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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
7	100,051	2447.9	− 2552	−104.1	× 21 / 221	−9.9
8	100,052	2462.4	− 2567	−104.6	× 48 / 221	−22.7
11	100,055	2524.7	− 2583	−58.3	× 152 / 221	−40.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−73

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	92,772	2423.9	− 2552	−128.1	× 24 / 212	−14.5
8	92,774	2483.4	− 2567	−83.6	× 33 / 212	−13
11	92,776	2539.2	− 2583	−43.8	× 155 / 212	−32
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−60

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	95,531	2421.8	− 2552	−130.2	× 33 / 232	−18.5
8	95,532	2438.8	− 2567	−128.2	× 42 / 232	−23.2
11	95,535	2533.8	− 2583	−49.2	× 157 / 232	−33.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	95,704	2462.6	− 2552	−89.4	× 41 / 234	−15.7
8	95,707	2443.3	− 2567	−123.7	× 38 / 234	−20.1
11	95,708	2533.6	− 2583	−49.4	× 155 / 234	−32.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	96,380	2413.7	− 2552	−138.3	× 49 / 241	−28.1
8	96,381	2430.2	− 2567	−136.8	× 72 / 241	−40.9
11	96,382	2561.0	− 2583	−22	× 120 / 241	−11
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−80

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	94,284	2487.2	− 2552	−64.8	× 16 / 142	−7.3
8	94,285	2446.9	− 2567	−120.1	× 33 / 142	−27.9
11	94,286	2580.7	− 2583	−2.3	× 93 / 142	−1.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	96,553	2433.1	− 2552	−118.9	× 36 / 188	−22.8
8	96,554	2437.4	− 2567	−129.6	× 33 / 188	−22.7
11	96,555	2588.2	− 2583	5.2	× 119 / 188	3.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	96,391	2467.0	− 2552	−85	× 34 / 197	−14.7
8	96,392	2446.5	− 2567	−120.5	× 43 / 197	−26.3
11	96,393	2564.2	− 2583	−18.8	× 120 / 197	−11.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−52

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	96,283	2467.9	− 2552	−84.1	× 39 / 186	−17.6
8	96,284	2445.5	− 2567	−121.5	× 37 / 186	−24.2
11	96,285	2585.6	− 2583	2.6	× 110 / 186	1.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−40

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	96,016	2408.6	− 2552	−143.4	× 24 / 153	−22.5
8	96,017	2489.0	− 2567	−78	× 43 / 153	−21.9
11	96,018	2606.5	− 2583	23.5	× 86 / 153	13.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −73, −60, −75, −68, −80, −37, −42, −52, −40, −31 → −55.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 13 · 2016→2017: 15 · 2017→2018: 7 · 2018→2019: 12 · 2019→2021: 43 · 2021→2022: 5 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 12 · 2024→2025: 9 → average 14
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 14 × 2.66 = 37.2. Upper limit −18.6, lower limit −93.

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 Tulare County Office Of Education

Blue Oak Academy Charter
Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center Charter
La Sierra High Charter
Sycamore Valley Academy Charter
Tulare County Community
Tulare County Court
University Preparatory High Charter
Valley Life Charter Charter