Ninety-Second 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	31,389	2366.5	− 2436	−69.5	× 121 / 464	−18.1
4	31,391	2428.2	− 2485	−56.8	× 120 / 464	−14.7
5	31,393	2459.3	− 2528	−68.7	× 116 / 464	−17.2
6	31,395	2482.7	− 2552	−69.3	× 107 / 464	−16
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	29,605	2406.7	− 2436	−29.3	× 141 / 489	−8.4
4	29,607	2425.3	− 2485	−59.7	× 119 / 489	−14.5
5	29,610	2454.8	− 2528	−73.2	× 128 / 489	−19.2
6	29,611	2487.3	− 2552	−64.7	× 101 / 489	−13.4
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	30,170	2402.9	− 2436	−33.1	× 119 / 476	−8.3
4	30,173	2421.3	− 2485	−63.7	× 144 / 476	−19.3
5	30,175	2443.8	− 2528	−84.2	× 114 / 476	−20.2
6	30,177	2478.9	− 2552	−73.1	× 99 / 476	−15.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,219	2413.5	− 2436	−22.5	× 120 / 442	−6.1
4	30,221	2455.5	− 2485	−29.5	× 107 / 442	−7.1
5	30,223	2449.8	− 2528	−78.2	× 127 / 442	−22.5
6	30,225	2456.4	− 2552	−95.6	× 88 / 442	−19
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,394	2395.4	− 2436	−40.6	× 115 / 429	−10.9
4	30,395	2454.0	− 2485	−31	× 111 / 429	−8
5	30,396	2486.2	− 2528	−41.8	× 99 / 429	−9.6
6	30,397	2476.6	− 2552	−75.4	× 104 / 429	−18.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−47

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,423	2363.0	− 2436	−73	× 93 / 390	−17.4
4	30,424	2418.8	− 2485	−66.2	× 102 / 390	−17.3
5	30,425	2435.2	− 2528	−92.8	× 105 / 390	−25
6	30,426	2500.9	− 2552	−51.1	× 90 / 390	−11.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−71

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,482	2383.5	− 2436	−52.5	× 99 / 364	−14.3
4	30,483	2446.7	− 2485	−38.3	× 91 / 364	−9.6
5	30,484	2461.4	− 2528	−66.6	× 91 / 364	−16.7
6	30,485	2482.3	− 2552	−69.7	× 83 / 364	−15.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−56

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,350	2423.0	− 2436	−13	× 84 / 340	−3.2
4	30,351	2433.7	− 2485	−51.3	× 97 / 340	−14.6
5	30,352	2467.8	− 2528	−60.2	× 92 / 340	−16.3
6	30,353	2518.6	− 2552	−33.4	× 67 / 340	−6.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,209	2443.2	− 2436	7.2	× 69 / 322	1.5
4	30,210	2458.9	− 2485	−26.1	× 80 / 322	−6.5
5	30,211	2444.0	− 2528	−84	× 100 / 322	−26.1
6	30,212	2507.2	− 2552	−44.8	× 73 / 322	−10.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −66, −56, −63, −55, −47, −71, −56, −41, −41 → −55.1
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 10 · 2016→2017: 7 · 2017→2018: 8 · 2018→2019: 8 · 2019→2022: 24 · 2022→2023: 15 · 2023→2024: 15 · 2024→2025: 0 → average 10.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.9 × 2.66 = 29. Upper limit −26.1, lower limit −84.1.

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.