Yuba County Career Preparatory Charter: 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 3 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 3 bar. 2435 vs. 2436. The 7th-grade bar is 2567.
11th The average 11th grader scores just under the grade 3 bar. 2431 vs. 2436. 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
8	105,849	2388.6	− 2586	−197.4	× 17 / 91	−36.9
11	105,852	2443.2	− 2628	−184.8	× 74 / 91	−150.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−187

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	98,334	2456.8	− 2567	−110.2	× 16 / 91	−19.4
8	98,336	2429.4	− 2586	−156.6	× 17 / 91	−29.3
11	98,338	2462.6	− 2628	−165.4	× 58 / 91	−105.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−154

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	101,204	2457.6	− 2586	−128.4	× 19 / 93	−26.2
11	101,207	2447.1	− 2628	−180.9	× 74 / 93	−143.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−170

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	101,357	2420.7	− 2586	−165.3	× 14 / 75	−30.9
11	101,360	2430.9	− 2628	−197.1	× 61 / 75	−160.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−191

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	102,015	2429.2	− 2586	−156.8	× 13 / 80	−25.5
11	102,016	2431.6	− 2628	−196.4	× 67 / 80	−164.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−190

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	99,874	2437.3	− 2586	−148.7	× 11 / 56	−29.2
11	99,875	2461.9	− 2628	−166.1	× 45 / 56	−133.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−163

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	102,284	2380.8	− 2586	−205.2	× 15 / 40	−77
11	102,285	2464.9	− 2628	−163.1	× 25 / 40	−101.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−179

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	102,098	2377.6	− 2586	−208.4	× 12 / 47	−53.2
11	102,099	2433.5	− 2628	−194.5	× 35 / 47	−144.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−198

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
11	101,998	2455.1	− 2628	−172.9	× 47 / 47	−172.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−173

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
8	101,659	2384.0	− 2586	−202	× 11 / 60	−37
11	101,660	2431.3	− 2628	−196.7	× 49 / 60	−160.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−198

2026 from sb_ca2026_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	101,313	2434.7	− 2567	−132.3	× 11 / 60	−24.3
11	101,315	2431.3	− 2628	−196.7	× 49 / 60	−160.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−185

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −187, −154, −170, −191, −190, −163, −179, −198, −173, −198, −185 → −180.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 33 · 2016→2017: 16 · 2017→2018: 21 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2021: 27 · 2021→2022: 16 · 2022→2023: 19 · 2023→2024: 25 · 2024→2025: 25 · 2025→2026: 13 → average 19.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 19.6 × 2.66 = 52.1. Upper limit −128.6, lower limit −232.8.

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 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.