Los Angeles Leadership Academy: 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 11.

All students

6th The average 6th grader scores 19 points under the grade 6 bar. 2533 vs. 2552.
7th The average 7th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2483 vs. 2485. The 7th-grade bar is 2567.
8th The average 8th grader scores 12 points under the grade 6 bar. 2540 vs. 2552. The 8th-grade bar is 2586.
11th The average 11th grader scores 19 points under the grade 11 bar. 2609 vs. 2628.

Students fluent in English

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

Grade bars 6th 40 students 12 points under the grade 6 bar. 7th 40 students 21 points under the grade 5 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 6th 11 students 18 points under the grade 5 bar. 7th 23 students 43 points under the grade 4 bar.

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

2025 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
6	29,222	2464.3	− 2552	−87.7	× 92 / 347	−23.3
7	29,224	2479.7	− 2567	−87.3	× 99 / 347	−24.9
8	29,226	2482.8	− 2586	−103.2	× 103 / 347	−30.6
11	29,228	2560.3	− 2628	−67.7	× 53 / 347	−10.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−89

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	27,444	2462.8	− 2552	−89.2	× 70 / 324	−19.3
7	27,445	2468.1	− 2567	−98.9	× 101 / 324	−30.8
8	27,448	2497.8	− 2586	−88.2	× 99 / 324	−27
11	27,450	2517.0	− 2628	−111	× 54 / 324	−18.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−96

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	28,023	2436.6	− 2552	−115.4	× 102 / 336	−35
7	28,024	2478.9	− 2567	−88.1	× 88 / 336	−23.1
8	28,027	2519.7	− 2586	−66.3	× 100 / 336	−19.7
11	28,029	2551.3	− 2628	−76.7	× 46 / 336	−10.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−88

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	28,073	2450.0	− 2552	−102	× 80 / 312	−26.2
7	28,075	2445.8	− 2567	−121.2	× 102 / 312	−39.6
8	28,077	2473.4	− 2586	−112.6	× 86 / 312	−31
11	28,079	2528.3	− 2628	−99.7	× 44 / 312	−14.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−111

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	28,254	2450.4	− 2552	−101.6	× 80 / 332	−24.5
7	28,255	2463.9	− 2567	−103.1	× 89 / 332	−27.6
8	28,256	2453.9	− 2586	−132.1	× 103 / 332	−41
11	28,257	2523.5	− 2628	−104.5	× 60 / 332	−18.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−112

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	27,465	2435.5	− 2552	−116.5	× 50 / 236	−24.7
7	27,466	2475.9	− 2567	−91.1	× 75 / 236	−29
8	27,467	2450.8	− 2586	−135.2	× 76 / 236	−43.5
11	27,468	2544.7	− 2628	−83.3	× 35 / 236	−12.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−110

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	28,289	2426.3	− 2552	−125.7	× 70 / 263	−33.5
7	28,290	2454.8	− 2567	−112.2	× 63 / 263	−26.9
8	28,291	2474.5	− 2586	−111.5	× 74 / 263	−31.4
11	28,292	2478.0	− 2628	−150	× 56 / 263	−31.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−124

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	28,352	2457.3	− 2552	−94.7	× 51 / 226	−21.4
7	28,353	2449.8	− 2567	−117.2	× 64 / 226	−33.2
8	28,354	2466.9	− 2586	−119.1	× 65 / 226	−34.3
11	28,355	2483.2	− 2628	−144.8	× 46 / 226	−29.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−118

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	28,218	2443.8	− 2552	−108.2	× 63 / 220	−31
7	28,219	2478.2	− 2567	−88.8	× 55 / 220	−22.2
8	28,220	2476.2	− 2586	−109.8	× 63 / 220	−31.4
11	28,221	2481.8	− 2628	−146.2	× 39 / 220	−25.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−111

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	28,081	2533.4	− 2552	−18.6	× 51 / 205	−4.6
7	28,082	2483.0	− 2567	−84	× 63 / 205	−25.8
8	28,083	2540.0	− 2586	−46	× 56 / 205	−12.6
11	28,084	2608.9	− 2628	−19.1	× 35 / 205	−3.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −89, −96, −88, −111, −112, −110, −124, −118, −111, −46 → −100.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 7 · 2016→2017: 8 · 2017→2018: 23 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2021: 2 · 2021→2022: 14 · 2022→2023: 6 · 2023→2024: 7 · 2024→2025: 65 → average 14.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 14.8 × 2.66 = 39.4. Upper limit −61.1, lower limit −139.9.

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.