Yorbita 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	39,872	2369.1	− 2432	−62.9	× 74 / 287	−16.2
4	39,873	2415.3	− 2473	−57.7	× 63 / 287	−12.7
5	39,876	2475.3	− 2502	−26.7	× 71 / 287	−6.6
6	39,877	2485.7	− 2531	−45.3	× 79 / 287	−12.5
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	36,947	2396.9	− 2432	−35.1	× 61 / 260	−8.2
4	36,948	2452.1	− 2473	−20.9	× 65 / 260	−5.2
5	36,951	2462.7	− 2502	−39.3	× 60 / 260	−9.1
6	36,952	2493.9	− 2531	−37.1	× 74 / 260	−10.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,726	2404.1	− 2432	−27.9	× 69 / 264	−7.3
4	37,728	2441.5	− 2473	−31.5	× 66 / 264	−7.9
5	37,730	2469.0	− 2502	−33	× 68 / 264	−8.5
6	37,732	2499.4	− 2531	−31.6	× 61 / 264	−7.3
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	37,669	2382.1	− 2432	−49.9	× 60 / 270	−11.1
4	37,671	2450.1	− 2473	−22.9	× 70 / 270	−5.9
5	37,673	2464.5	− 2502	−37.5	× 69 / 270	−9.6
6	37,675	2492.3	− 2531	−38.7	× 71 / 270	−10.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,875	2403.4	− 2432	−28.6	× 67 / 273	−7
4	37,876	2402.5	− 2473	−70.5	× 67 / 273	−17.3
5	37,877	2484.5	− 2502	−17.5	× 69 / 273	−4.4
6	37,878	2491.6	− 2531	−39.4	× 70 / 273	−10.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,764	2360.8	− 2432	−71.2	× 54 / 233	−16.5
4	37,765	2399.3	− 2473	−73.7	× 54 / 233	−17.1
5	37,766	2438.2	− 2502	−63.8	× 65 / 233	−17.8
6	37,767	2491.5	− 2531	−39.5	× 60 / 233	−10.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−62

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,809	2357.3	− 2432	−74.7	× 64 / 225	−21.2
4	37,810	2389.6	− 2473	−83.4	× 49 / 225	−18.2
5	37,811	2409.5	− 2502	−92.5	× 56 / 225	−23
6	37,812	2477.9	− 2531	−53.1	× 56 / 225	−13.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,659	2370.4	− 2432	−61.6	× 51 / 207	−15.2
4	37,660	2417.9	− 2473	−55.1	× 59 / 207	−15.7
5	37,661	2386.1	− 2502	−115.9	× 45 / 207	−25.2
6	37,662	2448.3	− 2531	−82.7	× 52 / 207	−20.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−77

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	37,436	2371.8	− 2432	−60.2	× 51 / 202	−15.2
4	37,437	2436.3	− 2473	−36.7	× 52 / 202	−9.4
5	37,438	2421.7	− 2502	−80.3	× 54 / 202	−21.5
6	37,439	2453.5	− 2531	−77.5	× 45 / 202	−17.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −48, −33, −31, −37, −39, −62, −76, −77, −63 → −51.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 15 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 2 · 2019→2022: 23 · 2022→2023: 14 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 14 → average 9.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.6 × 2.66 = 25.5. Upper limit −26.3, lower limit −77.3.

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.