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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.

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	82,354	2513.1	− 2502	11.1	× 48 / 109	4.9
6	82,355	2483.2	− 2531	−47.8	× 61 / 109	−26.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	84,648	2475.1	− 2502	−26.9	× 39 / 185	−5.7
6	84,649	2504.7	− 2531	−26.3	× 84 / 185	−11.9
7	84,651	2518.2	− 2552	−33.8	× 62 / 185	−11.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	84,865	2506.2	− 2502	4.2	× 32 / 246	0.5
6	84,867	2492.2	− 2531	−38.8	× 69 / 246	−10.9
7	84,869	2513.3	− 2552	−38.7	× 83 / 246	−13.1
8	84,871	2544.4	− 2567	−22.6	× 62 / 246	−5.7
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
5	85,455	2493.6	− 2502	−8.4	× 20 / 257	−0.7
6	85,456	2449.1	− 2531	−81.9	× 74 / 257	−23.6
7	85,457	2484.9	− 2552	−67.1	× 76 / 257	−19.8
8	85,458	2530.3	− 2567	−36.7	× 87 / 257	−12.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	83,681	2371.4	− 2502	−130.6	× 30 / 221	−17.7
6	83,682	2441.3	− 2531	−89.7	× 55 / 221	−22.3
7	83,683	2479.0	− 2552	−73	× 64 / 221	−21.1
8	83,684	2479.9	− 2567	−87.1	× 72 / 221	−28.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−90

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	85,644	2405.0	− 2502	−97	× 17 / 234	−7
6	85,645	2463.5	− 2531	−67.5	× 77 / 234	−22.2
7	85,646	2476.7	− 2552	−75.3	× 69 / 234	−22.2
8	85,647	2508.4	− 2567	−58.6	× 71 / 234	−17.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	85,570	2340.5	− 2502	−161.5	× 22 / 234	−15.2
6	85,571	2445.0	− 2531	−86	× 66 / 234	−24.3
7	85,572	2450.8	− 2552	−101.2	× 77 / 234	−33.3
8	85,573	2522.5	− 2567	−44.5	× 69 / 234	−13.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−86

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	85,564	2335.0	− 2502	−167	× 14 / 210	−11.1
6	85,565	2418.8	− 2531	−112.2	× 65 / 210	−34.7
7	85,566	2448.3	− 2552	−103.7	× 59 / 210	−29.1
8	85,567	2473.8	− 2567	−93.2	× 72 / 210	−32
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−107

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
5	85,250	2363.1	− 2502	−138.9	× 14 / 193	−10.1
6	85,251	2407.8	− 2531	−123.2	× 62 / 193	−39.6
7	85,252	2449.3	− 2552	−102.7	× 54 / 193	−28.7
8	85,253	2483.1	− 2567	−83.9	× 63 / 193	−27.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−106

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −22, −29, −29, −57, −90, −69, −86, −107, −106 → −66.1
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2016→2017: 7 · 2017→2018: 0 · 2018→2019: 28 · 2019→2021: 33 · 2021→2022: 21 · 2022→2023: 17 · 2023→2024: 21 · 2024→2025: 1 → average 16
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 16 × 2.66 = 42.6. Upper limit −23.5, lower limit −108.7.

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 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26.