Borrego Springs 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 3 bar

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.

Many students here are still learning English. The math test is written in English, with some translation help, and many of its questions are word problems. In 2026, 28 of the 66 students who took the math test were English learners.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 59 points under the grade 3 bar. 2377 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores 13 points under the grade 3 bar. 2423 vs. 2436. The 4th-grade bar is 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores 14 points under the grade 3 bar. 2422 vs. 2436. The 5th-grade bar is 2528.

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.

2015 from sb_ca2015_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	70,123	2405.0	− 2436	−31	× 31 / 100	−9.6
4	70,124	2435.3	− 2485	−49.7	× 38 / 100	−18.9
5	70,127	2504.9	− 2528	−23.1	× 31 / 100	−7.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−36

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,004	2452.2	− 2436	16.2	× 24 / 92	4.2
4	65,005	2450.4	− 2485	−34.6	× 31 / 92	−11.7
5	65,008	2455.7	− 2528	−72.3	× 37 / 92	−29.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	66,805	2369.5	− 2436	−66.5	× 24 / 80	−20
4	66,808	2469.2	− 2485	−15.8	× 23 / 80	−4.5
5	66,809	2472.1	− 2528	−55.9	× 33 / 80	−23.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	66,893	2380.9	− 2436	−55.1	× 29 / 84	−19
4	66,895	2435.1	− 2485	−49.9	× 28 / 84	−16.6
5	66,897	2489.9	− 2528	−38.1	× 27 / 84	−12.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,392	2375.1	− 2436	−60.9	× 28 / 84	−20.3
4	67,393	2442.6	− 2485	−42.4	× 29 / 84	−14.6
5	67,394	2466.7	− 2528	−61.3	× 27 / 84	−19.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	65,995	2424.1	− 2528	−103.9	× 14 / 14	−103.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−104

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,510	2371.9	− 2436	−64.1	× 31 / 84	−23.7
4	67,511	2403.6	− 2485	−81.4	× 26 / 84	−25.2
5	67,512	2391.9	− 2528	−136.1	× 27 / 84	−43.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−93

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,520	2355.0	− 2436	−81	× 26 / 83	−25.4
4	67,521	2385.0	− 2485	−100	× 30 / 83	−36.1
5	67,522	2440.3	− 2528	−87.7	× 27 / 83	−28.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−90

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,512	2359.9	− 2436	−76.1	× 21 / 77	−20.8
4	67,513	2382.8	− 2485	−102.2	× 25 / 77	−33.2
5	67,514	2437.1	− 2528	−90.9	× 31 / 77	−36.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−91

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,268	2373.1	− 2436	−62.9	× 24 / 73	−20.7
4	67,269	2423.2	− 2485	−61.8	× 23 / 73	−19.5
5	67,270	2433.0	− 2528	−95	× 26 / 73	−33.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,317	2377.2	− 2436	−58.8	× 22 / 66	−19.6
4	67,318	2423.3	− 2485	−61.7	× 24 / 66	−22.4
5	67,319	2421.6	− 2528	−106.4	× 20 / 66	−32.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −36, −37, −48, −48, −55, −104, −93, −90, −91, −74, −74 → −68.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 1 · 2016→2017: 11 · 2017→2018: 0 · 2018→2019: 7 · 2019→2021: 49 · 2021→2022: 11 · 2022→2023: 3 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 17 · 2025→2026: 0 → average 10
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10 × 2.66 = 26.6. Upper limit −41.6, lower limit −94.8.

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.