Albert F. Biella 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	95,230	2385.2	− 2432	−46.8	× 63 / 236	−12.5
4	95,233	2419.5	− 2473	−53.5	× 47 / 236	−10.7
5	95,234	2464.1	− 2502	−37.9	× 72 / 236	−11.6
6	95,237	2468.7	− 2531	−62.3	× 54 / 236	−14.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	88,456	2393.5	− 2432	−38.5	× 45 / 215	−8.1
4	88,457	2421.5	− 2473	−51.5	× 56 / 215	−13.4
5	88,460	2466.6	− 2502	−35.4	× 48 / 215	−7.9
6	88,461	2491.2	− 2531	−39.8	× 66 / 215	−12.2
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	91,015	2406.2	− 2432	−25.8	× 49 / 191	−6.6
4	91,016	2425.1	− 2473	−47.9	× 41 / 191	−10.3
5	91,019	2469.1	− 2502	−32.9	× 56 / 191	−9.6
6	91,020	2477.6	− 2531	−53.4	× 45 / 191	−12.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	91,865	2399.1	− 2432	−32.9	× 52 / 194	−8.8
4	91,866	2416.0	− 2473	−57	× 55 / 194	−16.2
5	91,867	2473.9	− 2502	−28.1	× 46 / 194	−6.7
6	91,868	2482.8	− 2531	−48.2	× 41 / 194	−10.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	92,111	2367.3	− 2432	−64.7	× 29 / 152	−12.3
4	92,112	2400.0	− 2473	−73	× 40 / 152	−19.2
5	92,113	2429.8	− 2502	−72.2	× 39 / 152	−18.5
6	92,114	2460.5	− 2531	−70.5	× 44 / 152	−20.4
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	92,023	2376.7	− 2432	−55.3	× 42 / 145	−16
4	92,024	2413.0	− 2473	−60	× 31 / 145	−12.8
5	92,025	2421.2	− 2502	−80.8	× 33 / 145	−18.4
6	92,026	2458.2	− 2531	−72.8	× 39 / 145	−19.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−67

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	91,952	2350.3	− 2432	−81.7	× 28 / 129	−17.7
4	91,953	2384.8	− 2473	−88.2	× 37 / 129	−25.3
5	91,954	2456.0	− 2502	−46	× 30 / 129	−10.7
6	91,955	2469.4	− 2531	−61.6	× 34 / 129	−16.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	91,662	2371.7	− 2432	−60.3	× 28 / 118	−14.3
4	91,663	2413.9	− 2473	−59.1	× 29 / 118	−14.5
5	91,664	2465.1	− 2502	−36.9	× 32 / 118	−10
6	91,665	2490.2	− 2531	−40.8	× 29 / 118	−10
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −49, −42, −39, −42, −70, −67, −70, −49 → −53.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 7 · 2016→2017: 3 · 2017→2019: 3 · 2019→2022: 28 · 2022→2023: 3 · 2023→2024: 3 · 2024→2025: 21 → average 9.7
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9.7 × 2.66 = 25.8. Upper limit −27.7, lower limit −79.3.

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.