Garden Village 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.

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, 49 of the 122 students who took the math test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 23 points under the grade 3 bar. 2414 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores 32 points under the grade 4 bar. 2453 vs. 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores 32 points under the grade 5 bar. 2496 vs. 2528.

Students fluent in English

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

Grade bars 3rd 22 students Meets the grade 3 bar. 4th 24 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 27 students Just 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 3rd 19 students 77 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 19 students 38 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 11 students 12 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	82,883	2414.4	− 2436	−21.6	× 59 / 170	−7.5
4	82,884	2462.2	− 2485	−22.8	× 61 / 170	−8.2
5	82,887	2481.0	− 2528	−47	× 50 / 170	−13.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	76,846	2414.8	− 2436	−21.2	× 61 / 178	−7.3
4	76,849	2452.3	− 2485	−32.7	× 57 / 178	−10.5
5	76,851	2482.0	− 2528	−46	× 60 / 178	−15.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,930	2430.8	− 2436	−5.2	× 46 / 156	−1.5
4	78,932	2438.9	− 2485	−46.1	× 59 / 156	−17.4
5	78,934	2453.0	− 2528	−75	× 51 / 156	−24.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,075	2431.5	− 2436	−4.5	× 43 / 145	−1.3
4	79,076	2437.6	− 2485	−47.4	× 45 / 145	−14.7
5	79,079	2449.8	− 2528	−78.2	× 57 / 145	−30.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,604	2477.2	− 2436	41.2	× 46 / 132	14.4
4	79,605	2450.8	− 2485	−34.2	× 39 / 132	−10.1
5	79,606	2462.0	− 2528	−66	× 47 / 132	−23.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,093	2409.8	− 2436	−26.2	× 24 / 91	−6.9
4	78,094	2445.9	− 2485	−39.1	× 33 / 91	−14.2
5	78,095	2461.5	− 2528	−66.5	× 34 / 91	−24.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,852	2431.5	− 2436	−4.5	× 40 / 120	−1.5
4	79,853	2429.1	− 2485	−55.9	× 42 / 120	−19.6
5	79,854	2447.1	− 2528	−80.9	× 38 / 120	−25.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,822	2404.7	− 2436	−31.3	× 43 / 125	−10.8
4	79,823	2469.8	− 2485	−15.2	× 41 / 125	−5
5	79,824	2482.0	− 2528	−46	× 41 / 125	−15.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,844	2414.2	− 2436	−21.8	× 45 / 135	−7.3
4	79,845	2457.0	− 2485	−28	× 48 / 135	−10
5	79,846	2508.1	− 2528	−19.9	× 42 / 135	−6.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,510	2410.7	− 2436	−25.3	× 42 / 129	−8.2
4	79,511	2452.7	− 2485	−32.3	× 43 / 129	−10.8
5	79,512	2512.8	− 2528	−15.2	× 44 / 129	−5.2
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	79,438	2413.5	− 2436	−22.5	× 41 / 122	−7.6
4	79,439	2453.2	− 2485	−31.8	× 43 / 122	−11.2
5	79,440	2495.9	− 2528	−32.1	× 38 / 122	−10
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −30, −33, −43, −47, −19, −46, −47, −31, −23, −24, −29 → −33.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 3 · 2016→2017: 10 · 2017→2018: 4 · 2018→2019: 28 · 2019→2021: 27 · 2021→2022: 1 · 2022→2023: 16 · 2023→2024: 8 · 2024→2025: 1 · 2025→2026: 5 → average 10.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.3 × 2.66 = 27.4. Upper limit −6.4, lower limit −61.2.

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.