Cayucos Elementary: english

The shaded band is this district'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	81,659	2445.7	− 2432	13.7	× 23 / 136	2.3
4	81,660	2527.1	− 2473	54.1	× 19 / 136	7.6
5	81,663	2525.6	− 2502	23.6	× 28 / 136	4.9
6	81,664	2541.4	− 2531	10.4	× 26 / 136	2
7	81,667	2570.2	− 2552	18.2	× 17 / 136	2.3
8	81,668	2613.6	− 2567	46.6	× 23 / 136	7.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						27

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	75,708	2420.8	− 2432	−11.2	× 28 / 145	−2.2
4	75,711	2512.3	− 2473	39.3	× 19 / 145	5.1
5	75,713	2526.5	− 2502	24.5	× 19 / 145	3.2
6	75,714	2521.2	− 2531	−9.8	× 33 / 145	−2.2
7	75,717	2593.1	− 2552	41.1	× 26 / 145	7.4
8	75,718	2575.6	− 2567	8.6	× 20 / 145	1.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						13

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	77,738	2406.3	− 2432	−25.7	× 16 / 140	−2.9
4	77,740	2518.5	− 2473	45.5	× 26 / 140	8.5
5	77,741	2529.6	− 2502	27.6	× 20 / 140	3.9
6	77,743	2557.4	− 2531	26.4	× 21 / 140	4
7	77,745	2545.4	− 2552	−6.6	× 34 / 140	−1.6
8	77,748	2560.4	− 2567	−6.6	× 23 / 140	−1.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						11

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	77,904	2444.1	− 2432	12.1	× 23 / 142	2
4	77,907	2511.1	− 2473	38.1	× 16 / 142	4.3
5	77,908	2563.4	− 2502	61.4	× 23 / 142	9.9
6	77,911	2520.0	− 2531	−11	× 23 / 142	−1.8
7	77,912	2580.5	− 2552	28.5	× 19 / 142	3.8
8	77,915	2584.9	− 2567	17.9	× 38 / 142	4.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						23

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,432	2466.5	− 2432	34.5	× 23 / 114	7
4	78,433	2508.7	− 2473	35.7	× 19 / 114	6
5	78,434	2513.0	− 2502	11	× 16 / 114	1.5
6	78,435	2565.9	− 2531	34.9	× 24 / 114	7.3
7	78,436	2581.4	− 2552	29.4	× 17 / 114	4.4
8	78,437	2539.3	− 2567	−27.7	× 15 / 114	−3.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						23

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	76,979	2441.9	− 2432	9.9	× 21 / 104	2
4	76,980	2537.8	− 2473	64.8	× 13 / 104	8.1
5	76,981	2562.7	− 2502	60.7	× 19 / 104	11.1
6	76,982	2543.0	− 2531	12	× 20 / 104	2.3
7	76,983	2521.8	− 2552	−30.2	× 12 / 104	−3.5
8	76,984	2537.8	− 2567	−29.2	× 19 / 104	−5.3
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	78,684	2472.8	− 2432	40.8	× 13 / 112	4.7
4	78,685	2539.3	− 2473	66.3	× 25 / 112	14.8
5	78,686	2547.9	− 2502	45.9	× 18 / 112	7.4
6	78,687	2563.2	− 2531	32.2	× 20 / 112	5.8
7	78,688	2611.8	− 2552	59.8	× 20 / 112	10.7
8	78,689	2560.9	− 2567	−6.1	× 16 / 112	−0.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						42

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,670	2454.1	− 2432	22.1	× 18 / 109	3.6
4	78,671	2540.8	− 2473	67.8	× 12 / 109	7.5
5	78,672	2572.2	− 2502	70.2	× 23 / 109	14.8
6	78,673	2539.1	− 2531	8.1	× 16 / 109	1.2
7	78,674	2598.1	− 2552	46.1	× 21 / 109	8.9
8	78,675	2585.6	− 2567	18.6	× 19 / 109	3.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						39

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,696	2468.8	− 2432	36.8	× 22 / 110	7.4
4	78,697	2484.3	− 2473	11.3	× 20 / 110	2.1
5	78,698	2547.5	− 2502	45.5	× 14 / 110	5.8
6	78,699	2572.1	− 2531	41.1	× 22 / 110	8.2
7	78,700	2554.1	− 2552	2.1	× 16 / 110	0.3
8	78,701	2600.6	− 2567	33.6	× 16 / 110	4.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						29

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	78,372	2494.3	− 2432	62.3	× 23 / 123	11.6
4	78,373	2516.9	− 2473	43.9	× 22 / 123	7.9
5	78,374	2549.2	− 2502	47.2	× 21 / 123	8.1
6	78,375	2577.8	− 2531	46.8	× 13 / 123	4.9
7	78,376	2596.3	− 2552	44.3	× 25 / 123	9
8	78,377	2608.4	− 2567	41.4	× 19 / 123	6.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						48

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. 27, 13, 11, 23, 23, 15, 42, 39, 29, 48 → 27
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 14 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 12 · 2018→2019: 0 · 2019→2021: 8 · 2021→2022: 27 · 2022→2023: 3 · 2023→2024: 10 · 2024→2025: 19 → average 10.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.6 × 2.66 = 28.2. Upper limit 55.2, lower limit −1.2.

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 — for a district, the total across its schools. From 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.

Schools in Cayucos Elementary

Cayucos Elementary