13.8
6	94,855	2507.7	− 2531	−23.3	× 14 / 42	−7.8
7	94,856	2517.3	− 2552	−34.7	× 15 / 42	−12.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	95,497	2439.6	− 2502	−62.4	× 14 / 46	−19
7	95,499	2541.6	− 2552	−10.4	× 14 / 46	−3.2
8	95,500	2511.1	− 2567	−55.9	× 18 / 46	−21.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	95,698	2370.1	− 2473	−102.9	× 12 / 23	−53.7
8	95,702	2515.2	− 2567	−51.8	× 11 / 23	−24.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−78

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	95,181	2338.8	− 2473	−134.2	× 11 / 11	−134.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−134

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	94,792	2439.5	− 2502	−62.5	× 13 / 26	−31.3
6	94,793	2428.8	− 2531	−102.2	× 13 / 26	−51.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−82

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −24, −38, −33, −34, −44, −78, −134, −82 → −58.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 14 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 1 · 2018→2019: 10 · 2019→2022: 34 · 2022→2025: 56 · 2025→2026: 52 → average 24.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 24.6 × 2.66 = 65.4. Upper limit 7, lower limit −123.8.

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.