Cortada 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	23,218	2373.7	− 2432	−58.3	× 55 / 239	−13.4
4	23,220	2403.2	− 2473	−69.8	× 67 / 239	−19.6
5	23,222	2472.8	− 2502	−29.2	× 55 / 239	−6.7
6	23,224	2496.5	− 2531	−34.5	× 62 / 239	−8.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	21,809	2352.9	− 2432	−79.1	× 64 / 239	−21.2
4	21,811	2419.1	− 2473	−53.9	× 59 / 239	−13.3
5	21,813	2458.7	− 2502	−43.3	× 61 / 239	−11.1
6	21,816	2511.5	− 2531	−19.5	× 55 / 239	−4.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	22,227	2380.6	− 2432	−51.4	× 61 / 233	−13.5
4	22,228	2400.3	− 2473	−72.7	× 58 / 233	−18.1
5	22,230	2438.9	− 2502	−63.1	× 54 / 233	−14.6
6	22,233	2486.7	− 2531	−44.3	× 60 / 233	−11.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−58

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	22,214	2405.9	− 2432	−26.1	× 46 / 220	−5.5
4	22,216	2447.8	− 2473	−25.2	× 58 / 220	−6.6
5	22,218	2463.9	− 2502	−38.1	× 57 / 220	−9.9
6	22,220	2481.9	− 2531	−49.1	× 59 / 220	−13.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	22,387	2421.4	− 2432	−10.6	× 51 / 211	−2.6
4	22,388	2423.2	− 2473	−49.8	× 46 / 211	−10.9
5	22,389	2490.8	− 2502	−11.2	× 57 / 211	−3
6	22,390	2489.8	− 2531	−41.2	× 57 / 211	−11.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	22,354	2390.4	− 2432	−41.6	× 65 / 204	−13.3
4	22,355	2422.1	− 2473	−50.9	× 53 / 204	−13.2
5	22,356	2480.8	− 2502	−21.2	× 39 / 204	−4.1
6	22,357	2520.2	− 2531	−10.8	× 47 / 204	−2.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	22,329	2374.0	− 2432	−58	× 49 / 193	−14.7
4	22,330	2468.3	− 2473	−4.7	× 62 / 193	−1.5
5	22,331	2454.7	− 2502	−47.3	× 47 / 193	−11.5
6	22,332	2486.7	− 2531	−44.3	× 35 / 193	−8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−36

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	22,179	2397.7	− 2432	−34.3	× 43 / 180	−8.2
4	22,180	2470.0	− 2473	−3	× 42 / 180	−0.7
5	22,181	2484.2	− 2502	−17.8	× 55 / 180	−5.4
6	22,182	2506.9	− 2531	−24.1	× 40 / 180	−5.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	22,090	2385.1	− 2432	−46.9	× 51 / 191	−12.5
4	22,091	2491.3	− 2473	18.3	× 43 / 191	4.1
5	22,092	2483.6	− 2502	−18.4	× 39 / 191	−3.8
6	22,093	2526.4	− 2531	−4.6	× 58 / 191	−1.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−14

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −49, −50, −58, −35, −28, −33, −36, −20, −14 → −35.9
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: 8 · 2017→2018: 23 · 2018→2019: 7 · 2019→2022: 5 · 2022→2023: 3 · 2023→2024: 16 · 2024→2025: 6 → average 8.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.6 × 2.66 = 22.9. Upper limit −13, lower limit −58.8.

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.