Shaffer 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	43,961	2400.7	− 2432	−31.3	× 69 / 268	−8.1
4	43,963	2418.0	− 2473	−55	× 67 / 268	−13.8
5	43,966	2462.4	− 2502	−39.6	× 68 / 268	−10
6	43,967	2475.5	− 2531	−55.5	× 64 / 268	−13.3
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	40,657	2398.5	− 2432	−33.5	× 81 / 282	−9.6
4	40,660	2444.5	− 2473	−28.5	× 66 / 282	−6.7
5	40,661	2473.9	− 2502	−28.1	× 66 / 282	−6.6
6	40,664	2516.8	− 2531	−14.2	× 69 / 282	−3.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,660	2405.8	− 2432	−26.2	× 80 / 285	−7.4
4	41,663	2438.6	− 2473	−34.4	× 78 / 285	−9.4
5	41,664	2477.9	− 2502	−24.1	× 66 / 285	−5.6
6	41,667	2525.0	− 2531	−6	× 61 / 285	−1.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−24

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,693	2399.8	− 2432	−32.2	× 85 / 307	−8.9
4	41,696	2440.6	− 2473	−32.4	× 78 / 307	−8.2
5	41,697	2447.0	− 2502	−55	× 79 / 307	−14.2
6	41,700	2532.2	− 2531	1.2	× 65 / 307	0.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,833	2408.9	− 2432	−23.1	× 81 / 312	−6
4	41,834	2457.1	− 2473	−15.9	× 85 / 312	−4.3
5	41,835	2495.0	− 2502	−7	× 74 / 312	−1.7
6	41,836	2504.9	− 2531	−26.1	× 72 / 312	−6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−18

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,580	2407.4	− 2432	−24.6	× 69 / 294	−5.8
4	41,581	2418.6	− 2473	−54.4	× 72 / 294	−13.3
5	41,582	2467.3	− 2502	−34.7	× 76 / 294	−9
6	41,583	2535.5	− 2531	4.5	× 77 / 294	1.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,611	2424.4	− 2432	−7.6	× 77 / 305	−1.9
4	41,612	2422.1	− 2473	−50.9	× 73 / 305	−12.2
5	41,613	2453.9	− 2502	−48.1	× 76 / 305	−12
6	41,614	2525.6	− 2531	−5.4	× 79 / 305	−1.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,446	2392.6	− 2432	−39.4	× 62 / 232	−10.5
4	41,447	2416.9	− 2473	−56.1	× 50 / 232	−12.1
5	41,448	2448.2	− 2502	−53.8	× 57 / 232	−13.2
6	41,449	2506.3	− 2531	−24.7	× 63 / 232	−6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−43

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,209	2385.1	− 2432	−46.9	× 59 / 233	−11.9
4	41,210	2438.1	− 2473	−34.9	× 57 / 233	−8.5
5	41,211	2452.8	− 2502	−49.2	× 56 / 233	−11.8
6	41,212	2483.8	− 2531	−47.2	× 61 / 233	−12.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −45, −26, −24, −31, −18, −27, −27, −43, −45 → −31.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 19 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 7 · 2018→2019: 13 · 2019→2022: 9 · 2022→2023: 0 · 2023→2024: 16 · 2024→2025: 2 → average 8.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.5 × 2.66 = 22.6. Upper limit −9.2, lower limit −54.4.

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.