Monte Vista 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	31,278	2370.7	− 2436	−65.3	× 93 / 366	−16.6
4	31,279	2426.6	− 2485	−58.4	× 88 / 366	−14
5	31,282	2440.8	− 2528	−87.2	× 92 / 366	−21.9
6	31,283	2418.6	− 2552	−133.4	× 93 / 366	−33.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−86

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,494	2384.8	− 2436	−51.2	× 71 / 331	−11
4	29,496	2442.0	− 2485	−43	× 90 / 331	−11.7
5	29,497	2441.7	− 2528	−86.3	× 86 / 331	−22.4
6	29,499	2469.6	− 2552	−82.4	× 84 / 331	−20.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,059	2382.0	− 2436	−54	× 95 / 323	−15.9
4	30,061	2446.5	− 2485	−38.5	× 65 / 323	−7.7
5	30,063	2449.3	− 2528	−78.7	× 83 / 323	−20.2
6	30,064	2450.3	− 2552	−101.7	× 80 / 323	−25.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,108	2385.8	− 2436	−50.2	× 70 / 301	−11.7
4	30,110	2448.1	− 2485	−36.9	× 95 / 301	−11.6
5	30,112	2465.1	− 2528	−62.9	× 65 / 301	−13.6
6	30,114	2453.4	− 2552	−98.6	× 71 / 301	−23.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−60

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,282	2393.6	− 2436	−42.4	× 55 / 260	−9
4	30,283	2447.9	− 2485	−37.1	× 69 / 260	−9.8
5	30,284	2438.1	− 2528	−89.9	× 93 / 260	−32.2
6	30,285	2443.0	− 2552	−109	× 43 / 260	−18
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,312	2359.8	− 2436	−76.2	× 47 / 183	−19.6
4	30,313	2435.0	− 2485	−50	× 71 / 183	−19.4
5	30,314	2428.2	− 2528	−99.8	× 65 / 183	−35.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,371	2380.1	− 2436	−55.9	× 50 / 170	−16.4
4	30,372	2382.5	− 2485	−102.5	× 48 / 170	−28.9
5	30,373	2426.3	− 2528	−101.7	× 72 / 170	−43.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−88

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,239	2359.0	− 2436	−77	× 37 / 143	−19.9
4	30,240	2426.6	− 2485	−58.4	× 54 / 143	−22.1
5	30,241	2408.4	− 2528	−119.6	× 52 / 143	−43.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−85

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,100	2381.5	− 2436	−54.5	× 33 / 129	−13.9
4	30,101	2444.6	− 2485	−40.4	× 39 / 129	−12.2
5	30,102	2463.4	− 2528	−64.6	× 57 / 129	−28.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −86, −66, −69, −60, −69, −74, −88, −85, −55 → −72.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 20 · 2016→2017: 3 · 2017→2018: 9 · 2018→2019: 9 · 2019→2022: 5 · 2022→2023: 14 · 2023→2024: 3 · 2024→2025: 30 → average 11.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11.6 × 2.66 = 30.9. Upper limit −41.5, lower limit −103.3.

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.