Westside Global Awareness Magnet: 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	28,799	2388.9	− 2432	−43.1	× 21 / 298	−3
4	28,801	2407.1	− 2473	−65.9	× 23 / 298	−5.1
5	28,803	2494.9	− 2502	−7.1	× 23 / 298	−0.5
6	28,805	2492.3	− 2531	−38.7	× 78 / 298	−10.1
7	28,807	2522.0	− 2552	−30	× 77 / 298	−7.8
8	28,809	2553.6	− 2567	−13.4	× 76 / 298	−3.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	27,013	2373.7	− 2432	−58.3	× 23 / 310	−4.3
4	27,015	2431.5	− 2473	−41.5	× 26 / 310	−3.5
5	27,017	2487.0	− 2502	−15	× 29 / 310	−1.4
6	27,020	2552.8	− 2531	21.8	× 77 / 310	5.4
7	27,021	2550.1	− 2552	−1.9	× 75 / 310	−0.5
8	27,023	2554.6	− 2567	−12.4	× 80 / 310	−3.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	27,593	2362.0	− 2432	−70	× 16 / 320	−3.5
4	27,594	2422.7	− 2473	−50.3	× 27 / 320	−4.2
5	27,597	2469.7	− 2502	−32.3	× 27 / 320	−2.7
6	27,599	2538.4	− 2531	7.4	× 81 / 320	1.9
7	27,601	2576.2	− 2552	24.2	× 89 / 320	6.7
8	27,602	2562.2	− 2567	−4.8	× 80 / 320	−1.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−3

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	27,639	2438.0	− 2432	6	× 20 / 310	0.4
4	27,641	2484.2	− 2473	11.2	× 18 / 310	0.7
5	27,643	2502.2	− 2502	0.2	× 26 / 310	0
6	27,645	2538.2	− 2531	7.2	× 75 / 310	1.7
7	27,648	2563.2	− 2552	11.2	× 86 / 310	3.1
8	27,649	2594.1	− 2567	27.1	× 85 / 310	7.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						13

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	27,821	2372.3	− 2432	−59.7	× 23 / 316	−4.3
4	27,822	2455.4	− 2473	−17.6	× 27 / 316	−1.5
5	27,823	2511.2	− 2502	9.2	× 22 / 316	0.6
6	27,824	2509.6	− 2531	−21.4	× 85 / 316	−5.8
7	27,825	2557.2	− 2552	5.2	× 78 / 316	1.3
8	27,826	2577.0	− 2567	10	× 81 / 316	2.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−7

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
4	27,849	2427.8	− 2473	−45.2	× 18 / 200	−4.1
5	27,850	2534.8	− 2502	32.8	× 23 / 200	3.8
6	27,851	2482.8	− 2531	−48.2	× 44 / 200	−10.6
7	27,852	2494.0	− 2552	−58	× 45 / 200	−13.1
8	27,853	2524.2	− 2567	−42.8	× 70 / 200	−15
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	27,913	2389.8	− 2432	−42.2	× 20 / 188	−4.5
4	27,914	2420.1	− 2473	−52.9	× 24 / 188	−6.8
5	27,915	2507.5	− 2502	5.5	× 20 / 188	0.6
6	27,916	2504.9	− 2531	−26.1	× 40 / 188	−5.6
7	27,917	2520.7	− 2552	−31.3	× 40 / 188	−6.7
8	27,918	2513.0	− 2567	−54	× 44 / 188	−12.6
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	27,773	2402.3	− 2432	−29.7	× 12 / 171	−2.1
4	27,774	2453.0	− 2473	−20	× 21 / 171	−2.5
5	27,775	2448.2	− 2502	−53.8	× 18 / 171	−5.7
6	27,776	2500.7	− 2531	−30.3	× 43 / 171	−7.6
7	27,777	2550.2	− 2552	−1.8	× 38 / 171	−0.4
8	27,778	2537.7	− 2567	−29.3	× 39 / 171	−6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−25

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	27,638	2388.7	− 2432	−43.3	× 21 / 175	−5.2
4	27,639	2459.5	− 2473	−13.5	× 12 / 175	−0.9
5	27,640	2483.0	− 2502	−19	× 19 / 175	−2.1
6	27,641	2470.5	− 2531	−60.5	× 46 / 175	−15.9
7	27,642	2515.4	− 2552	−36.6	× 43 / 175	−9
8	27,643	2584.1	− 2567	17.1	× 34 / 175	3.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −30, −7, −3, 13, −7, −39, −36, −25, −30 → −18.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 23 · 2016→2017: 4 · 2017→2018: 16 · 2018→2019: 20 · 2019→2022: 32 · 2022→2023: 3 · 2023→2024: 11 · 2024→2025: 5 → average 14.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 14.3 × 2.66 = 38. Upper limit 19.8, lower limit −56.2.

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.