Santa Susana 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	104,176	2386.6	− 2432	−45.4	× 50 / 191	−11.9
4	104,179	2403.0	− 2473	−70	× 47 / 191	−17.2
5	104,180	2420.6	− 2502	−81.4	× 47 / 191	−20
6	104,183	2453.1	− 2531	−77.9	× 47 / 191	−19.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	96,794	2364.8	− 2432	−67.2	× 43 / 178	−16.2
4	96,795	2433.1	− 2473	−39.9	× 48 / 178	−10.8
5	96,797	2464.7	− 2502	−37.3	× 47 / 178	−9.8
6	96,799	2459.3	− 2531	−71.7	× 40 / 178	−16.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−53

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,594	2355.6	− 2432	−76.4	× 35 / 161	−16.6
4	99,596	2404.2	− 2473	−68.8	× 44 / 161	−18.8
5	99,599	2452.5	− 2502	−49.5	× 43 / 161	−13.2
6	99,600	2476.6	− 2531	−54.4	× 39 / 161	−13.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−62

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	99,753	2384.1	− 2432	−47.9	× 49 / 167	−14.1
4	99,756	2428.5	− 2473	−44.5	× 29 / 167	−7.7
5	99,757	2433.6	− 2502	−68.4	× 45 / 167	−18.4
6	99,760	2468.7	− 2531	−62.3	× 44 / 167	−16.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	100,414	2361.6	− 2432	−70.4	× 42 / 146	−20.3
4	100,415	2409.4	− 2473	−63.6	× 44 / 146	−19.2
5	100,416	2460.5	− 2502	−41.5	× 28 / 146	−8
6	100,417	2463.5	− 2531	−67.5	× 32 / 146	−14.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−62

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	98,275	2359.2	− 2432	−72.8	× 38 / 152	−18.2
4	98,276	2434.6	− 2473	−38.4	× 40 / 152	−10.1
5	98,277	2426.7	− 2502	−75.3	× 36 / 152	−17.8
6	98,278	2443.9	− 2531	−87.1	× 38 / 152	−21.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	100,653	2377.7	− 2432	−54.3	× 33 / 144	−12.4
4	100,654	2395.6	− 2473	−77.4	× 39 / 144	−21
5	100,655	2427.6	− 2502	−74.4	× 40 / 144	−20.7
6	100,656	2434.7	− 2531	−96.3	× 32 / 144	−21.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	100,487	2381.8	− 2432	−50.2	× 49 / 157	−15.7
4	100,488	2421.6	− 2473	−51.4	× 39 / 157	−12.8
5	100,489	2431.4	− 2502	−70.6	× 39 / 157	−17.5
6	100,490	2465.6	− 2531	−65.4	× 30 / 157	−12.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−58

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	100,362	2342.3	− 2432	−89.7	× 41 / 158	−23.3
4	100,363	2428.6	− 2473	−44.4	× 54 / 158	−15.2
5	100,364	2475.9	− 2502	−26.1	× 41 / 158	−6.8
6	100,365	2414.5	− 2531	−116.5	× 22 / 158	−16.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	100,040	2375.6	− 2432	−56.4	× 55 / 162	−19.1
4	100,041	2405.6	− 2473	−67.4	× 49 / 162	−20.4
5	100,042	2480.7	− 2502	−21.3	× 58 / 162	−7.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −68, −53, −62, −57, −62, −68, −75, −58, −61, −47 → −61.1
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 15 · 2016→2017: 9 · 2017→2018: 5 · 2018→2019: 5 · 2019→2021: 6 · 2021→2022: 7 · 2022→2023: 17 · 2023→2024: 3 · 2024→2025: 14 → average 9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 9 × 2.66 = 23.9. Upper limit −37.2, lower limit −85.

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.