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Record Layout: Academic Indicator - ELA

Field names, types, and descriptions for the Academic Indicator - English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) data file for years 2024 and 2025.
Field # Field Name Description
1 cds

County-District-School Code

  • 14-character string
2 rtype

Record Type

  • S=School Record
  • D=District/Local Education Agency (LEA) Record
  • X=State Record
3 schoolname

School Name

  • Text
4 districtname

District Name

  • Text
5 countyname

County Name

  • Text
6 charter_flag

Charter School Flag

  • Y or Blank
  • Y=The school is a charter school
7 coe_flag

County Office of Education Flag

  • Y or Blank
  • Y=The district is a county office of education
8 dass_flag

Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) Flag

  • Y or Blank
  • Y=The school is a DASS school
9 studentgroup

Student Group

  • ALL=All Students
  • AA=Black or African American
  • AI=American Indian or Alaska Native
  • AS=Asian
  • FI=Filipino
  • HI=Hispanic or Latino
  • PI=Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
  • WH=White
  • MR=Multiple Races/Two or More Races
  • EL=English Learner
  • LTEL=Long-Term English Learner
  • ELO=English Learners Only
  • RFP=Recently Reclassified Fluent-English Proficient Only
  • EO=English Only
  • SED=Socioeconomically Disadvantaged
  • SWD=Students with Disabilities
  • FOS=Foster Youth
  • HOM=Homeless Youth
  • SBA=Students who took the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment
  • CAA=Students who took the California Alternate Assessment
10 currdenom

Current Denominator

  • Integer

Current year number of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or the California Alternate Assessment in ELA plus the number of lowest obtainable scale scores added due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement.

11 currstatus

Current Status

  • Decimal

Average Distance From Standard of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or California Alternate Assessment in ELA (includes lowest obtainable scale scores added due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement).

(Rounded to the nearest 0.1 after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the California School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

12 priordenom

Prior Denominator

  • Integer

Prior year number of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or the California Alternate Assessment in ELA plus the number of lowest obtainable scale scores added due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement.

13 priorstatus

Prior Status

  • Decimal

Average Distance From Standard of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or California Alternate Assessment in ELA (includes lowest obtainable scale scores added due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement).

(Rounded to the nearest 0.1 after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the California School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

14 change

Change

  • Decimal

Difference between current status and prior status

(Rounded to the nearest 0.1 after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the California School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

15 statuslevel

Status Level

  • 1=Very Low
  • 2=Low
  • 3=Medium
  • 4=High
  • 5=Very High
  • 0=No Status Level

(Determined after calculations and rounding. For further information regarding this data field refer to the California School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

16 changelevel

Change Level

  • 1=Decreased Significantly
  • 2=Decreased
  • 3=Maintained
  • 4=Increased
  • 5=Increased Significantly
  • 0=No Change Level

(Determined after calculations and rounding. For further information regarding this data field refer to the California School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

17 color

Performance Level Color

  • 1=Red
  • 2=Orange
  • 3=Yellow
  • 4=Green
  • 5=Blue
  • 0=No Color
18 box

If a color was assigned, this value represents the specific 5x5 grid location

  • 10=Very High, Declined Significantly
  • 20=Very High, Declined
  • 30=Very High, Maintained
  • 40=Very High, Increased
  • 50=Very High, Increased Significantly
  • 60=High, Declined Significantly
  • 70=High, Declined
  • 80=High, Maintained
  • 90=High, Increased
  • 100=High, Increased Significantly
  • 110=Medium, Declined Significantly
  • 120=Medium, Declined
  • 130=Medium, Maintained
  • 140=Medium, Increased
  • 150=Medium, Increased Significantly
  • 160=Low, Declined Significantly
  • 170=Low, Declined
  • 180=Low, Maintained
  • 190=Low, Increased
  • 200=Low, Increased Significantly
  • 210=Very Low, Declined Significantly
  • 220=Very Low, Declined
  • 230=Very Low, Maintained
  • 240=Very Low, Increased
  • 250=Very Low, Increased Significantly
  • 0=No Color
19 currnsizemet

Current Year Denominator N-size Met

  • Y or Blank
  • Y=The school, district, or student group had 30 or more students in the current status denominator OR the district had 15 or more students in the current status denominator for the Foster, Homeless, or Long-Term English Learner student group

Schools and LEAs that had at least 30 students in the current status denominator have met the ‘N-size’ requirement and will receive a ‘Y’ (i.e., Yes) in this field. The ‘N-size’ of 30 is used to ensure that accountability results are statistically significant, valid, and reliable. Schools and LEAs with fewer than 30 students in the current status denominator will receive an ‘N’ (i.e., No) in this field. At the LEA level for the Foster, Homeless, and Long-Term English Learner student groups, a 'N-size' of at least 15 is required to receive a 'Y'.

20 priornsizemet

Prior Year Denominator N-size Met

  • Y or Blank
  • Y=The school, district, or student group had 30 or more students in the prior status denominator OR the district had 15 or more students in the prior status denominator for the Foster, Homeless, or Long-Term English Learner student group

Schools and LEAs that had at least 30 students in the prior status denominator have met the ‘N-size’ requirement and will receive a ‘Y’ (i.e., Yes) in this field. The ‘N-size’ of 30 is used to ensure that accountability results are statistically significant, valid, and reliable. Schools and LEAs with fewer than 30 students in the current status denominator will receive an ‘N’ (i.e., No) in this field. At the LEA level for the Foster, Homeless and Long-Term English Learner student groups, a 'N-size' of at least 15 is required to receive a 'Y'.

21 accountabilitymet

Indicates whether the school, district, or student group met the minimum n-size in both the current and prior year denominators to earn a Performance Level Color

  • Y or Blank
  • Y=The school, district, or student group met the minimum n-size in both the current and prior denominators to earn a Performance Level Color
22 hscutpoints

Indicates whether the school or district is held to high school cut points

  • Y or Blank
  • Y=The school or district is held to high school cut points
23 pairshare_method

Pair and Share School Method. This identifies schools that do not serve grade 3 or higher and were assigned a district average, county average, or weighted school average of up to three receiving schools for Distance From Standard.

  • DA=District Average
  • CA=County Average
  • WA=Weighted Average
  • Blank=Not a Pair and Share School
24 currprate_enrolled

Number of students included in the ELA participation rate denominator for the current year

  • Integer
25 currprate_tested

Number of students tested in ELA for the current year

  • Integer
26 currprate

Percentage of students tested in ELA for the current year

  • Integer
27 currnumPRLOSS

Number of lowest obtainable scale scores applied to currdenom and currstatus due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement

  • Integer
28 currdenom_withoutPRLOSS

Current Denominator without the Participation Rate Penalty applied

  • Integer

Current year number of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or the California Alternate Assessment in ELA

29 currstatus_withoutPRLOSS

Current Status without the Participation Rate Penalty applied

  • Decimal

Average Distance From Standard of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or California Alternate Assessment in ELA in the current year

(Rounded to the nearest 0.1 after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the California School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

30 priorprate_enrolled

Number of students included in the ELA participation rate denominator for the prior year

  • Integer
31 priorprate_tested

Number of students tested in ELA for the prior year

  • Integer
32 priorprate

Percentage of students tested in ELA for the prior year

  • Integer
33 priornumPRLOSS

Number of lowest obtainable scale scores applied to priordenom and priorstatus due to the school, district, or student group not meeting the federal 95% participation rate requirement

  • Integer
34 priordenom_withoutPRLOSS

Prior Denominator without the Participation Rate Penalty applied

  • Integer

Prior year number of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or the California Alternate Assessment in ELA

35 priorstatus_withoutPRLOSS

Prior Status without the Participation Rate Penalty applied

  • Decimal

Average Distance From Standard of continuously enrolled students who took the Smarter Balanced summative assessment or California Alternate Assessment in ELA in the prior year

(Rounded to the nearest 0.1 after calculations. For further information regarding this data field refer to the Cali School Dashboard Technical Guide.)

36 indicator

Dashboard Indicator

  • "ELA"
37 reportingyear

Reporting Year

  • Text
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Last Reviewed: Thursday, November 13, 2025
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