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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.

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,387	2405.0	− 2432	−27	× 71 / 426	−4.5
4	79,389	2465.8	− 2473	−7.2	× 71 / 426	−1.2
5	79,392	2498.3	− 2502	−3.7	× 70 / 426	−0.6
6	79,393	2481.8	− 2531	−49.2	× 57 / 426	−6.6
7	79,396	2511.4	− 2552	−40.6	× 59 / 426	−5.6
8	79,398	2550.1	− 2567	−16.9	× 59 / 426	−2.3
11	79,400	2582.0	− 2583	−1	× 39 / 426	−0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,526	2401.7	− 2432	−30.3	× 74 / 419	−5.4
4	79,529	2452.0	− 2473	−21	× 75 / 419	−3.8
5	79,530	2489.0	− 2502	−13	× 75 / 419	−2.3
6	79,533	2453.7	− 2531	−77.3	× 54 / 419	−10
7	79,534	2520.2	− 2552	−31.8	× 54 / 419	−4.1
8	79,537	2535.2	− 2567	−31.8	× 67 / 419	−5.1
11	79,538	2581.1	− 2583	−1.9	× 20 / 419	−0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,040	2422.2	− 2432	−9.8	× 74 / 399	−1.8
4	80,041	2468.1	− 2473	−4.9	× 74 / 399	−0.9
5	80,042	2487.6	− 2502	−14.4	× 73 / 399	−2.6
6	80,043	2479.7	− 2531	−51.3	× 63 / 399	−8.1
7	80,044	2498.8	− 2552	−53.2	× 61 / 399	−8.1
8	80,045	2554.0	− 2567	−13	× 54 / 399	−1.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,312	2343.4	− 2432	−88.6	× 69 / 372	−16.4
4	80,313	2382.6	− 2473	−90.4	× 67 / 372	−16.3
5	80,314	2439.7	− 2502	−62.3	× 67 / 372	−11.2
6	80,315	2463.4	− 2531	−67.6	× 56 / 372	−10.2
7	80,316	2531.0	− 2552	−21	× 49 / 372	−2.8
8	80,317	2491.8	− 2567	−75.2	× 64 / 372	−12.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,276	2327.4	− 2432	−104.6	× 62 / 335	−19.4
4	80,277	2371.7	− 2473	−101.3	× 61 / 335	−18.4
5	80,278	2408.5	− 2502	−93.5	× 62 / 335	−17.3
6	80,279	2456.1	− 2531	−74.9	× 53 / 335	−11.8
7	80,280	2485.4	− 2552	−66.6	× 49 / 335	−9.7
8	80,281	2524.9	− 2567	−42.1	× 48 / 335	−6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	80,296	2330.6	− 2432	−101.4	× 55 / 348	−16
4	80,297	2369.6	− 2473	−103.4	× 60 / 348	−17.8
5	80,298	2395.3	− 2502	−106.7	× 66 / 348	−20.2
6	80,299	2428.2	− 2531	−102.8	× 54 / 348	−16
7	80,300	2491.7	− 2552	−60.3	× 57 / 348	−9.9
8	80,301	2477.5	− 2567	−89.5	× 56 / 348	−14.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−94

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,956	2348.3	− 2432	−83.7	× 54 / 330	−13.7
4	79,957	2362.8	− 2473	−110.2	× 55 / 330	−18.4
5	79,958	2386.1	− 2502	−115.9	× 54 / 330	−19
6	79,959	2419.6	− 2531	−111.4	× 60 / 330	−20.3
7	79,960	2439.1	− 2552	−112.9	× 57 / 330	−19.5
8	79,961	2513.0	− 2567	−54	× 50 / 330	−8.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−99

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −21, −31, −23, −70, −83, −94, −99 → −60.1
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2017→2018: 10 · 2018→2019: 8 · 2019→2022: 47 · 2022→2023: 13 · 2023→2024: 11 · 2024→2025: 5 → average 15.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 15.7 × 2.66 = 41.8. Upper limit −18.3, lower limit −101.9.

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 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.