Christa Mcauliffe 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	103,603	2383.1	− 2432	−48.9	× 129 / 366	−17.2
4	103,606	2445.0	− 2473	−28	× 99 / 366	−7.6
5	103,607	2475.8	− 2502	−26.2	× 138 / 366	−9.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	96,293	2375.3	− 2432	−56.7	× 120 / 349	−19.5
4	96,295	2434.3	− 2473	−38.7	× 129 / 349	−14.3
5	96,297	2480.6	− 2502	−21.4	× 100 / 349	−6.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−40

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,081	2384.8	− 2432	−47.2	× 118 / 365	−15.3
4	99,082	2421.7	− 2473	−51.3	× 123 / 365	−17.3
5	99,085	2458.1	− 2502	−43.9	× 124 / 365	−14.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,236	2407.7	− 2432	−24.3	× 127 / 381	−8.1
4	99,237	2425.8	− 2473	−47.2	× 130 / 381	−16.1
5	99,240	2456.5	− 2502	−45.5	× 124 / 381	−14.8
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	99,898	2404.1	− 2432	−27.9	× 114 / 366	−8.7
4	99,899	2448.6	− 2473	−24.4	× 118 / 366	−7.9
5	99,900	2486.9	− 2502	−15.1	× 134 / 366	−5.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	100,097	2370.3	− 2432	−61.7	× 91 / 257	−21.8
4	100,098	2461.8	− 2473	−11.2	× 88 / 257	−3.8
5	100,099	2473.3	− 2502	−28.7	× 78 / 257	−8.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−34

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,939	2387.4	− 2432	−44.6	× 95 / 262	−16.2
4	99,940	2410.7	− 2473	−62.3	× 87 / 262	−20.7
5	99,941	2490.9	− 2502	−11.1	× 80 / 262	−3.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−40

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,818	2397.3	− 2432	−34.7	× 92 / 265	−12
4	99,819	2416.9	− 2473	−56.1	× 92 / 265	−19.5
5	99,820	2456.9	− 2502	−45.1	× 81 / 265	−13.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,524	2388.8	− 2432	−43.2	× 44 / 234	−8.1
4	99,525	2438.2	− 2473	−34.8	× 99 / 234	−14.7
5	99,526	2461.3	− 2502	−40.7	× 91 / 234	−15.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −35, −40, −47, −39, −22, −34, −40, −45, −39 → −37.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 5 · 2016→2017: 7 · 2017→2018: 8 · 2018→2019: 17 · 2019→2022: 12 · 2022→2023: 6 · 2023→2024: 5 · 2024→2025: 6 → average 8.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.3 × 2.66 = 22.1. Upper limit −15.8, lower limit −60.

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.