Fall River Junior-Senior 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.

7th The average 7th grader scores just under the grade 5 bar. 2523 vs. 2528. The 7th-grade bar is 2567.
8th The average 8th grader scores 27 points under the grade 5 bar. 2501 vs. 2528. The 8th-grade bar is 2586.
11th The average 11th grader scores 18 points under the grade 5 bar. 2510 vs. 2528. The 11th-grade bar is 2628.

2026 results. "Meets standard" is the state's mark for being on track for that grade.

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
7	91,062	2520.6	− 2567	−46.4	× 45 / 127	−16.4
8	91,063	2612.7	− 2586	26.7	× 45 / 127	9.5
11	91,066	2608.2	− 2628	−19.8	× 37 / 127	−5.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	84,535	2542.8	− 2567	−24.2	× 41 / 118	−8.4
8	84,537	2581.2	− 2586	−4.8	× 48 / 118	−2
11	84,540	2648.0	− 2628	20	× 29 / 118	4.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−5

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	86,898	2576.0	− 2567	9	× 30 / 99	2.7
8	86,900	2617.3	− 2586	31.3	× 37 / 99	11.7
11	86,902	2688.5	− 2628	60.5	× 32 / 99	19.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						34

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	87,155	2583.1	− 2567	16.1	× 45 / 114	6.4
8	87,158	2630.2	− 2586	44.2	× 31 / 114	12
11	87,159	2649.3	− 2628	21.3	× 38 / 114	7.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						25

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	87,773	2572.0	− 2567	5	× 41 / 125	1.6
8	87,774	2602.2	− 2586	16.2	× 46 / 125	6
11	87,775	2630.8	− 2628	2.8	× 38 / 125	0.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						8

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	86,029	2578.0	− 2567	11	× 39 / 92	4.7
8	86,030	2521.1	− 2586	−64.9	× 39 / 92	−27.5
11	86,031	2674.4	− 2628	46.4	× 14 / 92	7.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	88,110	2493.9	− 2567	−73.1	× 40 / 99	−29.5
8	88,111	2502.5	− 2586	−83.5	× 43 / 99	−36.3
11	88,112	2625.8	− 2628	−2.2	× 16 / 99	−0.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	88,025	2519.7	− 2567	−47.3	× 36 / 111	−15.3
8	88,026	2482.6	− 2586	−103.4	× 40 / 111	−37.3
11	88,027	2552.9	− 2628	−75.1	× 35 / 111	−23.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	88,008	2511.9	− 2567	−55.1	× 34 / 113	−16.6
8	88,009	2503.1	− 2586	−82.9	× 36 / 113	−26.4
11	88,010	2531.2	− 2628	−96.8	× 43 / 113	−36.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−80

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	87,714	2497.5	− 2567	−69.5	× 41 / 113	−25.2
8	87,715	2523.2	− 2586	−62.8	× 32 / 113	−17.8
11	87,716	2487.8	− 2628	−140.2	× 40 / 113	−49.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−93

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	87,413	2523.4	− 2567	−43.6	× 32 / 107	−13
8	87,414	2501.4	− 2586	−84.6	× 38 / 107	−30
11	87,415	2509.9	− 2628	−118.1	× 37 / 107	−40.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−84

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −13, −5, 34, 25, 8, −16, −66, −76, −80, −93, −84 → −33.3
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 8 · 2016→2017: 39 · 2017→2018: 9 · 2018→2019: 17 · 2019→2021: 24 · 2021→2022: 50 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 4 · 2024→2025: 13 · 2025→2026: 9 → average 18.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 18.3 × 2.66 = 48.7. Upper limit 15.4, lower limit −82.

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.