Rocketship Alma Academy: 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, 123 of the 215 students who took the math test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 14 points under the grade 3 bar. 2422 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores 22 points under the grade 4 bar. 2463 vs. 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores 41 points under the grade 5 bar. 2487 vs. 2528.

Students fluent in English

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

Grade bars 3rd 27 students Meets the grade 3 bar. 4th 34 students Meets the grade 4 bar. 5th 31 students Meets 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 42 students 32 points under the grade 3 bar. 4th 42 students 10 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 39 students 32 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
3	85,838	2457.0	− 2436	21	× 104 / 210	10.4
4	85,839	2477.7	− 2485	−7.3	× 58 / 210	−2
5	85,842	2470.8	− 2528	−57.2	× 48 / 210	−13.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,663	2457.4	− 2436	21.4	× 157 / 286	11.7
4	79,664	2484.0	− 2485	−1	× 79 / 286	−0.3
5	79,667	2482.7	− 2528	−45.3	× 50 / 286	−7.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						4

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,820	2434.0	− 2436	−2	× 84 / 264	−0.6
4	81,822	2486.6	− 2485	1.6	× 136 / 264	0.8
5	81,823	2517.0	− 2528	−11	× 44 / 264	−1.8
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	82,007	2444.4	− 2436	8.4	× 82 / 251	2.7
4	82,009	2479.6	− 2485	−5.4	× 72 / 251	−1.5
5	82,011	2494.3	− 2528	−33.7	× 97 / 251	−13
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,627	2479.4	− 2436	43.4	× 55 / 187	12.8
4	82,628	2500.1	− 2485	15.1	× 78 / 187	6.3
5	82,629	2537.1	− 2528	9.1	× 54 / 187	2.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						22

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,826	2421.2	− 2436	−14.8	× 80 / 215	−5.5
4	82,827	2472.2	− 2485	−12.8	× 70 / 215	−4.2
5	82,828	2521.7	− 2528	−6.3	× 65 / 215	−1.9
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	82,800	2412.8	− 2436	−23.2	× 84 / 216	−9
4	82,801	2469.5	− 2485	−15.5	× 76 / 216	−5.5
5	82,802	2511.3	− 2528	−16.7	× 56 / 216	−4.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,810	2410.1	− 2436	−25.9	× 73 / 225	−8.4
4	82,811	2466.0	− 2485	−19	× 86 / 225	−7.3
5	82,812	2496.4	− 2528	−31.6	× 66 / 225	−9.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−25

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,486	2400.4	− 2436	−35.6	× 82 / 234	−12.5
4	82,487	2449.7	− 2485	−35.3	× 78 / 234	−11.8
5	82,488	2483.9	− 2528	−44.1	× 74 / 234	−13.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,376	2422.0	− 2436	−14	× 69 / 215	−4.5
4	82,377	2462.9	− 2485	−22.1	× 76 / 215	−7.8
5	82,378	2487.1	− 2528	−40.9	× 70 / 215	−13.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −5, 4, −2, −12, 22, −12, −19, −25, −38, −26 → −11.3
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: 6 · 2017→2018: 10 · 2018→2019: 34 · 2019→2022: 34 · 2022→2023: 7 · 2023→2024: 6 · 2024→2025: 13 · 2025→2026: 12 → average 14.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 14.6 × 2.66 = 38.8. Upper limit 27.5, lower limit −50.1.

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.