Davidson 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	68,025	2361.5	− 2432	−70.5	× 83 / 289	−20.2
4	68,026	2399.1	− 2473	−73.9	× 68 / 289	−17.4
5	68,029	2431.0	− 2502	−71	× 71 / 289	−17.4
6	68,030	2445.7	− 2531	−85.3	× 67 / 289	−19.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	63,033	2343.9	− 2432	−88.1	× 78 / 312	−22
4	63,035	2400.5	− 2473	−72.5	× 95 / 312	−22.1
5	63,038	2436.9	− 2502	−65.1	× 70 / 312	−14.6
6	63,039	2459.1	− 2531	−71.9	× 69 / 312	−15.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	64,822	2369.0	− 2432	−63	× 70 / 297	−14.8
4	64,823	2406.4	− 2473	−66.6	× 70 / 297	−15.7
5	64,826	2419.7	− 2502	−82.3	× 91 / 297	−25.2
6	64,827	2468.5	− 2531	−62.5	× 66 / 297	−13.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	64,912	2396.1	− 2432	−35.9	× 53 / 260	−7.3
4	64,914	2419.5	− 2473	−53.5	× 66 / 260	−13.6
5	64,916	2443.8	− 2502	−58.2	× 63 / 260	−14.1
6	64,918	2491.0	− 2531	−40	× 78 / 260	−12
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,276	2379.5	− 2432	−52.5	× 90 / 255	−18.5
4	65,277	2444.5	− 2473	−28.5	× 54 / 255	−6
5	65,278	2453.8	− 2502	−48.2	× 57 / 255	−10.8
6	65,279	2459.2	− 2531	−71.8	× 54 / 255	−15.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,367	2364.7	− 2432	−67.3	× 67 / 229	−19.7
4	65,368	2379.9	− 2473	−93.1	× 47 / 229	−19.1
5	65,369	2409.3	− 2502	−92.7	× 49 / 229	−19.8
6	65,370	2455.7	− 2531	−75.3	× 66 / 229	−21.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−80

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,372	2358.5	− 2432	−73.5	× 65 / 238	−20.1
4	65,373	2405.5	− 2473	−67.5	× 69 / 238	−19.6
5	65,374	2412.9	− 2502	−89.1	× 54 / 238	−20.2
6	65,375	2454.2	− 2531	−76.8	× 50 / 238	−16.1
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	65,340	2363.8	− 2432	−68.2	× 47 / 216	−14.8
4	65,341	2402.6	− 2473	−70.4	× 58 / 216	−18.9
5	65,342	2452.5	− 2502	−49.5	× 66 / 216	−15.1
6	65,343	2440.9	− 2531	−90.1	× 45 / 216	−18.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	65,100	2385.6	− 2432	−46.4	× 59 / 239	−11.5
4	65,101	2440.7	− 2473	−32.3	× 51 / 239	−6.9
5	65,102	2472.2	− 2502	−29.8	× 62 / 239	−7.7
6	65,103	2484.9	− 2531	−46.1	× 67 / 239	−12.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −75, −75, −70, −47, −51, −80, −76, −68, −39 → −64.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 0 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 23 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2022: 29 · 2022→2023: 4 · 2023→2024: 8 · 2024→2025: 29 → average 12.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 12.8 × 2.66 = 34. Upper limit −30.6, lower limit −98.6.

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.