Toland Way 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	32,321	2417.0	− 2436	−19	× 50 / 166	−5.7
4	32,324	2429.0	− 2485	−56	× 41 / 166	−13.8
5	32,325	2434.7	− 2528	−93.3	× 33 / 166	−18.5
6	32,328	2484.5	− 2552	−67.5	× 42 / 166	−17.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	30,535	2408.1	− 2436	−27.9	× 48 / 158	−8.5
4	30,537	2432.1	− 2485	−52.9	× 45 / 158	−15.1
5	30,539	2465.0	− 2528	−63	× 38 / 158	−15.2
6	30,541	2511.5	− 2552	−40.5	× 27 / 158	−6.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,101	2398.8	− 2436	−37.2	× 55 / 182	−11.2
4	31,103	2433.7	− 2485	−51.3	× 48 / 182	−13.5
5	31,105	2479.4	− 2528	−48.6	× 43 / 182	−11.5
6	31,107	2507.0	− 2552	−45	× 36 / 182	−8.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−45

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,147	2417.5	− 2436	−18.5	× 43 / 176	−4.5
4	31,149	2446.9	− 2485	−38.1	× 48 / 176	−10.4
5	31,151	2430.1	− 2528	−97.9	× 46 / 176	−25.6
6	31,153	2505.1	− 2552	−46.9	× 39 / 176	−10.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,324	2422.6	− 2436	−13.4	× 34 / 170	−2.7
4	31,325	2457.1	− 2485	−27.9	× 44 / 170	−7.2
5	31,326	2448.5	− 2528	−79.5	× 50 / 170	−23.4
6	31,327	2499.6	− 2552	−52.4	× 42 / 170	−12.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,341	2397.0	− 2436	−39	× 25 / 131	−7.4
4	31,342	2402.5	− 2485	−82.5	× 45 / 131	−28.3
5	31,343	2437.2	− 2528	−90.8	× 31 / 131	−21.5
6	31,344	2491.5	− 2552	−60.5	× 30 / 131	−13.9
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	31,398	2414.5	− 2436	−21.5	× 26 / 124	−4.5
4	31,399	2443.2	− 2485	−41.8	× 25 / 124	−8.4
5	31,400	2445.4	− 2528	−82.6	× 46 / 124	−30.6
6	31,401	2473.0	− 2552	−79	× 27 / 124	−17.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,264	2416.4	− 2436	−19.6	× 27 / 122	−4.3
4	31,265	2443.7	− 2485	−41.3	× 27 / 122	−9.1
5	31,266	2475.1	− 2528	−52.9	× 24 / 122	−10.4
6	31,267	2453.8	− 2552	−98.2	× 44 / 122	−35.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	31,123	2453.0	− 2436	17	× 21 / 97	3.7
4	31,124	2476.4	− 2485	−8.6	× 26 / 97	−2.3
5	31,125	2492.2	− 2528	−35.8	× 26 / 97	−9.6
6	31,126	2506.5	− 2552	−45.5	× 24 / 97	−11.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −55, −46, −45, −51, −46, −71, −61, −59, −19 → −50.3
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 9 · 2016→2017: 1 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 5 · 2019→2022: 25 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 2 · 2024→2025: 40 → average 12.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 12.3 × 2.66 = 32.7. Upper limit −17.6, lower limit −83.

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.