Hilltop Drive 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 6.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 17 points under the grade 3 bar. 2419 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores 14 points under the grade 4 bar. 2471 vs. 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores 31 points under the grade 5 bar. 2497 vs. 2528.
6th The average 6th grader scores 22 points under the grade 6 bar. 2530 vs. 2552.

Students fluent in English

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

Grade bars 3rd 57 students 18 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 61 students Just under the grade 4 bar. 5th 54 students 18 points under the grade 5 bar. 6th 70 students Just under 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 3rd 14 students 14 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 19 students 10 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 17 students 31 points under the grade 4 bar. 6th 11 students 15 points under the grade 3 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	70,637	2416.7	− 2436	−19.3	× 86 / 361	−4.6
4	70,639	2482.4	− 2485	−2.6	× 95 / 361	−0.7
5	70,641	2527.4	− 2528	−0.6	× 90 / 361	−0.1
6	70,643	2542.7	− 2552	−9.3	× 90 / 361	−2.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,465	2443.1	− 2436	7.1	× 74 / 350	1.5
4	65,468	2488.5	− 2485	3.5	× 91 / 350	0.9
5	65,469	2523.3	− 2528	−4.7	× 95 / 350	−1.3
6	65,471	2559.5	− 2552	7.5	× 90 / 350	1.9
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	67,282	2460.0	− 2436	24	× 67 / 340	4.7
4	67,283	2474.3	− 2485	−10.7	× 82 / 340	−2.6
5	67,286	2506.8	− 2528	−21.2	× 97 / 340	−6
6	67,287	2567.7	− 2552	15.7	× 94 / 340	4.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						0

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,387	2428.1	− 2436	−7.9	× 75 / 337	−1.8
4	67,390	2463.2	− 2485	−21.8	× 70 / 337	−4.5
5	67,391	2498.4	− 2528	−29.6	× 86 / 337	−7.6
6	67,394	2531.5	− 2552	−20.5	× 106 / 337	−6.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,903	2440.8	− 2436	4.8	× 72 / 323	1.1
4	67,904	2473.4	− 2485	−11.6	× 83 / 323	−3
5	67,905	2513.1	− 2528	−14.9	× 76 / 323	−3.5
6	67,906	2495.7	− 2552	−56.3	× 92 / 323	−16
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	68,031	2408.6	− 2436	−27.4	× 76 / 310	−6.7
4	68,032	2455.2	− 2485	−29.8	× 76 / 310	−7.3
5	68,033	2497.8	− 2528	−30.2	× 77 / 310	−7.5
6	68,034	2521.9	− 2552	−30.1	× 81 / 310	−7.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	68,049	2432.7	− 2436	−3.3	× 79 / 311	−0.8
4	68,050	2432.5	− 2485	−52.5	× 72 / 311	−12.2
5	68,051	2476.7	− 2528	−51.3	× 78 / 311	−12.9
6	68,052	2546.1	− 2552	−5.9	× 82 / 311	−1.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	68,043	2409.1	− 2436	−26.9	× 61 / 296	−5.5
4	68,044	2455.8	− 2485	−29.2	× 76 / 296	−7.5
5	68,045	2450.5	− 2528	−77.5	× 78 / 296	−20.4
6	68,046	2519.1	− 2552	−32.9	× 81 / 296	−9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,811	2430.9	− 2436	−5.1	× 77 / 316	−1.2
4	67,812	2452.5	− 2485	−32.5	× 66 / 316	−6.8
5	67,813	2505.7	− 2528	−22.3	× 76 / 316	−5.4
6	67,814	2492.3	− 2552	−59.7	× 97 / 316	−18.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	67,858	2418.7	− 2436	−17.3	× 71 / 303	−4.1
4	67,859	2471.0	− 2485	−14	× 80 / 303	−3.7
5	67,860	2497.1	− 2528	−30.9	× 71 / 303	−7.2
6	67,861	2530.0	− 2552	−22	× 81 / 303	−5.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −8, 3, 0, −20, −21, −29, −27, −42, −32, −21 → −19.7
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: 3 · 2017→2018: 20 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2022: 8 · 2022→2023: 2 · 2023→2024: 15 · 2024→2025: 10 · 2025→2026: 11 → 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 4.2, lower limit −43.6.

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.