Castroville 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	46,489	2328.0	− 2432	−104	× 95 / 364	−27.1
4	46,492	2395.9	− 2473	−77.1	× 94 / 364	−19.9
5	46,493	2438.7	− 2502	−63.3	× 85 / 364	−14.8
6	46,496	2482.8	− 2531	−48.2	× 90 / 364	−11.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	43,201	2352.6	− 2432	−79.4	× 91 / 342	−21.1
4	43,204	2371.6	− 2473	−101.4	× 84 / 342	−24.9
5	43,206	2448.3	− 2502	−53.7	× 90 / 342	−14.1
6	43,207	2491.2	− 2531	−39.8	× 77 / 342	−9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	44,264	2351.3	− 2432	−80.7	× 89 / 361	−19.9
4	44,267	2403.6	− 2473	−69.4	× 91 / 361	−17.5
5	44,268	2427.5	− 2502	−74.5	× 87 / 361	−18
6	44,271	2498.8	− 2531	−32.2	× 94 / 361	−8.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−64

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	44,287	2376.0	− 2432	−56	× 86 / 353	−13.6
4	44,290	2400.2	− 2473	−72.8	× 91 / 353	−18.8
5	44,291	2424.9	− 2502	−77.1	× 89 / 353	−19.4
6	44,294	2472.7	− 2531	−58.3	× 87 / 353	−14.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	44,414	2386.5	− 2432	−45.5	× 90 / 361	−11.3
4	44,415	2431.3	− 2473	−41.7	× 88 / 361	−10.2
5	44,416	2429.5	− 2502	−72.5	× 96 / 361	−19.3
6	44,417	2496.8	− 2531	−34.2	× 87 / 361	−8.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	44,172	2345.7	− 2432	−86.3	× 87 / 336	−22.3
4	44,173	2403.3	− 2473	−69.7	× 90 / 336	−18.7
5	44,174	2420.5	− 2502	−81.5	× 80 / 336	−19.4
6	44,175	2498.9	− 2531	−32.1	× 79 / 336	−7.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	44,160	2347.2	− 2432	−84.8	× 90 / 347	−22
4	44,161	2382.1	− 2473	−90.9	× 86 / 347	−22.5
5	44,162	2420.9	− 2502	−81.1	× 89 / 347	−20.8
6	44,163	2466.0	− 2531	−65	× 82 / 347	−15.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−81

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	43,986	2324.4	− 2432	−107.6	× 85 / 345	−26.5
4	43,987	2412.7	− 2473	−60.3	× 86 / 345	−15
5	43,988	2423.6	− 2502	−78.4	× 85 / 345	−19.3
6	43,989	2471.4	− 2531	−59.6	× 89 / 345	−15.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	43,727	2346.6	− 2432	−85.4	× 76 / 333	−19.5
4	43,728	2400.6	− 2473	−72.4	× 81 / 333	−17.6
5	43,729	2481.8	− 2502	−20.2	× 91 / 333	−5.5
6	43,730	2496.2	− 2531	−34.8	× 85 / 333	−8.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−52

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −74, −69, −64, −66, −49, −68, −81, −76, −52 → −66.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 5 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 2 · 2018→2019: 17 · 2019→2022: 19 · 2022→2023: 13 · 2023→2024: 5 · 2024→2025: 24 → average 11.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11.3 × 2.66 = 30.1. Upper limit −36.5, lower limit −96.7.

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.