Ezekiel Balderas 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	11,161	2368.4	− 2432	−63.6	× 75 / 328	−14.5
4	11,162	2426.8	− 2473	−46.2	× 86 / 328	−12.1
5	11,165	2459.2	− 2502	−42.8	× 79 / 328	−10.3
6	11,166	2495.1	− 2531	−35.9	× 88 / 328	−9.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,179	2385.5	− 2432	−46.5	× 108 / 365	−13.8
4	10,181	2407.3	− 2473	−65.7	× 79 / 365	−14.2
5	10,183	2489.3	− 2502	−12.7	× 92 / 365	−3.2
6	10,185	2496.0	− 2531	−35	× 86 / 365	−8.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,507	2375.5	− 2432	−56.5	× 98 / 359	−15.4
4	10,508	2435.8	− 2473	−37.2	× 94 / 359	−9.7
5	10,511	2479.5	− 2502	−22.5	× 82 / 359	−5.1
6	10,513	2523.2	− 2531	−7.8	× 85 / 359	−1.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,519	2386.4	− 2432	−45.6	× 95 / 362	−12
4	10,521	2413.3	− 2473	−59.7	× 90 / 362	−14.8
5	10,523	2474.3	− 2502	−27.7	× 93 / 362	−7.1
6	10,525	2505.5	− 2531	−25.5	× 84 / 362	−5.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−40

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,594	2417.3	− 2432	−14.7	× 90 / 355	−3.7
4	10,595	2420.1	− 2473	−52.9	× 94 / 355	−14
5	10,596	2472.3	− 2502	−29.7	× 85 / 355	−7.1
6	10,597	2489.9	− 2531	−41.1	× 86 / 355	−10
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,587	2359.4	− 2432	−72.6	× 79 / 343	−16.7
4	10,588	2377.5	− 2473	−95.5	× 90 / 343	−25.1
5	10,589	2475.0	− 2502	−27	× 88 / 343	−6.9
6	10,590	2479.2	− 2531	−51.8	× 86 / 343	−13
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−62

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,575	2371.9	− 2432	−60.1	× 81 / 354	−13.8
4	10,576	2410.6	− 2473	−62.4	× 85 / 354	−15
5	10,577	2452.9	− 2502	−49.1	× 92 / 354	−12.8
6	10,578	2465.6	− 2531	−65.4	× 96 / 354	−17.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,541	2379.9	− 2432	−52.1	× 92 / 349	−13.7
4	10,542	2416.0	− 2473	−57	× 75 / 349	−12.2
5	10,543	2447.6	− 2502	−54.4	× 85 / 349	−13.2
6	10,544	2446.7	− 2531	−84.3	× 97 / 349	−23.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,518	2396.0	− 2432	−36	× 83 / 330	−9.1
4	10,519	2439.1	− 2473	−33.9	× 88 / 330	−9
5	10,520	2482.2	− 2502	−19.8	× 72 / 330	−4.3
6	10,521	2475.4	− 2531	−55.6	× 87 / 330	−14.7
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. −47, −39, −32, −40, −35, −62, −59, −63, −37 → −46
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: 7 · 2017→2018: 8 · 2018→2019: 5 · 2019→2022: 27 · 2022→2023: 3 · 2023→2024: 4 · 2024→2025: 26 → average 11
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11 × 2.66 = 29.3. Upper limit −16.7, lower limit −75.3.

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.