San Antonio 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 5.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 39 points under the grade 3 bar. 2393 vs. 2432.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2426 vs. 2432. The 4th-grade bar is 2473.
5th The average 5th grader meets the grade 5 bar. 2516 vs. 2502.

2023 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	103,393	2445.2	− 2432	13.2	× 17 / 82	2.7
4	103,396	2450.4	− 2473	−22.6	× 28 / 82	−7.7
5	103,397	2495.2	− 2502	−6.8	× 20 / 82	−1.7
6	103,400	2482.4	− 2531	−48.6	× 17 / 82	−10.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−17

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	96,079	2414.3	− 2432	−17.7	× 27 / 95	−5
4	96,081	2515.5	− 2473	42.5	× 24 / 95	10.7
5	96,083	2528.1	− 2502	26.1	× 25 / 95	6.9
6	96,085	2535.3	− 2531	4.3	× 19 / 95	0.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						13

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	98,854	2346.3	− 2432	−85.7	× 16 / 94	−14.6
4	98,857	2437.8	− 2473	−35.2	× 31 / 94	−11.6
5	98,858	2529.4	− 2502	27.4	× 19 / 94	5.5
6	98,860	2540.1	− 2531	9.1	× 28 / 94	2.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−18

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,014	2409.1	− 2432	−22.9	× 18 / 83	−5
4	99,015	2421.9	− 2473	−51.1	× 17 / 83	−10.5
5	99,018	2496.1	− 2502	−5.9	× 28 / 83	−2
6	99,019	2570.4	− 2531	39.4	× 20 / 83	9.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,682	2364.1	− 2432	−67.9	× 26 / 103	−17.1
4	99,683	2441.5	− 2473	−31.5	× 26 / 103	−8
5	99,684	2492.4	− 2502	−9.6	× 19 / 103	−1.8
6	99,685	2475.8	− 2531	−55.2	× 32 / 103	−17.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	97,523	2416.2	− 2432	−15.8	× 21 / 62	−5.4
4	97,524	2443.4	− 2473	−29.6	× 19 / 62	−9.1
5	97,525	2456.2	− 2502	−45.8	× 22 / 62	−16.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,889	2380.7	− 2432	−51.3	× 18 / 35	−26.4
4	99,890	2477.4	− 2473	4.4	× 17 / 35	2.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,723	2393.4	− 2432	−38.6	× 19 / 54	−13.6
4	99,724	2426.4	− 2473	−46.6	× 19 / 54	−16.4
5	99,725	2515.9	− 2502	13.9	× 16 / 54	4.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −17, 13, −18, −8, −44, −31, −24, −26 → −19.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 30 · 2016→2017: 31 · 2017→2018: 10 · 2018→2019: 36 · 2019→2021: 13 · 2021→2022: 7 · 2022→2023: 2 → average 18.4
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 18.4 × 2.66 = 48.9. Upper limit 29.5, lower limit −68.3.

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.