Mountain View 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 meets the grade 3 bar. 2437 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2476 vs. 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2525 vs. 2528.

Students fluent in English

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

Grade bars 3rd 69 students Meets the grade 3 bar. 4th 79 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 73 students Meets 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 3rd 16 students 53 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 29 students 46 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 11 students 44 points under the grade 4 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	31,295	2450.3	− 2436	14.3	× 63 / 175	5.1
4	31,297	2488.5	− 2485	3.5	× 50 / 175	1
5	31,299	2506.5	− 2528	−21.5	× 62 / 175	−7.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−1

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,511	2460.2	− 2436	24.2	× 58 / 157	8.9
4	29,514	2493.9	− 2485	8.9	× 55 / 157	3.1
5	29,516	2494.5	− 2528	−33.5	× 44 / 157	−9.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						3

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,077	2439.0	− 2436	3	× 50 / 150	1
4	30,079	2484.3	− 2485	−0.7	× 53 / 150	−0.2
5	30,080	2527.5	− 2528	−0.5	× 47 / 150	−0.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						1

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,126	2434.0	− 2436	−2	× 51 / 146	−0.7
4	30,128	2504.5	− 2485	19.5	× 44 / 146	5.9
5	30,130	2512.0	− 2528	−16	× 51 / 146	−5.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,299	2438.7	− 2436	2.7	× 60 / 141	1.1
4	30,300	2502.9	− 2485	17.9	× 41 / 141	5.2
5	30,301	2541.6	− 2528	13.6	× 40 / 141	3.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						10

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,328	2437.7	− 2436	1.7	× 78 / 210	0.6
4	30,329	2471.0	− 2485	−14	× 73 / 210	−4.9
5	30,330	2486.9	− 2528	−41.1	× 59 / 210	−11.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,387	2432.8	− 2436	−3.2	× 71 / 223	−1
4	30,388	2453.1	− 2485	−31.9	× 81 / 223	−11.6
5	30,389	2476.7	− 2528	−51.3	× 71 / 223	−16.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,255	2442.1	− 2436	6.1	× 94 / 243	2.4
4	30,256	2475.6	− 2485	−9.4	× 70 / 243	−2.7
5	30,257	2478.1	− 2528	−49.9	× 79 / 243	−16.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−17

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,116	2423.1	− 2436	−12.9	× 117 / 281	−5.4
4	30,117	2472.2	− 2485	−12.8	× 91 / 281	−4.1
5	30,118	2514.3	− 2528	−13.7	× 73 / 281	−3.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,102	2436.7	− 2436	0.7	× 85 / 277	0.2
4	30,103	2476.3	− 2485	−8.7	× 108 / 277	−3.4
5	30,104	2524.9	− 2528	−3.1	× 84 / 277	−0.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −1, 3, 1, 0, 10, −16, −29, −17, −13, −4 → −6.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 4 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 1 · 2018→2019: 10 · 2019→2022: 26 · 2022→2023: 13 · 2023→2024: 12 · 2024→2025: 4 · 2025→2026: 9 → average 9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9 × 2.66 = 23.9. Upper limit 17.3, lower limit −30.5.

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.