Lillian Street 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	30,978	2403.4	− 2436	−32.6	× 93 / 328	−9.2
4	30,980	2417.8	− 2485	−67.2	× 70 / 328	−14.3
5	30,982	2444.8	− 2528	−83.2	× 83 / 328	−21.1
6	30,984	2429.5	− 2552	−122.5	× 82 / 328	−30.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,196	2388.3	− 2436	−47.7	× 77 / 299	−12.3
4	29,197	2457.7	− 2485	−27.3	× 93 / 299	−8.5
5	29,199	2427.0	− 2528	−101	× 68 / 299	−23
6	29,202	2494.3	− 2552	−57.7	× 61 / 299	−11.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,761	2400.7	− 2436	−35.3	× 69 / 291	−8.4
4	29,763	2447.0	− 2485	−38	× 73 / 291	−9.5
5	29,764	2457.4	− 2528	−70.6	× 90 / 291	−21.8
6	29,766	2459.9	− 2552	−92.1	× 59 / 291	−18.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−58

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,809	2423.9	− 2436	−12.1	× 58 / 267	−2.6
4	29,811	2475.1	− 2485	−9.9	× 67 / 267	−2.5
5	29,813	2454.9	− 2528	−73.1	× 68 / 267	−18.6
6	29,815	2484.9	− 2552	−67.1	× 74 / 267	−18.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−42

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,986	2436.6	− 2436	0.6	× 71 / 262	0.2
4	29,987	2494.5	− 2485	9.5	× 61 / 262	2.2
5	29,988	2466.4	− 2528	−61.6	× 68 / 262	−16
6	29,989	2476.2	− 2552	−75.8	× 62 / 262	−17.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−32

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,019	2373.3	− 2436	−62.7	× 40 / 210	−11.9
4	30,020	2408.4	− 2485	−76.6	× 63 / 210	−23
5	30,021	2478.5	− 2528	−49.5	× 45 / 210	−10.6
6	30,022	2477.3	− 2552	−74.7	× 62 / 210	−22.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−68

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,076	2372.9	− 2436	−63.1	× 39 / 183	−13.4
4	30,077	2437.3	− 2485	−47.7	× 40 / 183	−10.4
5	30,078	2416.7	− 2528	−111.3	× 66 / 183	−40.1
6	30,079	2479.6	− 2552	−72.4	× 38 / 183	−15
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−79

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,942	2380.1	− 2436	−55.9	× 40 / 171	−13.1
4	29,943	2447.4	− 2485	−37.6	× 38 / 171	−8.4
5	29,944	2465.2	− 2528	−62.8	× 41 / 171	−15.1
6	29,945	2452.8	− 2552	−99.2	× 52 / 171	−30.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−67

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,803	2380.7	− 2436	−55.3	× 39 / 150	−14.4
4	29,804	2431.9	− 2485	−53.1	× 42 / 150	−14.9
5	29,805	2457.6	− 2528	−70.4	× 38 / 150	−17.8
6	29,806	2487.5	− 2552	−64.5	× 31 / 150	−13.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−60

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −75, −56, −58, −42, −32, −68, −79, −67, −60 → −59.7
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 19 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 16 · 2018→2019: 10 · 2019→2022: 36 · 2022→2023: 11 · 2023→2024: 12 · 2024→2025: 7 → average 14.1
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 14.1 × 2.66 = 37.5. Upper limit −22.2, lower limit −97.2.

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.