Burbank Elementary: english

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.

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	1,411	2408.9	− 2432	−23.1	× 112 / 422	−6.1
4	1,413	2464.0	− 2473	−9	× 101 / 422	−2.2
5	1,415	2519.2	− 2502	17.2	× 106 / 422	4.3
6	1,417	2516.4	− 2531	−14.6	× 103 / 422	−3.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−8

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,216	2400.7	− 2432	−31.3	× 133 / 479	−8.7
4	1,219	2444.2	− 2473	−28.8	× 121 / 479	−7.3
5	1,221	2513.2	− 2502	11.2	× 114 / 479	2.7
6	1,223	2547.7	− 2531	16.7	× 111 / 479	3.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−9

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,255	2421.3	− 2432	−10.7	× 121 / 483	−2.7
4	1,257	2427.5	− 2473	−45.5	× 132 / 483	−12.4
5	1,258	2474.4	− 2502	−27.6	× 118 / 483	−6.7
6	1,260	2533.9	− 2531	2.9	× 112 / 483	0.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,284	2422.8	− 2432	−9.2	× 126 / 488	−2.4
4	1,287	2450.9	− 2473	−22.1	× 118 / 488	−5.3
5	1,288	2461.2	− 2502	−40.8	× 129 / 488	−10.8
6	1,291	2506.8	− 2531	−24.2	× 115 / 488	−5.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,306	2422.4	− 2432	−9.6	× 118 / 459	−2.5
4	1,307	2453.9	− 2473	−19.1	× 121 / 459	−5
5	1,308	2501.6	− 2502	−0.4	× 111 / 459	−0.1
6	1,309	2498.1	− 2531	−32.9	× 109 / 459	−7.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,290	2386.5	− 2432	−45.5	× 105 / 422	−11.3
4	1,291	2424.2	− 2473	−48.8	× 114 / 422	−13.2
5	1,292	2503.1	− 2502	1.1	× 101 / 422	0.3
6	1,293	2502.2	− 2531	−28.8	× 102 / 422	−7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,286	2373.1	− 2432	−58.9	× 111 / 418	−15.6
4	1,287	2434.6	− 2473	−38.4	× 106 / 418	−9.7
5	1,288	2457.3	− 2502	−44.7	× 106 / 418	−11.3
6	1,289	2509.7	− 2531	−21.3	× 95 / 418	−4.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,254	2391.6	− 2432	−40.4	× 112 / 426	−10.6
4	1,255	2409.8	− 2473	−63.2	× 112 / 426	−16.6
5	1,256	2474.6	− 2502	−27.4	× 103 / 426	−6.6
6	1,257	2470.8	− 2531	−60.2	× 99 / 426	−14
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	1,246	2377.0	− 2432	−55	× 110 / 424	−14.3
4	1,247	2440.3	− 2473	−32.7	× 110 / 424	−8.5
5	1,248	2439.3	− 2502	−62.7	× 112 / 424	−16.6
6	1,249	2511.6	− 2531	−19.4	× 92 / 424	−4.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −8, −9, −21, −24, −15, −31, −42, −48, −44 → −26.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 1 · 2016→2017: 12 · 2017→2018: 3 · 2018→2019: 9 · 2019→2022: 16 · 2022→2023: 11 · 2023→2024: 6 · 2024→2025: 4 → average 7.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 7.8 × 2.66 = 20.7. Upper limit −6.2, lower limit −47.6.

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.