Kit Carson International Academy: 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
7	61,905	2479.6	− 2552	−72.4	× 129 / 267	−35
8	61,906	2497.2	− 2567	−69.8	× 138 / 267	−36.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−71

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	57,466	2484.7	− 2552	−67.3	× 165 / 300	−37
8	57,468	2505.8	− 2567	−61.2	× 135 / 300	−27.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−65

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	59,140	2503.9	− 2552	−48.1	× 166 / 355	−22.5
8	59,142	2525.3	− 2567	−41.7	× 162 / 355	−19
11	59,144	2547.1	− 2583	−35.9	× 27 / 355	−2.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	59,256	2510.1	− 2552	−41.9	× 170 / 358	−19.9
8	59,258	2544.6	− 2567	−22.4	× 169 / 358	−10.6
11	59,260	2605.8	− 2583	22.8	× 19 / 358	1.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	59,506	2508.6	− 2552	−43.4	× 173 / 371	−20.2
8	59,507	2532.8	− 2567	−34.2	× 179 / 371	−16.5
11	59,508	2626.4	− 2583	43.4	× 19 / 371	2.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	59,589	2510.1	− 2552	−41.9	× 175 / 379	−19.3
8	59,590	2508.5	− 2567	−58.5	× 174 / 379	−26.9
11	59,591	2520.9	− 2583	−62.1	× 30 / 379	−4.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	59,547	2484.0	− 2552	−68	× 152 / 362	−28.6
8	59,548	2498.4	− 2567	−68.6	× 168 / 362	−31.8
11	59,549	2669.5	− 2583	86.5	× 42 / 362	10
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	59,478	2463.3	− 2552	−88.7	× 134 / 338	−35.2
8	59,479	2473.1	− 2567	−93.9	× 159 / 338	−44.2
11	59,480	2662.6	− 2583	79.6	× 45 / 338	10.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	59,235	2485.1	− 2552	−66.9	× 127 / 268	−31.7
8	59,236	2492.6	− 2567	−74.4	× 118 / 268	−32.8
11	59,237	2712.0	− 2583	129	× 23 / 268	11.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−53

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −71, −65, −44, −29, −35, −51, −50, −69, −53 → −51.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 6 · 2016→2017: 21 · 2017→2018: 15 · 2018→2019: 6 · 2019→2022: 16 · 2022→2023: 1 · 2023→2024: 19 · 2024→2025: 16 → average 12.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 12.5 × 2.66 = 33.3. Upper limit −18.6, lower limit −85.2.

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.