Wishon 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	10,962	2389.3	− 2432	−42.7	× 95 / 346	−11.7
4	10,965	2401.9	− 2473	−71.1	× 76 / 346	−15.6
5	10,966	2439.7	− 2502	−62.3	× 83 / 346	−14.9
6	10,969	2492.3	− 2531	−38.7	× 92 / 346	−10.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−53

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	9,980	2400.3	− 2432	−31.7	× 80 / 323	−7.9
4	9,983	2431.5	− 2473	−41.5	× 86 / 323	−11
5	9,984	2456.4	− 2502	−45.6	× 79 / 323	−11.2
6	9,987	2476.3	− 2531	−54.7	× 78 / 323	−13.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,308	2373.4	− 2432	−58.6	× 85 / 327	−15.2
4	10,311	2425.6	− 2473	−47.4	× 77 / 327	−11.2
5	10,313	2467.5	− 2502	−34.5	× 88 / 327	−9.3
6	10,314	2498.9	− 2531	−32.1	× 77 / 327	−7.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,327	2455.6	− 2432	23.6	× 71 / 311	5.4
4	10,328	2439.2	− 2473	−33.8	× 78 / 311	−8.5
5	10,331	2476.7	− 2502	−25.3	× 72 / 311	−5.9
6	10,332	2521.2	− 2531	−9.8	× 90 / 311	−2.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−12

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,402	2424.0	− 2432	−8	× 73 / 305	−1.9
4	10,403	2457.6	− 2473	−15.4	× 76 / 305	−3.8
5	10,404	2483.2	− 2502	−18.8	× 75 / 305	−4.6
6	10,405	2511.4	− 2531	−19.6	× 81 / 305	−5.2
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
3	10,395	2379.5	− 2432	−52.5	× 77 / 241	−16.8
4	10,396	2423.0	− 2473	−50	× 47 / 241	−9.8
5	10,397	2493.6	− 2502	−8.4	× 67 / 241	−2.3
6	10,398	2504.5	− 2531	−26.5	× 50 / 241	−5.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,383	2413.9	− 2432	−18.1	× 69 / 269	−4.6
4	10,384	2427.4	− 2473	−45.6	× 76 / 269	−12.9
5	10,385	2458.5	− 2502	−43.5	× 52 / 269	−8.4
6	10,386	2501.7	− 2531	−29.3	× 72 / 269	−7.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,349	2395.1	− 2432	−36.9	× 80 / 279	−10.6
4	10,350	2432.5	− 2473	−40.5	× 66 / 279	−9.6
5	10,351	2426.7	− 2502	−75.3	× 77 / 279	−20.8
6	10,352	2524.4	− 2531	−6.6	× 56 / 279	−1.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	10,326	2405.5	− 2432	−26.5	× 60 / 272	−5.8
4	10,327	2429.3	− 2473	−43.7	× 79 / 272	−12.7
5	10,328	2460.2	− 2502	−41.8	× 59 / 272	−9.1
6	10,329	2493.9	− 2531	−37.1	× 74 / 272	−10.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −53, −43, −43, −12, −16, −34, −34, −42, −38 → −35
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 10 · 2016→2017: 0 · 2017→2018: 31 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2022: 18 · 2022→2023: 0 · 2023→2024: 8 · 2024→2025: 4 → average 9.4
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.4 × 2.66 = 25. Upper limit −10, lower limit −60.

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.