Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle: 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 8.

All students

6th The average 6th grader meets the grade 6 bar. 2564 vs. 2552.
7th The average 7th grader meets the grade 7 bar. 2594 vs. 2567.
8th The average 8th grader meets the grade 8 bar. 2614 vs. 2586.

Students fluent in English

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

Grade bars 6th 268 students Meets the grade 6 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 6th 15 students 20 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
6	32,939	2509.0	− 2552	−43	× 475 / 1464	−14
7	32,942	2519.4	− 2567	−47.6	× 498 / 1464	−16.2
8	32,943	2519.6	− 2586	−66.4	× 491 / 1464	−22.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−52

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	31,153	2512.0	− 2552	−40	× 436 / 1404	−12.4
7	31,155	2527.2	− 2567	−39.8	× 484 / 1404	−13.7
8	31,157	2544.3	− 2586	−41.7	× 484 / 1404	−14.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	31,715	2509.6	− 2552	−42.4	× 419 / 1331	−13.3
7	31,716	2525.1	− 2567	−41.9	× 435 / 1331	−13.7
8	31,719	2560.3	− 2586	−25.7	× 477 / 1331	−9.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−36

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	31,760	2522.4	− 2552	−29.6	× 427 / 1277	−9.9
7	31,762	2530.8	− 2567	−36.2	× 422 / 1277	−12
8	31,764	2550.3	− 2586	−35.7	× 428 / 1277	−12
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	31,937	2536.8	− 2552	−15.2	× 420 / 1271	−5
7	31,938	2536.2	− 2567	−30.8	× 435 / 1271	−10.5
8	31,939	2563.2	− 2586	−22.8	× 416 / 1271	−7.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	31,964	2516.2	− 2552	−35.8	× 301 / 941	−11.5
7	31,965	2516.9	− 2567	−50.1	× 300 / 941	−16
8	31,966	2556.6	− 2586	−29.4	× 340 / 941	−10.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	32,021	2548.0	− 2552	−4	× 277 / 871	−1.3
7	32,022	2539.8	− 2567	−27.2	× 311 / 871	−9.7
8	32,023	2542.3	− 2586	−43.7	× 283 / 871	−14.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−25

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	31,887	2562.2	− 2552	10.2	× 268 / 846	3.2
7	31,888	2561.4	− 2567	−5.6	× 283 / 846	−1.9
8	31,889	2576.6	− 2586	−9.4	× 295 / 846	−3.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	31,746	2585.1	− 2552	33.1	× 273 / 824	11
7	31,747	2597.5	− 2567	30.5	× 261 / 824	9.7
8	31,748	2608.8	− 2586	22.8	× 290 / 824	8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						29

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	31,734	2563.5	− 2552	11.5	× 283 / 811	4
7	31,735	2594.1	− 2567	27.1	× 268 / 811	9
8	31,736	2613.5	− 2586	27.5	× 260 / 811	8.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						22

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −52, −41, −36, −34, −23, −38, −25, −2, 29, 22 → −20
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 11 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 2 · 2018→2019: 11 · 2019→2022: 15 · 2022→2023: 13 · 2023→2024: 23 · 2024→2025: 31 · 2025→2026: 7 → average 13.1
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.1 × 2.66 = 34.8. Upper limit 14.8, lower limit −54.8.

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.