Bear Mountain Elementary: math

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	15,809	2387.8	− 2436	−48.2	× 91 / 398	−11
4	15,810	2414.4	− 2485	−70.6	× 111 / 398	−19.7
5	15,813	2421.8	− 2528	−106.2	× 99 / 398	−26.4
6	15,814	2456.5	− 2552	−95.5	× 97 / 398	−23.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−80

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	14,829	2362.4	− 2436	−73.6	× 96 / 400	−17.7
4	14,831	2408.8	− 2485	−76.2	× 89 / 400	−17
5	14,833	2407.7	− 2528	−120.3	× 126 / 400	−37.9
6	14,835	2462.6	− 2552	−89.4	× 89 / 400	−19.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−92

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,145	2396.4	− 2436	−39.6	× 118 / 398	−11.7
4	15,148	2407.3	− 2485	−77.7	× 88 / 398	−17.2
5	15,150	2456.5	− 2528	−71.5	× 85 / 398	−15.3
6	15,152	2452.8	− 2552	−99.2	× 107 / 398	−26.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−71

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,166	2377.4	− 2436	−58.6	× 91 / 392	−13.6
4	15,169	2425.4	− 2485	−59.6	× 119 / 392	−18.1
5	15,170	2449.7	− 2528	−78.3	× 87 / 392	−17.4
6	15,173	2477.4	− 2552	−74.6	× 95 / 392	−18.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−67

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,278	2382.5	− 2436	−53.5	× 95 / 417	−12.2
4	15,279	2415.2	− 2485	−69.8	× 112 / 417	−18.7
5	15,280	2454.7	− 2528	−73.3	× 120 / 417	−21.1
6	15,281	2447.6	− 2552	−104.4	× 90 / 417	−22.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,291	2340.2	− 2436	−95.8	× 96 / 416	−22.1
4	15,292	2398.3	− 2485	−86.7	× 105 / 416	−21.9
5	15,293	2430.4	− 2528	−97.6	× 107 / 416	−25.1
6	15,294	2459.1	− 2552	−92.9	× 108 / 416	−24.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−93

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,241	2352.9	− 2436	−83.1	× 90 / 383	−19.5
4	15,242	2408.9	− 2485	−76.1	× 87 / 383	−17.3
5	15,243	2418.2	− 2528	−109.8	× 98 / 383	−28.1
6	15,244	2453.1	− 2552	−98.9	× 108 / 383	−27.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−93

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,188	2359.3	− 2436	−76.7	× 102 / 388	−20.2
4	15,189	2414.8	− 2485	−70.2	× 92 / 388	−16.6
5	15,190	2411.7	− 2528	−116.3	× 95 / 388	−28.5
6	15,191	2446.1	− 2552	−105.9	× 99 / 388	−27
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−92

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	15,181	2361.7	− 2436	−74.3	× 91 / 368	−18.4
4	15,182	2409.6	− 2485	−75.4	× 97 / 368	−19.9
5	15,183	2441.8	− 2528	−86.2	× 85 / 368	−19.9
6	15,184	2441.3	− 2552	−110.7	× 95 / 368	−28.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−87

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −80, −92, −71, −67, −75, −93, −93, −92, −87 → −83.3
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 12 · 2016→2017: 21 · 2017→2018: 4 · 2018→2019: 8 · 2019→2022: 18 · 2022→2023: 0 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 5 → average 8.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.6 × 2.66 = 22.9. Upper limit −60.4, lower limit −106.2.

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.