Santa Maria High: 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 5 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 11.

All students

11th The average 11th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2523 vs. 2528. The 11th-grade bar is 2628.

Students fluent in English

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

Grade bars 11th 455 students 13 points 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 11th 98 students 33 points under the grade 4 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
11	85,355	2522.1	− 2628	−105.9	× 555 / 555	−105.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−106

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	79,168	2552.3	− 2628	−75.7	× 524 / 524	−75.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	81,319	2543.9	− 2628	−84.1	× 597 / 597	−84.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−84

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	81,468	2549.4	− 2628	−78.6	× 519 / 519	−78.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−79

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	81,999	2545.4	− 2628	−82.6	× 510 / 510	−82.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	82,234	2500.4	− 2628	−127.6	× 654 / 654	−127.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−128

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	82,194	2480.3	− 2628	−147.7	× 795 / 795	−147.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−148

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	82,206	2508.5	− 2628	−119.5	× 708 / 708	−119.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−120

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	81,878	2510.1	− 2628	−117.9	× 649 / 649	−117.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−118

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	81,800	2523.2	− 2628	−104.8	× 553 / 553	−104.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−105

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −106, −76, −84, −79, −83, −128, −148, −120, −118, −105 → −104.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 30 · 2016→2017: 8 · 2017→2018: 5 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2022: 45 · 2022→2023: 20 · 2023→2024: 28 · 2024→2025: 2 · 2025→2026: 13 → average 17.2
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 17.2 × 2.66 = 45.8. Upper limit −58.9, lower limit −150.5.

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.