Chester Junior/Senior High: 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
7	54,977	2518.7	− 2567	−48.3	× 18 / 67	−13
8	54,978	2535.5	− 2586	−50.5	× 23 / 67	−17.3
11	54,981	2563.3	− 2628	−64.7	× 26 / 67	−25.1
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
7	51,070	2508.1	− 2567	−58.9	× 25 / 66	−22.3
8	51,071	2531.7	− 2586	−54.3	× 16 / 66	−13.2
11	51,073	2622.4	− 2628	−5.6	× 25 / 66	−2.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−38

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	52,525	2519.0	− 2567	−48	× 23 / 75	−14.7
8	52,527	2494.4	− 2586	−91.6	× 29 / 75	−35.4
11	52,530	2606.3	− 2628	−21.7	× 23 / 75	−6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	52,598	2538.7	− 2567	−28.3	× 30 / 77	−11
8	52,599	2493.8	− 2586	−92.2	× 22 / 77	−26.3
11	52,602	2600.5	− 2628	−27.5	× 25 / 77	−8.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−46

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	52,778	2497.3	− 2567	−69.7	× 23 / 76	−21.1
8	52,779	2517.9	− 2586	−68.1	× 32 / 76	−28.7
11	52,780	2549.6	− 2628	−78.4	× 21 / 76	−21.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−71

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	51,559	2480.5	− 2567	−86.5	× 19 / 52	−31.6
8	51,560	2477.9	− 2586	−108.1	× 22 / 52	−45.7
11	51,561	2603.2	− 2628	−24.8	× 11 / 52	−5.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	52,758	2515.3	− 2567	−51.7	× 20 / 55	−18.8
8	52,759	2474.8	− 2586	−111.2	× 19 / 55	−38.4
11	52,760	2555.1	− 2628	−72.9	× 16 / 55	−21.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−78

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	52,715	2473.3	− 2567	−93.7	× 20 / 62	−30.2
8	52,716	2517.1	− 2586	−68.9	× 20 / 62	−22.2
11	52,717	2534.0	− 2628	−94	× 22 / 62	−33.4
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
7	52,549	2459.1	− 2567	−107.9	× 16 / 59	−29.3
8	52,550	2464.4	− 2586	−121.6	× 22 / 59	−45.3
11	52,551	2506.7	− 2628	−121.3	× 21 / 59	−43.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−118

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
7	52,313	2446.7	− 2567	−120.3	× 19 / 55	−41.6
8	52,314	2452.8	− 2586	−133.2	× 19 / 55	−46
11	52,315	2546.4	− 2628	−81.6	× 17 / 55	−25.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−113

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −55, −38, −57, −46, −71, −83, −78, −86, −118, −113 → −74.5
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 17 · 2016→2017: 19 · 2017→2018: 11 · 2018→2019: 25 · 2019→2021: 12 · 2021→2022: 5 · 2022→2023: 8 · 2023→2024: 32 · 2024→2025: 5 → average 14.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 14.9 × 2.66 = 39.6. Upper limit −34.9, lower limit −114.1.

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.