Denker Avenue 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 5.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 20 points under the grade 3 bar. 2416 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2482 vs. 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2519 vs. 2528.

Students fluent in English

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

Grade bars 3rd 65 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 4th 80 students Meets 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 3rd 16 students 63 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 14 students Just 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	30,078	2417.3	− 2436	−18.7	× 114 / 341	−6.3
4	30,079	2434.8	− 2485	−50.2	× 115 / 341	−16.9
5	30,082	2472.8	− 2528	−55.2	× 112 / 341	−18.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,298	2430.9	− 2436	−5.1	× 126 / 355	−1.8
4	28,300	2472.4	− 2485	−12.6	× 112 / 355	−4
5	28,302	2474.0	− 2528	−54	× 117 / 355	−17.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,865	2445.1	− 2436	9.1	× 113 / 341	3
4	28,867	2455.0	− 2485	−30	× 117 / 341	−10.3
5	28,869	2471.6	− 2528	−56.4	× 111 / 341	−18.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,914	2440.4	− 2436	4.4	× 112 / 335	1.5
4	28,915	2475.8	− 2485	−9.2	× 112 / 335	−3.1
5	28,918	2484.5	− 2528	−43.5	× 111 / 335	−14.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,093	2436.6	− 2436	0.6	× 124 / 335	0.2
4	29,094	2474.1	− 2485	−10.9	× 109 / 335	−3.5
5	29,095	2507.9	− 2528	−20.1	× 102 / 335	−6.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−9

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,128	2393.0	− 2436	−43	× 101 / 325	−13.4
4	29,129	2479.3	− 2485	−5.7	× 111 / 325	−1.9
5	29,130	2493.6	− 2528	−34.4	× 113 / 325	−12
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,187	2439.8	− 2436	3.8	× 99 / 304	1.2
4	29,188	2443.5	− 2485	−41.5	× 100 / 304	−13.7
5	29,189	2482.3	− 2528	−45.7	× 105 / 304	−15.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,053	2414.5	− 2436	−21.5	× 82 / 286	−6.2
4	29,054	2492.4	− 2485	7.4	× 100 / 286	2.6
5	29,055	2472.1	− 2528	−55.9	× 104 / 286	−20.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,916	2424.6	− 2436	−11.4	× 97 / 278	−4
4	28,917	2493.8	− 2485	8.8	× 80 / 278	2.5
5	28,918	2518.9	− 2528	−9.1	× 101 / 278	−3.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,910	2416.2	− 2436	−19.8	× 81 / 256	−6.3
4	28,911	2481.7	− 2485	−3.3	× 94 / 256	−1.2
5	28,912	2518.7	− 2528	−9.3	× 81 / 256	−2.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−10

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −41, −24, −26, −16, −9, −27, −28, −24, −5, −10 → −21
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 17 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 10 · 2018→2019: 7 · 2019→2022: 18 · 2022→2023: 1 · 2023→2024: 4 · 2024→2025: 19 · 2025→2026: 5 → average 9.2
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.2 × 2.66 = 24.5. Upper limit 3.5, lower limit −45.5.

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. From 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.