Munsey Elementary: math

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 math test uses one scale for every grade, so a score means the same thing in grade 3 as in grade 6.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 50 points under the grade 3 bar. 2386 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores 29 points under the grade 3 bar. 2407 vs. 2436. The 4th-grade bar is 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores 16 points under the grade 3 bar. 2420 vs. 2436. The 5th-grade bar is 2528.
6th The average 6th grader scores 26 points under the grade 4 bar. 2459 vs. 2485. The 6th-grade bar is 2552.

Students fluent in English

Math with English out of the way. Includes students who have only ever spoken English.

Grade bars 5th 70 students 15 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 82 students 17 points under the grade 4 bar.

English learners

Students leave this group as they become fluent, so its average stays low even where they learn well.

Grade bars 5th 11 students 26 points under the grade 3 bar. 6th 11 students 48 points under the grade 3 bar.

the group's average that grade's own bar the distance between

2026 results. "Meets standard" is the state's mark for being on track for that grade. The state leaves out any group of ten students or fewer, so a grade may be missing from the charts.

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	16,052	2384.0	− 2436	−52	× 116 / 318	−19
4	16,055	2392.1	− 2485	−92.9	× 107 / 318	−31.3
5	16,056	2439.1	− 2528	−88.9	× 95 / 318	−26.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−77

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,075	2374.9	− 2436	−61.1	× 112 / 319	−21.5
4	15,077	2413.4	− 2485	−71.6	× 101 / 319	−22.7
5	15,079	2410.4	− 2528	−117.6	× 106 / 319	−39.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,392	2390.8	− 2436	−45.2	× 102 / 288	−16
4	15,393	2419.2	− 2485	−65.8	× 92 / 288	−21
5	15,396	2448.6	− 2528	−79.4	× 94 / 288	−25.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,412	2363.9	− 2436	−72.1	× 107 / 295	−26.2
4	15,414	2402.6	− 2485	−82.4	× 99 / 295	−27.7
5	15,416	2454.7	− 2528	−73.3	× 89 / 295	−22.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,526	2403.6	− 2436	−32.4	× 105 / 323	−10.5
4	15,527	2407.2	− 2485	−77.8	× 112 / 323	−27
5	15,528	2456.8	− 2528	−71.2	× 106 / 323	−23.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,555	2374.2	− 2436	−61.8	× 85 / 324	−16.2
4	15,556	2407.8	− 2485	−77.2	× 67 / 324	−16
5	15,557	2402.0	− 2528	−126	× 84 / 324	−32.7
6	15,558	2446.3	− 2552	−105.7	× 88 / 324	−28.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−94

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,505	2401.0	− 2436	−35	× 92 / 335	−9.6
4	15,506	2416.3	− 2485	−68.7	× 83 / 335	−17
5	15,507	2405.5	− 2528	−122.5	× 71 / 335	−26
6	15,508	2435.8	− 2552	−116.2	× 89 / 335	−30.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,458	2372.7	− 2436	−63.3	× 89 / 335	−16.8
4	15,459	2418.0	− 2485	−67	× 96 / 335	−19.2
5	15,460	2414.3	− 2528	−113.7	× 80 / 335	−27.2
6	15,461	2466.3	− 2552	−85.7	× 70 / 335	−17.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−81

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,447	2390.1	− 2436	−45.9	× 81 / 345	−10.8
4	15,448	2401.0	− 2485	−84	× 87 / 345	−21.2
5	15,449	2434.9	− 2528	−93.1	× 89 / 345	−24
6	15,450	2450.3	− 2552	−101.7	× 88 / 345	−25.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−82

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,456	2385.9	− 2436	−50.1	× 76 / 341	−11.2
4	15,457	2407.3	− 2485	−77.7	× 91 / 341	−20.7
5	15,458	2419.7	− 2528	−108.3	× 81 / 341	−25.7
6	15,459	2459.0	− 2552	−93	× 93 / 341	−25.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −77, −83, −63, −76, −61, −94, −83, −81, −82, −83 → −78.3
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 6 · 2016→2017: 20 · 2017→2018: 13 · 2018→2019: 15 · 2019→2022: 33 · 2022→2023: 11 · 2023→2024: 2 · 2024→2025: 1 · 2025→2026: 1 → average 11.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11.3 × 2.66 = 30.1. Upper limit −48.2, lower limit −108.4.

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.