Harloe 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 meets the grade 3 bar. 2447 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores 10 points under the grade 4 bar. 2475 vs. 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores 31 points under the grade 5 bar. 2497 vs. 2528.
6th The average 6th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2519 vs. 2528. The 6th-grade bar is 2552.

Students fluent in English

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

Grade bars 5th 79 students 15 points under the grade 5 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 5th 13 students 36 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	81,769	2446.0	− 2436	10	× 94 / 364	2.6
4	81,770	2483.3	− 2485	−1.7	× 93 / 364	−0.4
5	81,773	2519.6	− 2528	−8.4	× 94 / 364	−2.2
6	81,774	2524.1	− 2552	−27.9	× 83 / 364	−6.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−6

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,819	2457.1	− 2436	21.1	× 101 / 382	5.6
4	75,820	2491.8	− 2485	6.8	× 92 / 382	1.6
5	75,823	2508.1	− 2528	−19.9	× 94 / 382	−4.9
6	75,824	2555.4	− 2552	3.4	× 95 / 382	0.8
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	77,852	2451.6	− 2436	15.6	× 93 / 395	3.7
4	77,854	2488.5	− 2485	3.5	× 99 / 395	0.9
5	77,855	2511.5	− 2528	−16.5	× 98 / 395	−4.1
6	77,858	2543.8	− 2552	−8.2	× 105 / 395	−2.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,012	2468.5	− 2436	32.5	× 87 / 375	7.5
4	78,015	2490.0	− 2485	5	× 91 / 375	1.2
5	78,016	2526.6	− 2528	−1.4	× 101 / 375	−0.4
6	78,019	2551.5	− 2552	−0.5	× 96 / 375	−0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						8

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,545	2466.1	− 2436	30.1	× 92 / 377	7.3
4	78,546	2510.1	− 2485	25.1	× 89 / 377	5.9
5	78,547	2524.7	− 2528	−3.3	× 93 / 377	−0.8
6	78,548	2558.0	− 2552	6	× 103 / 377	1.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						14

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,813	2471.3	− 2436	35.3	× 80 / 341	8.3
4	78,814	2468.3	− 2485	−16.7	× 81 / 341	−4
5	78,815	2490.1	− 2528	−37.9	× 91 / 341	−10.1
6	78,816	2526.7	− 2552	−25.3	× 89 / 341	−6.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,799	2463.3	− 2436	27.3	× 82 / 328	6.8
4	78,800	2489.2	− 2485	4.2	× 80 / 328	1
5	78,801	2492.6	− 2528	−35.4	× 79 / 328	−8.5
6	78,802	2523.6	− 2552	−28.4	× 87 / 328	−7.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,825	2438.9	− 2436	2.9	× 89 / 338	0.8
4	78,826	2470.3	− 2485	−14.7	× 84 / 338	−3.7
5	78,827	2533.5	− 2528	5.5	× 84 / 338	1.4
6	78,828	2522.8	− 2552	−29.2	× 81 / 338	−7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−9

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,503	2478.9	− 2436	42.9	× 88 / 355	10.6
4	78,504	2461.5	− 2485	−23.5	× 92 / 355	−6.1
5	78,505	2502.8	− 2528	−25.2	× 91 / 355	−6.5
6	78,506	2547.1	− 2552	−4.9	× 84 / 355	−1.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−3

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,419	2447.0	− 2436	11	× 79 / 344	2.5
4	78,420	2474.7	− 2485	−10.3	× 82 / 344	−2.5
5	78,421	2497.4	− 2528	−30.6	× 92 / 344	−8.2
6	78,422	2518.7	− 2552	−33.3	× 91 / 344	−8.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−17

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −6, 3, −2, 8, 14, −12, −8, −9, −3, −17 → −3.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 9 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 10 · 2018→2019: 6 · 2019→2022: 26 · 2022→2023: 4 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 6 · 2025→2026: 14 → 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 20.7, lower limit −27.1.

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.