Good Hope 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	57,846	2355.8	− 2432	−76.2	× 103 / 366	−21.4
4	57,848	2405.0	− 2473	−68	× 91 / 366	−16.9
5	57,850	2448.5	− 2502	−53.5	× 77 / 366	−11.3
6	57,852	2462.8	− 2531	−68.2	× 95 / 366	−17.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−67

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	53,701	2383.3	− 2432	−48.7	× 82 / 338	−11.8
4	53,703	2405.3	− 2473	−67.7	× 100 / 338	−20
5	53,706	2443.4	− 2502	−58.6	× 84 / 338	−14.6
6	53,708	2466.1	− 2531	−64.9	× 72 / 338	−13.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−60

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,269	2359.0	− 2432	−73	× 87 / 354	−17.9
4	55,270	2436.5	− 2473	−36.5	× 80 / 354	−8.2
5	55,272	2450.0	− 2502	−52	× 102 / 354	−15
6	55,275	2474.2	− 2531	−56.8	× 85 / 354	−13.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,363	2356.0	− 2432	−76	× 95 / 358	−20.2
4	55,365	2412.5	− 2473	−60.5	× 85 / 358	−14.4
5	55,367	2467.9	− 2502	−34.1	× 77 / 358	−7.3
6	55,369	2457.4	− 2531	−73.6	× 101 / 358	−20.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,618	2356.3	− 2432	−75.7	× 78 / 324	−18.2
4	55,619	2402.1	− 2473	−70.9	× 91 / 324	−19.9
5	55,620	2445.4	− 2502	−56.6	× 79 / 324	−13.8
6	55,621	2477.6	− 2531	−53.4	× 76 / 324	−12.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−64

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,676	2354.3	− 2432	−77.7	× 73 / 314	−18.1
4	55,677	2386.2	− 2473	−86.8	× 99 / 314	−27.4
5	55,678	2483.8	− 2502	−18.2	× 68 / 314	−3.9
6	55,679	2492.2	− 2531	−38.8	× 74 / 314	−9.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,627	2341.2	− 2432	−90.8	× 82 / 299	−24.9
4	55,628	2399.5	− 2473	−73.5	× 65 / 299	−16
5	55,629	2425.0	− 2502	−77	× 87 / 299	−22.4
6	55,630	2508.4	− 2531	−22.6	× 65 / 299	−4.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,503	2382.9	− 2432	−49.1	× 73 / 299	−12
4	55,504	2397.7	− 2473	−75.3	× 86 / 299	−21.7
5	55,505	2442.9	− 2502	−59.1	× 65 / 299	−12.8
6	55,506	2463.3	− 2531	−67.7	× 75 / 299	−17
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,255	2354.4	− 2432	−77.6	× 79 / 316	−19.4
4	55,256	2423.2	− 2473	−49.8	× 81 / 316	−12.8
5	55,257	2423.4	− 2502	−78.6	× 89 / 316	−22.1
6	55,258	2467.1	− 2531	−63.9	× 67 / 316	−13.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −67, −60, −55, −63, −64, −59, −68, −63, −68 → −63
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 7 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 8 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2022: 5 · 2022→2023: 9 · 2023→2024: 5 · 2024→2025: 5 → average 5.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 5.6 × 2.66 = 14.9. Upper limit −48.1, lower limit −77.9.

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.