Williams Junior/Senior High: 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
7	5,723	2515.0	− 2552	−37	× 83 / 245	−12.5
8	5,726	2497.6	− 2567	−69.4	× 84 / 245	−23.8
11	5,727	2565.0	− 2583	−18	× 78 / 245	−5.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	5,189	2478.0	− 2552	−74	× 88 / 263	−24.8
8	5,191	2522.7	− 2567	−44.3	× 87 / 263	−14.7
11	5,192	2598.9	− 2583	15.9	× 88 / 263	5.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	5,295	2473.9	− 2552	−78.1	× 80 / 255	−24.5
8	5,297	2487.7	− 2567	−79.3	× 87 / 255	−27.1
11	5,299	2599.5	− 2583	16.5	× 88 / 255	5.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	5,298	2457.2	− 2552	−94.8	× 105 / 268	−37.1
8	5,301	2437.3	− 2567	−129.7	× 87 / 268	−42.1
11	5,302	2507.8	− 2583	−75.2	× 76 / 268	−21.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−101

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	5,338	2487.4	− 2552	−64.6	× 102 / 285	−23.1
8	5,339	2474.0	− 2567	−93	× 104 / 285	−33.9
11	5,340	2585.2	− 2583	2.2	× 79 / 285	0.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	5,175	2457.2	− 2552	−94.8	× 105 / 316	−31.5
8	5,176	2484.0	− 2567	−83	× 116 / 316	−30.5
11	5,177	2504.8	− 2583	−78.2	× 95 / 316	−23.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−85

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	5,177	2478.6	− 2552	−73.4	× 100 / 294	−25
8	5,178	2496.2	− 2567	−70.8	× 105 / 294	−25.3
11	5,179	2580.8	− 2583	−2.2	× 89 / 294	−0.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	5,112	2510.3	− 2552	−41.7	× 91 / 272	−14
8	5,113	2513.7	− 2567	−53.3	× 100 / 272	−19.6
11	5,114	2576.0	− 2583	−7	× 81 / 272	−2.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−36

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	5,076	2490.6	− 2552	−61.4	× 82 / 253	−19.9
8	5,077	2549.0	− 2567	−18	× 85 / 253	−6
11	5,078	2551.5	− 2583	−31.5	× 86 / 253	−10.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −42, −34, −46, −101, −56, −85, −51, −36, −37 → −54.2
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: 12 · 2017→2018: 55 · 2018→2019: 45 · 2019→2022: 29 · 2022→2023: 34 · 2023→2024: 15 · 2024→2025: 1 → average 24.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 24.9 × 2.66 = 66.2. Upper limit 12, lower limit −120.4.

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.