Voices College-Bound Language Academy at Mt. Pleas: 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, 97 of the 153 students who took the math test were English learners.

All students

3rd The average 3rd grader scores 123 points under the grade 3 bar. 2313 vs. 2436.
4th The average 4th grader scores 22 points under the grade 3 bar. 2414 vs. 2436. The 4th-grade bar is 2485.
5th The average 5th grader scores 40 points under the grade 4 bar. 2445 vs. 2485. The 5th-grade bar is 2528.
6th The average 6th grader scores 36 points under the grade 4 bar. 2449 vs. 2485. The 6th-grade bar is 2552.
7th The average 7th grader scores 39 points under the grade 4 bar. 2447 vs. 2485. The 7th-grade bar is 2567.
8th The average 8th grader scores 45 points under the grade 3 bar. 2391 vs. 2436. 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 12 students 33 points under the grade 4 bar. 5th 11 students 13 points under the grade 4 bar. 8th 13 students Just under the grade 3 bar.

English learners

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

Grade bars 4th 11 students 64 points under the grade 3 bar. 5th 16 students Just under the grade 3 bar. 8th 15 students 82 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.

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,072	2449.5	− 2436	13.5	× 29 / 29	13.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						14

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,682	2469.7	− 2436	33.7	× 42 / 69	20.5
4	82,683	2462.7	− 2485	−22.3	× 27 / 69	−8.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						12

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,890	2399.1	− 2436	−36.9	× 47 / 187	−9.3
4	82,891	2391.3	− 2485	−93.7	× 35 / 187	−17.5
5	82,892	2424.3	− 2528	−103.7	× 43 / 187	−23.8
6	82,893	2457.3	− 2552	−94.7	× 40 / 187	−20.3
7	82,894	2417.6	− 2567	−149.4	× 22 / 187	−17.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−88

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,869	2369.3	− 2436	−66.7	× 33 / 177	−12.4
4	82,870	2412.8	− 2485	−72.2	× 38 / 177	−15.5
5	82,871	2428.1	− 2528	−99.9	× 28 / 177	−15.8
6	82,872	2419.1	− 2552	−132.9	× 36 / 177	−27
7	82,873	2481.8	− 2567	−85.2	× 24 / 177	−11.6
8	82,874	2432.2	− 2586	−153.8	× 18 / 177	−15.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−98

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,871	2349.9	− 2436	−86.1	× 29 / 127	−19.7
4	82,872	2410.3	− 2485	−74.7	× 20 / 127	−11.8
5	82,873	2444.5	− 2528	−83.5	× 24 / 127	−15.8
6	82,874	2417.1	− 2552	−134.9	× 17 / 127	−18.1
7	82,875	2431.3	− 2567	−135.7	× 21 / 127	−22.4
8	82,876	2395.4	− 2586	−190.6	× 16 / 127	−24
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−112

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,547	2370.6	− 2436	−65.4	× 24 / 146	−10.8
4	82,548	2417.3	− 2485	−67.7	× 29 / 146	−13.4
5	82,549	2457.6	− 2528	−70.4	× 21 / 146	−10.1
6	82,550	2402.4	− 2552	−149.6	× 28 / 146	−28.7
7	82,551	2450.9	− 2567	−116.1	× 20 / 146	−15.9
8	82,552	2454.3	− 2586	−131.7	× 24 / 146	−21.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−101

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,437	2312.6	− 2436	−123.4	× 17 / 153	−13.7
4	82,438	2413.7	− 2485	−71.3	× 23 / 153	−10.7
5	82,439	2445.4	− 2528	−82.6	× 27 / 153	−14.6
6	82,440	2448.9	− 2552	−103.1	× 26 / 153	−17.5
7	82,441	2446.5	− 2567	−120.5	× 32 / 153	−25.2
8	82,442	2390.9	− 2586	−195.1	× 28 / 153	−35.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−117

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 14, 12, −88, −98, −112, −101, −117 → −70
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2018→2019: 2 · 2019→2022: 100 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 14 · 2024→2025: 11 · 2025→2026: 16 → average 25.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 25.5 × 2.66 = 67.8. Upper limit −2.2, lower limit −137.8.

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.