Raymond Temple 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	49,028	2427.0	− 2436	−9	× 55 / 255	−1.9
4	49,030	2470.4	− 2485	−14.6	× 61 / 255	−3.5
5	49,032	2454.5	− 2528	−73.5	× 67 / 255	−19.3
6	49,034	2515.5	− 2552	−36.5	× 72 / 255	−10.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−35

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	45,577	2425.5	− 2436	−10.5	× 60 / 244	−2.6
4	45,580	2469.1	− 2485	−15.9	× 63 / 244	−4.1
5	45,581	2493.1	− 2528	−34.9	× 59 / 244	−8.4
6	45,584	2535.0	− 2552	−17	× 62 / 244	−4.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−19

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	46,792	2424.4	− 2436	−11.6	× 75 / 268	−3.2
4	46,794	2480.7	− 2485	−4.3	× 64 / 268	−1
5	46,795	2479.0	− 2528	−49	× 68 / 268	−12.4
6	46,798	2534.0	− 2552	−18	× 61 / 268	−4.1
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	46,801	2441.1	− 2436	5.1	× 58 / 265	1.1
4	46,804	2481.2	− 2485	−3.8	× 73 / 265	−1
5	46,805	2507.4	− 2528	−20.6	× 65 / 265	−5.1
6	46,808	2549.1	− 2552	−2.9	× 69 / 265	−0.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−6

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	46,981	2433.0	− 2436	−3	× 59 / 247	−0.7
4	46,982	2489.9	− 2485	4.9	× 55 / 247	1.1
5	46,983	2503.2	− 2528	−24.8	× 68 / 247	−6.8
6	46,984	2563.0	− 2552	11	× 65 / 247	2.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−4

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	46,819	2432.0	− 2436	−4	× 53 / 253	−0.8
4	46,820	2475.0	− 2485	−10	× 60 / 253	−2.4
5	46,821	2488.1	− 2528	−39.9	× 73 / 253	−11.5
6	46,822	2522.0	− 2552	−30	× 67 / 253	−7.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	46,807	2458.9	− 2436	22.9	× 53 / 245	5
4	46,808	2482.3	− 2485	−2.7	× 52 / 245	−0.6
5	46,809	2498.0	− 2528	−30	× 63 / 245	−7.7
6	46,810	2494.6	− 2552	−57.4	× 77 / 245	−18
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−21

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	46,662	2437.9	− 2436	1.9	× 59 / 227	0.5
4	46,663	2484.9	− 2485	−0.1	× 52 / 227	0
5	46,664	2501.0	− 2528	−27	× 53 / 227	−6.3
6	46,665	2537.2	− 2552	−14.8	× 63 / 227	−4.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−10

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	46,420	2459.5	− 2436	23.5	× 60 / 232	6.1
4	46,421	2477.6	− 2485	−7.4	× 57 / 232	−1.8
5	46,422	2495.7	− 2528	−32.3	× 59 / 232	−8.2
6	46,423	2527.7	− 2552	−24.3	× 56 / 232	−5.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−10

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −35, −19, −21, −6, −4, −23, −21, −10, −10 → −16.6
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 16 · 2016→2017: 2 · 2017→2018: 15 · 2018→2019: 2 · 2019→2022: 19 · 2022→2023: 2 · 2023→2024: 11 · 2024→2025: 0 → average 8.4
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.4 × 2.66 = 22.3. Upper limit 5.7, lower limit −38.9.

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.