Steele Lane 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	95,201	2381.4	− 2432	−50.6	× 59 / 227	−13.2
4	95,202	2389.8	− 2473	−83.2	× 62 / 227	−22.7
5	95,205	2454.7	− 2502	−47.3	× 51 / 227	−10.6
6	95,206	2459.4	− 2531	−71.6	× 55 / 227	−17.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−64

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	88,426	2356.4	− 2432	−75.6	× 63 / 227	−21
4	88,427	2397.2	− 2473	−75.8	× 60 / 227	−20
5	88,430	2426.6	− 2502	−75.4	× 54 / 227	−17.9
6	88,432	2470.3	− 2531	−60.7	× 50 / 227	−13.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−72

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,984	2371.0	− 2432	−61	× 61 / 231	−16.1
4	90,986	2345.6	− 2473	−127.4	× 60 / 231	−33.1
5	90,988	2425.2	− 2502	−76.8	× 56 / 231	−18.6
6	90,991	2419.5	− 2531	−111.5	× 54 / 231	−26.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−94

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	91,835	2367.5	− 2432	−64.5	× 59 / 224	−17
4	91,836	2384.5	− 2473	−88.5	× 51 / 224	−20.1
5	91,837	2447.0	− 2502	−55	× 59 / 224	−14.5
6	91,838	2452.5	− 2531	−78.5	× 55 / 224	−19.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−71

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	92,081	2351.1	− 2432	−80.9	× 48 / 194	−20
4	92,082	2380.3	− 2473	−92.7	× 39 / 194	−18.6
5	92,083	2406.7	− 2502	−95.3	× 54 / 194	−26.5
6	92,084	2426.9	− 2531	−104.1	× 53 / 194	−28.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−94

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	91,993	2341.9	− 2432	−90.1	× 42 / 184	−20.6
4	91,994	2356.5	− 2473	−116.5	× 46 / 184	−29.1
5	91,995	2398.3	− 2502	−103.7	× 44 / 184	−24.8
6	91,996	2430.4	− 2531	−100.6	× 52 / 184	−28.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−103

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	91,922	2321.0	− 2432	−111	× 42 / 186	−25.1
4	91,923	2333.1	− 2473	−139.9	× 48 / 186	−36.1
5	91,924	2405.1	− 2502	−96.9	× 53 / 186	−27.6
6	91,925	2422.1	− 2531	−108.9	× 43 / 186	−25.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−114

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	91,632	2330.2	− 2432	−101.8	× 61 / 217	−28.6
4	91,633	2343.6	− 2473	−129.4	× 46 / 217	−27.4
5	91,634	2372.2	− 2502	−129.8	× 53 / 217	−31.7
6	91,635	2419.3	− 2531	−111.7	× 57 / 217	−29.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−117

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −64, −72, −94, −71, −94, −103, −114, −117 → −91.1
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 8 · 2016→2017: 22 · 2017→2019: 23 · 2019→2022: 23 · 2022→2023: 9 · 2023→2024: 11 · 2024→2025: 3 → average 14.1
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 14.1 × 2.66 = 37.5. Upper limit −53.6, lower limit −128.6.

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.