San Benito 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.

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 28 points under the grade 3 bar. 2408 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores 22 points under the grade 4 bar. 2463 vs. 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores 31 points under the grade 4 bar. 2454 vs. 2485. 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	81,636	2439.8	− 2436	3.8	× 64 / 258	0.9
4	81,639	2474.4	− 2485	−10.6	× 79 / 258	−3.2
5	81,640	2493.9	− 2528	−34.1	× 51 / 258	−6.7
6	81,643	2530.5	− 2552	−21.5	× 64 / 258	−5.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−14

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,686	2438.5	− 2436	2.5	× 96 / 279	0.9
4	75,689	2473.0	− 2485	−12	× 60 / 279	−2.6
5	75,690	2484.1	− 2528	−43.9	× 74 / 279	−11.6
6	75,693	2512.1	− 2552	−39.9	× 49 / 279	−7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	77,715	2446.7	− 2436	10.7	× 62 / 257	2.6
4	77,718	2462.6	− 2485	−22.4	× 68 / 257	−5.9
5	77,719	2482.8	− 2528	−45.2	× 53 / 257	−9.3
6	77,722	2501.9	− 2552	−50.1	× 74 / 257	−14.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	77,884	2448.4	− 2436	12.4	× 56 / 186	3.7
4	77,887	2472.2	− 2485	−12.8	× 65 / 186	−4.5
5	77,888	2489.7	− 2528	−38.3	× 65 / 186	−13.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−14

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,416	2443.1	− 2436	7.1	× 77 / 188	2.9
4	78,417	2508.9	− 2485	23.9	× 49 / 188	6.2
5	78,418	2495.3	− 2528	−32.7	× 62 / 188	−10.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,668	2440.1	− 2436	4.1	× 59 / 184	1.3
4	78,669	2462.3	− 2485	−22.7	× 61 / 184	−7.5
5	78,670	2496.4	− 2528	−31.6	× 64 / 184	−11
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−17

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,654	2446.6	− 2436	10.6	× 84 / 196	4.5
4	78,655	2475.2	− 2485	−9.8	× 52 / 196	−2.6
5	78,656	2452.4	− 2528	−75.6	× 60 / 196	−23.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,680	2424.8	− 2436	−11.2	× 53 / 171	−3.5
4	78,681	2473.3	− 2485	−11.7	× 69 / 171	−4.7
5	78,682	2482.3	− 2528	−45.7	× 49 / 171	−13.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,356	2431.0	− 2436	−5	× 66 / 177	−1.9
4	78,357	2439.2	− 2485	−45.8	× 48 / 177	−12.4
5	78,358	2502.1	− 2528	−25.9	× 63 / 177	−9.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,270	2408.1	− 2436	−27.9	× 62 / 164	−10.5
4	78,271	2462.8	− 2485	−22.2	× 55 / 164	−7.4
5	78,272	2453.9	− 2528	−74.1	× 47 / 164	−21.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −14, −20, −27, −14, −2, −17, −21, −21, −24, −39 → −19.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 6 · 2016→2017: 7 · 2017→2018: 13 · 2018→2019: 12 · 2019→2022: 15 · 2022→2023: 4 · 2023→2024: 0 · 2024→2025: 3 · 2025→2026: 15 → average 8.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.3 × 2.66 = 22.1. Upper limit 2.2, lower limit −42.

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.