Bandini Street 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	29,424	2388.4	− 2432	−43.6	× 50 / 190	−11.5
4	29,426	2430.3	− 2473	−42.7	× 56 / 190	−12.6
5	29,428	2449.9	− 2502	−52.1	× 49 / 190	−13.4
6	29,430	2473.6	− 2531	−57.4	× 35 / 190	−10.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−48

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	27,646	2365.9	− 2432	−66.1	× 65 / 203	−21.2
4	27,648	2460.9	− 2473	−12.1	× 46 / 203	−2.7
5	27,649	2489.8	− 2502	−12.2	× 57 / 203	−3.4
6	27,652	2509.5	− 2531	−21.5	× 35 / 203	−3.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,217	2419.2	− 2432	−12.8	× 38 / 179	−2.7
4	28,219	2463.6	− 2473	−9.4	× 65 / 179	−3.4
5	28,220	2481.0	− 2502	−21	× 46 / 179	−5.4
6	28,222	2493.5	− 2531	−37.5	× 30 / 179	−6.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−18

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,267	2383.5	− 2432	−48.5	× 37 / 173	−10.4
4	28,269	2485.4	− 2473	12.4	× 39 / 173	2.8
5	28,271	2469.4	− 2502	−32.6	× 67 / 173	−12.6
6	28,273	2483.4	− 2531	−47.6	× 30 / 173	−8.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,443	2420.7	− 2432	−11.3	× 47 / 149	−3.6
4	28,444	2460.7	− 2473	−12.3	× 31 / 149	−2.6
5	28,445	2496.6	− 2502	−5.4	× 43 / 149	−1.6
6	28,446	2503.1	− 2531	−27.9	× 28 / 149	−5.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−13

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,478	2357.7	− 2432	−74.3	× 39 / 101	−28.7
4	28,479	2465.7	− 2473	−7.3	× 33 / 101	−2.4
5	28,480	2422.6	− 2502	−79.4	× 29 / 101	−22.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,539	2390.7	− 2432	−41.3	× 23 / 104	−9.1
4	28,540	2405.4	− 2473	−67.6	× 47 / 104	−30.6
5	28,541	2509.0	− 2502	7	× 34 / 104	2.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,405	2374.2	− 2432	−57.8	× 33 / 108	−17.7
4	28,406	2426.8	− 2473	−46.2	× 29 / 108	−12.4
5	28,407	2485.3	− 2502	−16.7	× 46 / 108	−7.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	28,268	2404.2	− 2432	−27.8	× 28 / 88	−8.8
4	28,269	2464.2	− 2473	−8.8	× 32 / 88	−3.2
5	28,270	2484.8	− 2502	−17.2	× 28 / 88	−5.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−18

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −48, −31, −18, −28, −13, −54, −37, −37, −18 → −31.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 17 · 2016→2017: 13 · 2017→2018: 10 · 2018→2019: 15 · 2019→2022: 41 · 2022→2023: 17 · 2023→2024: 0 · 2024→2025: 19 → average 16.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 16.5 × 2.66 = 43.9. Upper limit 12.3, lower limit −75.5.

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.