Baker 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	34,999	2377.1	− 2436	−58.9	× 103 / 329	−18.4
4	35,002	2458.4	− 2485	−26.6	× 97 / 329	−7.8
5	35,004	2470.2	− 2528	−57.8	× 129 / 329	−22.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	32,678	2385.0	− 2436	−51	× 137 / 329	−21.2
4	32,680	2439.3	− 2485	−45.7	× 95 / 329	−13.2
5	32,681	2477.6	− 2528	−50.4	× 97 / 329	−14.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−49

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,255	2376.6	− 2436	−59.4	× 99 / 326	−18
4	33,258	2435.0	− 2485	−50	× 133 / 326	−20.4
5	33,260	2471.2	− 2528	−56.8	× 94 / 326	−16.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,275	2383.6	− 2436	−52.4	× 72 / 304	−12.4
4	33,277	2427.1	− 2485	−57.9	× 96 / 304	−18.3
5	33,279	2465.1	− 2528	−62.9	× 136 / 304	−28.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,447	2387.3	− 2436	−48.7	× 88 / 247	−17.4
4	33,448	2450.8	− 2485	−34.2	× 68 / 247	−9.4
5	33,449	2474.4	− 2528	−53.6	× 91 / 247	−19.7
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	33,401	2351.3	− 2436	−84.7	× 85 / 388	−18.6
4	33,402	2402.0	− 2485	−83	× 84 / 388	−18
5	33,403	2431.1	− 2528	−96.9	× 110 / 388	−27.5
6	33,404	2453.6	− 2552	−98.4	× 109 / 388	−27.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−92

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,456	2367.1	− 2436	−68.9	× 106 / 372	−19.6
4	33,457	2404.2	− 2485	−80.8	× 83 / 372	−18
5	33,458	2419.8	− 2528	−108.2	× 79 / 372	−23
6	33,459	2463.0	− 2552	−89	× 104 / 372	−24.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−86

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,316	2373.9	− 2436	−62.1	× 72 / 323	−13.8
4	33,317	2425.7	− 2485	−59.3	× 110 / 323	−20.2
5	33,318	2432.1	− 2528	−95.9	× 73 / 323	−21.7
6	33,319	2444.7	− 2552	−107.3	× 68 / 323	−22.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−78

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	33,177	2384.3	− 2436	−51.7	× 75 / 314	−12.3
4	33,178	2411.5	− 2485	−73.5	× 71 / 314	−16.6
5	33,179	2457.4	− 2528	−70.6	× 99 / 314	−22.3
6	33,180	2442.5	− 2552	−109.5	× 69 / 314	−24.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−75

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −49, −49, −55, −59, −47, −92, −86, −78, −75 → −65.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 0 · 2016→2017: 6 · 2017→2018: 4 · 2018→2019: 12 · 2019→2022: 45 · 2022→2023: 6 · 2023→2024: 8 · 2024→2025: 3 → average 10.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.5 × 2.66 = 27.9. Upper limit −37.7, lower limit −93.5.

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.