Sunnyside Union 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	101,185	2400.1	− 2432	−31.9	× 37 / 235	−5
4	101,188	2414.0	− 2473	−59	× 35 / 235	−8.8
5	101,190	2444.5	− 2502	−57.5	× 37 / 235	−9.1
6	101,192	2459.2	− 2531	−71.8	× 43 / 235	−13.1
7	101,193	2487.8	− 2552	−64.2	× 40 / 235	−10.9
8	101,195	2492.0	− 2567	−75	× 43 / 235	−13.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	93,893	2366.9	− 2432	−65.1	× 44 / 238	−12
4	93,895	2399.9	− 2473	−73.1	× 35 / 238	−10.8
5	93,897	2444.2	− 2502	−57.8	× 33 / 238	−8
6	93,899	2436.4	− 2531	−94.6	× 41 / 238	−16.3
7	93,900	2488.0	− 2552	−64	× 43 / 238	−11.6
8	93,903	2492.7	− 2567	−74.3	× 42 / 238	−13.1
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	96,657	2345.1	− 2432	−86.9	× 41 / 245	−14.5
4	96,658	2419.1	− 2473	−53.9	× 44 / 245	−9.7
5	96,660	2442.1	− 2502	−59.9	× 39 / 245	−9.5
6	96,662	2484.4	− 2531	−46.6	× 32 / 245	−6.1
7	96,665	2478.7	− 2552	−73.3	× 46 / 245	−13.8
8	96,667	2527.2	− 2567	−39.8	× 43 / 245	−7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	96,840	2341.0	− 2432	−91	× 36 / 238	−13.8
4	96,841	2378.6	− 2473	−94.4	× 42 / 238	−16.7
5	96,844	2441.5	− 2502	−60.5	× 44 / 238	−11.2
6	96,845	2457.0	− 2531	−74	× 42 / 238	−13.1
7	96,848	2489.3	− 2552	−62.7	× 32 / 238	−8.4
8	96,849	2505.7	− 2567	−61.3	× 42 / 238	−10.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	97,501	2381.9	− 2432	−50.1	× 34 / 232	−7.3
4	97,502	2385.4	− 2473	−87.6	× 37 / 232	−14
5	97,503	2432.1	− 2502	−69.9	× 40 / 232	−12.1
6	97,504	2456.0	− 2531	−75	× 47 / 232	−15.2
7	97,505	2475.0	− 2552	−77	× 41 / 232	−13.6
8	97,506	2510.2	− 2567	−56.8	× 33 / 232	−8.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	95,374	2346.1	− 2432	−85.9	× 34 / 225	−13
4	95,375	2372.7	− 2473	−100.3	× 36 / 225	−16
5	95,376	2425.3	− 2502	−76.7	× 36 / 225	−12.3
6	95,377	2424.3	− 2531	−106.7	× 36 / 225	−17.1
7	95,378	2453.9	− 2552	−98.1	× 38 / 225	−16.6
8	95,379	2507.6	− 2567	−59.4	× 45 / 225	−11.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−87

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	97,677	2311.8	− 2432	−120.2	× 36 / 216	−20
4	97,678	2386.0	− 2473	−87	× 36 / 216	−14.5
5	97,679	2391.4	− 2502	−110.6	× 32 / 216	−16.4
6	97,680	2437.9	− 2531	−93.1	× 34 / 216	−14.7
7	97,681	2442.7	− 2552	−109.3	× 41 / 216	−20.7
8	97,682	2412.7	− 2567	−154.3	× 37 / 216	−26.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−113

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	97,524	2350.3	− 2432	−81.7	× 32 / 218	−12
4	97,525	2351.6	− 2473	−121.4	× 39 / 218	−21.7
5	97,526	2405.0	− 2502	−97	× 37 / 218	−16.5
6	97,527	2403.6	− 2531	−127.4	× 31 / 218	−18.1
7	97,528	2471.6	− 2552	−80.4	× 36 / 218	−13.3
8	97,529	2461.3	− 2567	−105.7	× 43 / 218	−20.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−102

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	97,421	2345.7	− 2432	−86.3	× 30 / 202	−12.8
4	97,422	2393.0	− 2473	−80	× 33 / 202	−13.1
5	97,423	2355.6	− 2502	−146.4	× 37 / 202	−26.8
6	97,424	2424.7	− 2531	−106.3	× 35 / 202	−18.4
7	97,425	2442.1	− 2552	−109.9	× 30 / 202	−16.3
8	97,426	2481.8	− 2567	−85.2	× 37 / 202	−15.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−103

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	97,136	2353.7	− 2432	−78.3	× 35 / 195	−14.1
4	97,137	2436.2	− 2473	−36.8	× 29 / 195	−5.5
5	97,138	2454.5	− 2502	−47.5	× 32 / 195	−7.8
6	97,139	2415.2	− 2531	−115.8	× 34 / 195	−20.2
7	97,140	2452.9	− 2552	−99.1	× 33 / 195	−16.8
8	97,141	2493.2	− 2567	−73.8	× 32 / 195	−12.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−76

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −61, −72, −61, −74, −70, −87, −113, −102, −103, −76 → −81.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 11 · 2016→2017: 11 · 2017→2018: 13 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2021: 17 · 2021→2022: 26 · 2022→2023: 11 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 27 → average 13.4
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.4 × 2.66 = 35.6. Upper limit −46.3, lower limit −117.5.

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 Sunnyside Union Elementary

Sunnyside Elementary