Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Morgan Hi: 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 8.

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, 126 of the 250 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 20 points under the grade 3 bar. 2416 vs. 2436. The 4th-grade bar is 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores just under the grade 4 bar. 2478 vs. 2485. The 5th-grade bar is 2528.
6th The average 6th grader scores 17 points under the grade 4 bar. 2468 vs. 2485. The 6th-grade bar is 2552.
7th The average 7th grader scores 37 points under the grade 4 bar. 2449 vs. 2485. The 7th-grade bar is 2567.
8th The average 8th grader scores 35 points under the grade 5 bar. 2493 vs. 2528. The 8th-grade bar is 2586.

Students fluent in English

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

Grade bars 4th 20 students 14 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 22 students Just under the grade 5 bar. 6th 30 students 10 points under the grade 5 bar. 7th 12 students 22 points under the grade 5 bar. 8th 30 students 12 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 4th 37 students 50 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 22 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 6th 29 students 19 points under the grade 3 bar. 7th 11 students 51 points under the grade 3 bar. 8th 12 students Just 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.

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,054	2432.7	− 2436	−3.3	× 26 / 26	−3.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−3

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,676	2446.6	− 2436	10.6	× 43 / 73	6.2
4	82,677	2459.2	− 2485	−25.8	× 30 / 73	−10.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,878	2369.5	− 2436	−66.5	× 44 / 208	−14.1
4	82,879	2410.4	− 2485	−74.6	× 57 / 208	−20.4
5	82,880	2447.2	− 2528	−80.8	× 50 / 208	−19.4
6	82,881	2496.9	− 2552	−55.1	× 33 / 208	−8.7
7	82,882	2510.7	− 2567	−56.3	× 24 / 208	−6.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,855	2402.1	− 2436	−33.9	× 39 / 184	−7.2
4	82,856	2414.3	− 2485	−70.7	× 31 / 184	−11.9
5	82,857	2444.8	− 2528	−83.2	× 37 / 184	−16.7
6	82,858	2518.0	− 2552	−34	× 37 / 184	−6.8
7	82,859	2535.9	− 2567	−31.1	× 24 / 184	−4.1
8	82,860	2546.7	− 2586	−39.3	× 16 / 184	−3.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,857	2408.5	− 2436	−27.5	× 31 / 192	−4.4
4	82,858	2414.2	− 2485	−70.8	× 38 / 192	−14
5	82,859	2436.1	− 2528	−91.9	× 28 / 192	−13.4
6	82,860	2456.1	− 2552	−95.9	× 39 / 192	−19.5
7	82,861	2504.5	− 2567	−62.5	× 33 / 192	−10.7
8	82,862	2519.8	− 2586	−66.2	× 23 / 192	−7.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,533	2423.4	− 2436	−12.6	× 46 / 244	−2.4
4	82,534	2463.1	− 2485	−21.9	× 46 / 244	−4.1
5	82,535	2481.2	− 2528	−46.8	× 47 / 244	−9
6	82,536	2439.1	− 2552	−112.9	× 29 / 244	−13.4
7	82,537	2483.8	− 2567	−83.2	× 44 / 244	−15
8	82,538	2509.0	− 2586	−77	× 32 / 244	−10.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,423	2422.0	− 2436	−14	× 25 / 250	−1.4
4	82,424	2415.8	− 2485	−69.2	× 57 / 250	−15.8
5	82,425	2478.4	− 2528	−49.6	× 44 / 250	−8.7
6	82,426	2468.3	− 2552	−83.7	× 59 / 250	−19.8
7	82,427	2448.5	− 2567	−118.5	× 23 / 250	−10.9
8	82,428	2492.7	− 2586	−93.3	× 42 / 250	−15.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−72

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −3, −4, −69, −50, −70, −54, −72 → −46
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2022: 65 · 2022→2023: 19 · 2023→2024: 20 · 2024→2025: 16 · 2025→2026: 18 → average 23.2
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 23.2 × 2.66 = 61.7. Upper limit 15.7, lower limit −107.7.

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 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.