Genevieve M. Crosby 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	49,749	2402.2	− 2436	−33.8	× 79 / 315	−8.5
4	49,750	2410.9	− 2485	−74.1	× 72 / 315	−16.9
5	49,753	2439.6	− 2528	−88.4	× 73 / 315	−20.5
6	49,754	2484.5	− 2552	−67.5	× 91 / 315	−19.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−65

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	46,233	2394.5	− 2436	−41.5	× 79 / 325	−10.1
4	46,236	2426.7	− 2485	−58.3	× 88 / 325	−15.8
5	46,237	2421.7	− 2528	−106.3	× 77 / 325	−25.2
6	46,240	2519.5	− 2552	−32.5	× 81 / 325	−8.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−59

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,476	2444.6	− 2436	8.6	× 56 / 320	1.5
4	47,477	2428.5	− 2485	−56.5	× 90 / 320	−15.9
5	47,480	2436.3	− 2528	−91.7	× 99 / 320	−28.4
6	47,481	2504.8	− 2552	−47.2	× 75 / 320	−11.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−54

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,486	2460.8	− 2436	24.8	× 56 / 264	5.3
4	47,488	2478.1	− 2485	−6.9	× 56 / 264	−1.5
5	47,490	2487.0	− 2528	−41	× 73 / 264	−11.3
6	47,492	2525.3	− 2552	−26.7	× 79 / 264	−8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,665	2451.1	− 2436	15.1	× 51 / 241	3.2
4	47,666	2489.4	− 2485	4.4	× 59 / 241	1.1
5	47,667	2502.7	− 2528	−25.3	× 59 / 241	−6.2
6	47,668	2550.6	− 2552	−1.4	× 72 / 241	−0.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−2

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,515	2441.0	− 2436	5	× 43 / 173	1.2
4	47,516	2449.0	− 2485	−36	× 34 / 173	−7.1
5	47,517	2446.9	− 2528	−81.1	× 46 / 173	−21.6
6	47,518	2521.8	− 2552	−30.2	× 50 / 173	−8.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−36

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,501	2418.4	− 2436	−17.6	× 50 / 174	−5.1
4	47,502	2464.4	− 2485	−20.6	× 41 / 174	−4.9
5	47,503	2488.8	− 2528	−39.2	× 36 / 174	−8.1
6	47,504	2497.8	− 2552	−54.2	× 47 / 174	−14.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−33

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,350	2440.3	− 2436	4.3	× 46 / 179	1.1
4	47,351	2454.8	− 2485	−30.2	× 54 / 179	−9.1
5	47,352	2490.3	− 2528	−37.7	× 41 / 179	−8.6
6	47,353	2527.9	− 2552	−24.1	× 38 / 179	−5.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	47,106	2399.9	− 2436	−36.1	× 40 / 187	−7.7
4	47,107	2450.5	− 2485	−34.5	× 48 / 187	−8.9
5	47,108	2475.9	− 2528	−52.1	× 59 / 187	−16.4
6	47,109	2525.9	− 2552	−26.1	× 40 / 187	−5.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −65, −59, −54, −16, −2, −36, −33, −22, −39 → −36.2
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 6 · 2016→2017: 5 · 2017→2018: 38 · 2018→2019: 14 · 2019→2022: 34 · 2022→2023: 3 · 2023→2024: 11 · 2024→2025: 17 → average 16
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 16 × 2.66 = 42.6. Upper limit 6.4, lower limit −78.8.

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.