Sequoia 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	74,688	2358.3	− 2432	−73.7	× 35 / 141	−18.3
4	74,690	2430.0	− 2473	−43	× 38 / 141	−11.6
5	74,692	2478.0	− 2502	−24	× 34 / 141	−5.8
6	74,694	2492.1	− 2531	−38.9	× 34 / 141	−9.4
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	69,394	2378.0	− 2432	−54	× 31 / 103	−16.3
4	69,397	2391.3	− 2473	−81.7	× 33 / 103	−26.2
5	69,398	2502.7	− 2502	0.7	× 39 / 103	0.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,228	2407.0	− 2432	−25	× 32 / 97	−8.2
4	71,229	2411.4	− 2473	−61.6	× 31 / 97	−19.7
5	71,231	2452.3	− 2502	−49.7	× 34 / 97	−17.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,373	2420.2	− 2432	−11.8	× 24 / 81	−3.5
4	71,374	2454.6	− 2473	−18.4	× 31 / 81	−7
5	71,377	2485.0	− 2502	−17	× 26 / 81	−5.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,856	2416.4	− 2432	−15.6	× 29 / 81	−5.6
4	71,857	2460.8	− 2473	−12.2	× 22 / 81	−3.3
5	71,858	2485.4	− 2502	−16.6	× 30 / 81	−6.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,942	2374.8	− 2432	−57.2	× 25 / 79	−18.1
4	71,943	2437.0	− 2473	−36	× 22 / 79	−10
5	71,944	2462.7	− 2502	−39.3	× 32 / 79	−15.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,936	2418.3	− 2432	−13.7	× 37 / 91	−5.6
4	71,937	2432.4	− 2473	−40.6	× 29 / 91	−12.9
5	71,938	2477.4	− 2502	−24.6	× 25 / 91	−6.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−25

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,918	2421.4	− 2432	−10.6	× 17 / 78	−2.3
4	71,919	2475.5	− 2473	2.5	× 34 / 78	1.1
5	71,920	2498.4	− 2502	−3.6	× 27 / 78	−1.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	71,634	2446.2	− 2432	14.2	× 26 / 83	4.4
4	71,635	2473.6	− 2473	0.6	× 23 / 83	0.2
5	71,636	2535.3	− 2502	33.3	× 34 / 83	13.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						18

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −45, −42, −45, −16, −15, −44, −25, −2, 18 → −24
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 3 · 2016→2017: 3 · 2017→2018: 29 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2022: 29 · 2022→2023: 19 · 2023→2024: 23 · 2024→2025: 20 → average 15.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 15.9 × 2.66 = 42.3. Upper limit 18.3, lower limit −66.3.

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.