Innovations Academy of Palmdale: 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 63 points under the grade 3 bar. 2374 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2431 vs. 2436. The 4th-grade bar is 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores 23 points under the grade 4 bar. 2462 vs. 2485. The 5th-grade bar is 2528.
6th The average 6th grader scores 13 points under the grade 5 bar. 2516 vs. 2528. The 6th-grade bar is 2552.
7th The average 7th grader meets the grade 7 bar. 2586 vs. 2567.
8th The average 8th grader scores just under the grade 7 bar. 2567 vs. 2567. The 8th-grade bar is 2586.

2026 results. "Meets standard" is the state's mark for being on track for that grade.

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.

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	33,235	2463.5	− 2586	−122.5	× 11 / 11	−122.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−123

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	33,811	2486.8	− 2552	−65.2	× 11 / 24	−29.9
8	33,815	2453.9	− 2586	−132.1	× 13 / 24	−71.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−101

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,833	2323.9	− 2436	−112.1	× 11 / 60	−20.6
6	33,839	2394.8	− 2552	−157.2	× 18 / 60	−47.2
7	33,841	2469.9	− 2567	−97.1	× 20 / 60	−32.4
8	33,843	2502.5	− 2586	−83.5	× 11 / 60	−15.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−115

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	34,017	2397.2	− 2552	−154.8	× 15 / 65	−35.7
7	34,018	2393.0	− 2567	−174	× 25 / 65	−66.9
8	34,019	2453.7	− 2586	−132.3	× 25 / 65	−50.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−154

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,933	2337.5	− 2436	−98.5	× 94 / 643	−14.4
4	33,934	2364.6	− 2485	−120.4	× 120 / 643	−22.5
5	33,935	2386.4	− 2528	−141.6	× 124 / 643	−27.3
6	33,936	2404.5	− 2552	−147.5	× 105 / 643	−24.1
7	33,937	2429.3	− 2567	−137.7	× 96 / 643	−20.6
8	33,938	2434.4	− 2586	−151.6	× 104 / 643	−24.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−133

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,982	2347.4	− 2436	−88.6	× 49 / 485	−9
4	33,983	2385.0	− 2485	−100	× 64 / 485	−13.2
5	33,984	2377.9	− 2528	−150.1	× 70 / 485	−21.7
6	33,985	2390.2	− 2552	−161.8	× 90 / 485	−30
7	33,986	2418.0	− 2567	−149	× 106 / 485	−32.6
8	33,987	2418.1	− 2586	−167.9	× 106 / 485	−36.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−143

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,840	2352.7	− 2436	−83.3	× 55 / 431	−10.6
4	33,841	2373.3	− 2485	−111.7	× 47 / 431	−12.2
5	33,842	2400.9	− 2528	−127.1	× 56 / 431	−16.5
6	33,843	2387.9	− 2552	−164.1	× 77 / 431	−29.3
7	33,844	2402.7	− 2567	−164.3	× 110 / 431	−41.9
8	33,845	2423.2	− 2586	−162.8	× 86 / 431	−32.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−143

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,701	2395.7	− 2436	−40.3	× 35 / 327	−4.3
4	33,702	2416.8	− 2485	−68.2	× 56 / 327	−11.7
5	33,703	2440.4	− 2528	−87.6	× 43 / 327	−11.5
6	33,704	2463.2	− 2552	−88.8	× 52 / 327	−14.1
7	33,705	2496.3	− 2567	−70.7	× 70 / 327	−15.1
8	33,706	2495.4	− 2586	−90.6	× 71 / 327	−19.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,705	2373.5	− 2436	−62.5	× 30 / 303	−6.2
4	33,706	2430.5	− 2485	−54.5	× 41 / 303	−7.4
5	33,707	2462.3	− 2528	−65.7	× 50 / 303	−10.8
6	33,708	2515.5	− 2552	−36.5	× 52 / 303	−6.3
7	33,709	2585.8	− 2567	18.8	× 58 / 303	3.6
8	33,710	2566.9	− 2586	−19.1	× 72 / 303	−4.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −123, −101, −115, −154, −133, −143, −143, −76, −32 → −113.3
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2016→2017: 22 · 2017→2018: 14 · 2018→2019: 39 · 2019→2022: 21 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 0 · 2024→2025: 67 · 2025→2026: 44 → average 27.1
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 27.1 × 2.66 = 72.1. Upper limit −41.2, lower limit −185.4.

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