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Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

Compared to Distribution

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Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

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Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

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Education / Student Performance K-12

Education / Student Performance K-12

Education / Student Performance K-12

County: Sacramento

Value
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Education / Student Performance K-12

County: Sacramento

Value
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County: Sacramento 4th Grade Students Proficient in English/Language Arts

Current Value:
42%
(2022)
Compared to:
Compared to CA Counties, Sacramento has a value of 42% which is in the best 50% of counties. Counties in the best 50%  have a value higher than 40% while counties in the worst 25% have a value lower than 33%.
CA Counties
The distribution is based on data from 57 California counties.
Compared to the CA Value (44%), Sacramento has a value of 42% which is lower and worse.
CA Value
(44%)
The regional value is compared to the California state value.
Compared to the prior value, Sacramento (42%) is less and worse than the previously measured value (44%).
Prior Value
(44%)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Over time, the Sacramento value is increasing, not significantly.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.

County: Sacramento 8th Grade Students Proficient in English/Language Arts

Current Value:
44.6%
(2022)
Compared to:
Compared to CA Counties, Sacramento has a value of 44.6% which is in the best 50% of counties. Counties in the best 50%  have a value higher than 41.2% while counties in the worst 25% have a value lower than 37.4%.
CA Counties
The distribution is based on data from 57 California counties.
Compared to the CA Value (46.6%), Sacramento has a value of 44.6% which is lower and worse.
CA Value
(46.6%)
The regional value is compared to the California state value.
Compared to the prior value, Sacramento (44.6%) is less and worse than the previously measured value (51.7%).
Prior Value
(51.7%)
Prior Value compares a measured value with the previously measured value. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the comparison.
Over time, the Sacramento value is decreasing, not significantly.
Trend
This comparison measures the indicator’s values over multiple time periods.<br>The Mann-Kendall Test for Statistical Significance is used to evaluate the trend<br>over 4 to 10 periods of measure, subject to data availability and comparability.