Solvang Elementary: english

The shaded band is this district'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.

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	85,371	2435.4	− 2432	3.4	× 75 / 349	0.7
4	85,374	2458.7	− 2473	−14.3	× 48 / 349	−2
5	85,375	2510.2	− 2502	8.2	× 61 / 349	1.4
6	85,378	2523.1	− 2531	−7.9	× 55 / 349	−1.2
7	85,379	2522.9	− 2552	−29.1	× 58 / 349	−4.8
8	85,382	2563.5	− 2567	−3.5	× 52 / 349	−0.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−6

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,185	2444.7	− 2432	12.7	× 69 / 374	2.3
4	79,186	2482.8	− 2473	9.8	× 75 / 374	2
5	79,188	2503.3	− 2502	1.3	× 50 / 374	0.2
6	79,191	2554.7	− 2531	23.7	× 62 / 374	3.9
7	79,193	2562.2	− 2552	10.2	× 53 / 374	1.4
8	79,195	2563.9	− 2567	−3.1	× 65 / 374	−0.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						9

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,335	2446.3	− 2432	14.3	× 75 / 405	2.6
4	81,337	2483.5	− 2473	10.5	× 70 / 405	1.8
5	81,340	2517.9	− 2502	15.9	× 73 / 405	2.9
6	81,341	2534.8	− 2531	3.8	× 52 / 405	0.5
7	81,344	2595.9	− 2552	43.9	× 79 / 405	8.6
8	81,346	2595.6	− 2567	28.6	× 56 / 405	4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						20

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,489	2509.8	− 2432	77.8	× 53 / 414	10
4	81,490	2468.5	− 2473	−4.5	× 73 / 414	−0.8
5	81,493	2528.2	− 2502	26.2	× 71 / 414	4.5
6	81,494	2552.5	− 2531	21.5	× 70 / 414	3.6
7	81,497	2596.9	− 2552	44.9	× 69 / 414	7.5
8	81,498	2629.4	− 2567	62.4	× 78 / 414	11.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						37

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,013	2417.8	− 2432	−14.2	× 50 / 414	−1.7
4	82,014	2492.1	− 2473	19.1	× 59 / 414	2.7
5	82,015	2508.7	− 2502	6.7	× 71 / 414	1.1
6	82,016	2582.9	− 2531	51.9	× 76 / 414	9.5
7	82,017	2621.7	− 2552	69.7	× 90 / 414	15.2
8	82,018	2618.7	− 2567	51.7	× 68 / 414	8.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						35

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,373	2408.9	− 2432	−23.1	× 56 / 341	−3.8
4	80,374	2489.0	− 2473	16	× 45 / 341	2.1
5	80,375	2514.9	− 2502	12.9	× 43 / 341	1.6
6	80,376	2556.3	− 2531	25.3	× 52 / 341	3.9
7	80,377	2601.6	− 2552	49.6	× 59 / 341	8.6
8	80,378	2614.2	− 2567	47.2	× 86 / 341	11.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						24

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,248	2394.8	− 2432	−37.2	× 45 / 336	−5
4	82,249	2454.5	− 2473	−18.5	× 53 / 336	−2.9
5	82,250	2517.1	− 2502	15.1	× 50 / 336	2.2
6	82,251	2550.6	− 2531	19.6	× 52 / 336	3
7	82,252	2615.2	− 2552	63.2	× 66 / 336	12.4
8	82,253	2607.1	− 2567	40.1	× 70 / 336	8.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						18

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,208	2367.4	− 2432	−64.6	× 60 / 352	−11
4	82,209	2434.5	− 2473	−38.5	× 50 / 352	−5.5
5	82,210	2502.6	− 2502	0.6	× 60 / 352	0.1
6	82,211	2540.9	− 2531	9.9	× 50 / 352	1.4
7	82,212	2577.0	− 2552	25	× 66 / 352	4.7
8	82,213	2620.6	− 2567	53.6	× 66 / 352	10.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,224	2399.2	− 2432	−32.8	× 65 / 365	−5.8
4	82,225	2432.8	− 2473	−40.2	× 56 / 365	−6.2
5	82,226	2525.8	− 2502	23.8	× 50 / 365	3.3
6	82,227	2533.8	− 2531	2.8	× 65 / 365	0.5
7	82,228	2594.5	− 2552	42.5	× 69 / 365	8
8	82,229	2607.4	− 2567	40.4	× 60 / 365	6.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						6

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,896	2406.5	− 2432	−25.5	× 60 / 371	−4.1
4	81,897	2459.0	− 2473	−14	× 70 / 371	−2.6
5	81,898	2520.9	− 2502	18.9	× 58 / 371	3
6	81,899	2528.0	− 2531	−3	× 46 / 371	−0.4
7	81,900	2586.4	− 2552	34.4	× 69 / 371	6.4
8	81,901	2613.6	− 2567	46.6	× 68 / 371	8.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						11

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,814	2428.4	− 2432	−3.6	× 62 / 364	−0.6
4	81,815	2450.1	− 2473	−22.9	× 64 / 364	−4
5	81,816	2486.5	− 2502	−15.5	× 66 / 364	−2.8
6	81,817	2530.7	− 2531	−0.3	× 54 / 364	0
7	81,818	2555.7	− 2552	3.7	× 52 / 364	0.5
8	81,819	2602.1	− 2567	35.1	× 66 / 364	6.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−1

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −6, 9, 20, 37, 35, 24, 18, 0, 6, 11, −1 → 13.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 15 · 2016→2017: 11 · 2017→2018: 17 · 2018→2019: 2 · 2019→2021: 11 · 2021→2022: 6 · 2022→2023: 18 · 2023→2024: 6 · 2024→2025: 5 · 2025→2026: 12 → average 10.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.3 × 2.66 = 27.4. Upper limit 41.3, lower limit −13.5.

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 — for a district, the total across its schools. From 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.

Schools in Solvang Elementary

K–8 schools

Solvang Elementary