Melbourne (Ella P.) 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	20,468	2397.5	− 2436	−38.5	× 85 / 315	−10.4
4	20,469	2432.9	− 2485	−52.1	× 75 / 315	−12.4
5	20,472	2457.7	− 2528	−70.3	× 70 / 315	−15.6
6	20,473	2482.8	− 2552	−69.2	× 85 / 315	−18.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	19,426	2383.0	− 2436	−53	× 76 / 309	−13
4	19,429	2439.9	− 2485	−45.1	× 83 / 309	−12.1
5	19,431	2464.2	− 2528	−63.8	× 82 / 309	−16.9
6	19,433	2475.6	− 2552	−76.4	× 68 / 309	−16.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	19,721	2400.9	− 2436	−35.1	× 63 / 292	−7.6
4	19,723	2412.9	− 2485	−72.1	× 72 / 292	−17.8
5	19,724	2443.0	− 2528	−85	× 81 / 292	−23.6
6	19,727	2510.6	− 2552	−41.4	× 76 / 292	−10.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−60

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	19,720	2424.9	− 2436	−11.1	× 79 / 290	−3
4	19,722	2431.2	− 2485	−53.8	× 55 / 290	−10.2
5	19,724	2446.1	− 2528	−81.9	× 71 / 290	−20.1
6	19,726	2495.0	− 2552	−57	× 85 / 290	−16.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	19,904	2418.7	− 2436	−17.3	× 63 / 267	−4.1
4	19,905	2450.2	− 2485	−34.8	× 80 / 267	−10.4
5	19,906	2440.0	− 2528	−88	× 54 / 267	−17.8
6	19,907	2468.6	− 2552	−83.4	× 70 / 267	−21.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	19,927	2367.7	− 2436	−68.3	× 49 / 205	−16.3
4	19,928	2414.8	− 2485	−70.2	× 42 / 205	−14.4
5	19,929	2432.0	− 2528	−96	× 51 / 205	−23.9
6	19,930	2464.5	− 2552	−87.5	× 63 / 205	−26.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−81

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	19,902	2388.4	− 2436	−47.6	× 48 / 186	−12.3
4	19,903	2416.4	− 2485	−68.6	× 47 / 186	−17.3
5	19,904	2453.1	− 2528	−74.9	× 43 / 186	−17.3
6	19,905	2451.7	− 2552	−100.3	× 48 / 186	−25.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−73

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	19,838	2389.6	− 2436	−46.4	× 48 / 182	−12.2
4	19,839	2425.7	− 2485	−59.3	× 45 / 182	−14.7
5	19,840	2419.0	− 2528	−109	× 45 / 182	−27
6	19,841	2485.1	− 2552	−66.9	× 44 / 182	−16.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	19,775	2392.6	− 2436	−43.4	× 45 / 189	−10.3
4	19,776	2426.4	− 2485	−58.6	× 50 / 189	−15.5
5	19,777	2473.8	− 2528	−54.2	× 44 / 189	−12.6
6	19,778	2480.4	− 2552	−71.6	× 50 / 189	−18.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −57, −59, −60, −50, −54, −81, −73, −70, −57 → −62.3
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 2 · 2016→2017: 1 · 2017→2018: 10 · 2018→2019: 4 · 2019→2022: 27 · 2022→2023: 8 · 2023→2024: 3 · 2024→2025: 13 → average 8.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.5 × 2.66 = 22.6. Upper limit −39.7, lower limit −84.9.

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.