Donn B. Chenoweth 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	44,386	2432.7	− 2436	−3.3	× 147 / 380	−1.3
4	44,387	2456.1	− 2485	−28.9	× 113 / 380	−8.6
5	44,390	2477.5	− 2528	−50.5	× 120 / 380	−15.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−26

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,102	2440.4	− 2436	4.4	× 123 / 454	1.2
4	41,104	2464.4	− 2485	−20.6	× 132 / 454	−6
5	41,106	2489.4	− 2528	−38.6	× 99 / 454	−8.4
6	41,108	2515.8	− 2552	−36.2	× 100 / 454	−8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,127	2427.0	− 2436	−9	× 106 / 460	−2.1
4	42,128	2476.8	− 2485	−8.2	× 128 / 460	−2.3
5	42,130	2484.3	− 2528	−43.7	× 128 / 460	−12.2
6	42,133	2528.7	− 2552	−23.3	× 98 / 460	−5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,140	2439.9	− 2436	3.9	× 98 / 448	0.9
4	42,141	2465.4	− 2485	−19.6	× 101 / 448	−4.4
5	42,144	2489.1	− 2528	−38.9	× 126 / 448	−10.9
6	42,145	2523.2	− 2552	−28.8	× 123 / 448	−7.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,282	2451.6	− 2436	15.6	× 94 / 428	3.4
4	42,283	2491.2	− 2485	6.2	× 99 / 428	1.4
5	42,284	2469.2	− 2528	−58.8	× 108 / 428	−14.8
6	42,285	2534.1	− 2552	−17.9	× 127 / 428	−5.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−15

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,043	2419.9	− 2436	−16.1	× 89 / 377	−3.8
4	42,044	2468.1	− 2485	−16.9	× 99 / 377	−4.4
5	42,045	2455.9	− 2528	−72.1	× 93 / 377	−17.8
6	42,046	2497.2	− 2552	−54.8	× 96 / 377	−14
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−40

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	42,068	2411.3	− 2436	−24.7	× 101 / 403	−6.2
4	42,069	2443.4	− 2485	−41.6	× 101 / 403	−10.4
5	42,070	2468.5	− 2528	−59.5	× 102 / 403	−15.1
6	42,071	2500.7	− 2552	−51.3	× 99 / 403	−12.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−44

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,899	2421.7	− 2436	−14.3	× 100 / 406	−3.5
4	41,900	2445.7	− 2485	−39.3	× 101 / 406	−9.8
5	41,901	2438.6	− 2528	−89.4	× 101 / 406	−22.2
6	41,902	2487.4	− 2552	−64.6	× 104 / 406	−16.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−52

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	41,662	2425.4	− 2436	−10.6	× 95 / 389	−2.6
4	41,663	2452.1	− 2485	−32.9	× 97 / 389	−8.2
5	41,664	2447.2	− 2528	−80.8	× 100 / 389	−20.8
6	41,665	2478.3	− 2552	−73.7	× 97 / 389	−18.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −26, −21, −21, −22, −15, −40, −44, −52, −50 → −32.3
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 5 · 2016→2017: 0 · 2017→2018: 1 · 2018→2019: 7 · 2019→2022: 25 · 2022→2023: 4 · 2023→2024: 8 · 2024→2025: 2 → average 6.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 6.5 × 2.66 = 17.3. Upper limit −15, lower limit −49.6.

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.