Nevin Avenue 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	31,355	2383.6	− 2432	−48.4	× 111 / 297	−18.1
4	31,357	2440.1	− 2473	−32.9	× 85 / 297	−9.4
5	31,359	2451.2	− 2502	−50.8	× 101 / 297	−17.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,571	2406.5	− 2432	−25.5	× 100 / 302	−8.4
4	29,574	2441.4	− 2473	−31.6	× 113 / 302	−11.8
5	29,576	2477.2	− 2502	−24.8	× 89 / 302	−7.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−28

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,136	2404.6	− 2432	−27.4	× 105 / 313	−9.2
4	30,138	2460.3	− 2473	−12.7	× 97 / 313	−3.9
5	30,141	2452.3	− 2502	−49.7	× 111 / 313	−17.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,185	2376.1	− 2432	−55.9	× 109 / 319	−19.1
4	30,188	2447.5	− 2473	−25.5	× 107 / 319	−8.6
5	30,189	2467.2	− 2502	−34.8	× 103 / 319	−11.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,355	2379.7	− 2432	−52.3	× 85 / 295	−15.1
4	30,356	2426.9	− 2473	−46.1	× 103 / 295	−16.1
5	30,357	2462.7	− 2502	−39.3	× 107 / 295	−14.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,384	2370.8	− 2432	−61.2	× 76 / 245	−19
4	30,385	2422.5	− 2473	−50.5	× 75 / 245	−15.5
5	30,386	2461.5	− 2502	−40.5	× 94 / 245	−15.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,443	2384.5	− 2432	−47.5	× 70 / 221	−15
4	30,444	2437.8	− 2473	−35.2	× 74 / 221	−11.8
5	30,445	2422.1	− 2502	−79.9	× 77 / 221	−27.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,311	2380.0	− 2432	−52	× 81 / 227	−18.6
4	30,312	2465.1	− 2473	−7.9	× 71 / 227	−2.5
5	30,313	2453.9	− 2502	−48.1	× 75 / 227	−15.9
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	30,170	2376.0	− 2432	−56	× 74 / 228	−18.2
4	30,171	2448.3	− 2473	−24.7	× 77 / 228	−8.3
5	30,172	2451.7	− 2502	−50.3	× 77 / 228	−17
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −45, −28, −31, −39, −45, −50, −55, −37, −44 → −41.6
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: 3 · 2017→2018: 8 · 2018→2019: 6 · 2019→2022: 5 · 2022→2023: 5 · 2023→2024: 18 · 2024→2025: 7 → 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 −18.7, lower limit −64.5.

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.