North Park Academy Of The Arts: 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
6	23,550	2472.8	− 2552	−79.2	× 207 / 728	−22.5
7	23,553	2496.9	− 2567	−70.1	× 258 / 728	−24.8
8	23,554	2492.1	− 2586	−93.9	× 263 / 728	−33.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−81

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	22,086	2468.8	− 2552	−83.2	× 232 / 697	−27.7
7	22,088	2488.4	− 2567	−78.6	× 209 / 697	−23.6
8	22,089	2506.6	− 2586	−79.4	× 256 / 697	−29.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−80

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	22,506	2465.2	− 2552	−86.8	× 230 / 659	−30.3
7	22,508	2483.6	− 2567	−83.4	× 228 / 659	−28.9
8	22,511	2492.7	− 2586	−93.3	× 201 / 659	−28.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−88

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	22,496	2455.7	− 2552	−96.3	× 215 / 665	−31.1
7	22,498	2482.6	− 2567	−84.4	× 220 / 665	−27.9
8	22,500	2480.3	− 2586	−105.7	× 230 / 665	−36.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−96

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	22,679	2467.4	− 2552	−84.6	× 213 / 650	−27.7
7	22,680	2477.4	− 2567	−89.6	× 213 / 650	−29.4
8	22,681	2475.9	− 2586	−110.1	× 224 / 650	−37.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−95

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	22,644	2462.0	− 2552	−90	× 153 / 486	−28.3
7	22,645	2473.1	− 2567	−93.9	× 145 / 486	−28
8	22,646	2490.7	− 2586	−95.3	× 188 / 486	−36.9
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
6	22,611	2425.8	− 2552	−126.2	× 163 / 483	−42.6
7	22,612	2485.1	− 2567	−81.9	× 167 / 483	−28.3
8	22,613	2472.7	− 2586	−113.3	× 153 / 483	−35.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−107

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	22,465	2452.2	− 2552	−99.8	× 175 / 505	−34.6
7	22,466	2447.3	− 2567	−119.7	× 165 / 505	−39.1
8	22,467	2486.7	− 2586	−99.3	× 165 / 505	−32.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−106

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
6	22,376	2440.4	− 2552	−111.6	× 151 / 480	−35.1
7	22,377	2472.6	− 2567	−94.4	× 172 / 480	−33.8
8	22,378	2439.4	− 2586	−146.6	× 157 / 480	−48
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−117

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −81, −80, −88, −96, −95, −93, −107, −106, −117 → −95.9
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 1 · 2016→2017: 8 · 2017→2018: 8 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2022: 2 · 2022→2023: 14 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 11 → average 5.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 5.8 × 2.66 = 15.4. Upper limit −80.5, lower limit −111.3.

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.