Pacific Avenue Academy Of Music: 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	56,767	2373.5	− 2436	−62.5	× 57 / 209	−17
4	56,768	2436.7	− 2485	−48.3	× 51 / 209	−11.8
5	56,771	2442.8	− 2528	−85.2	× 51 / 209	−20.8
6	56,772	2483.9	− 2552	−68.1	× 50 / 209	−16.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	52,710	2395.5	− 2436	−40.5	× 48 / 200	−9.7
4	52,711	2440.9	− 2485	−44.1	× 50 / 200	−11
5	52,714	2444.3	− 2528	−83.7	× 52 / 200	−21.8
6	52,716	2480.7	− 2552	−71.3	× 50 / 200	−17.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−60

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,229	2385.6	− 2436	−50.4	× 37 / 179	−10.4
4	54,231	2468.5	− 2485	−16.5	× 44 / 179	−4.1
5	54,233	2456.2	− 2528	−71.8	× 48 / 179	−19.3
6	54,235	2491.0	− 2552	−61	× 50 / 179	−17
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,341	2381.6	− 2436	−54.4	× 56 / 181	−16.8
4	54,344	2473.3	− 2485	−11.7	× 30 / 181	−1.9
5	54,345	2475.5	− 2528	−52.5	× 41 / 181	−11.9
6	54,348	2471.9	− 2552	−80.1	× 54 / 181	−23.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,584	2398.6	− 2436	−37.4	× 44 / 190	−8.7
4	54,585	2450.0	− 2485	−35	× 45 / 190	−8.3
5	54,586	2470.5	− 2528	−57.5	× 31 / 190	−9.4
6	54,587	2501.7	− 2552	−50.3	× 41 / 190	−10.9
7	54,588	2500.6	− 2567	−66.4	× 29 / 190	−10.1
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	54,621	2334.1	− 2436	−101.9	× 56 / 167	−34.2
4	54,622	2419.7	− 2485	−65.3	× 42 / 167	−16.4
5	54,623	2435.3	− 2528	−92.7	× 31 / 167	−17.2
6	54,624	2489.3	− 2552	−62.7	× 38 / 167	−14.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−82

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,572	2356.4	− 2436	−79.6	× 45 / 158	−22.7
4	54,573	2438.7	− 2485	−46.3	× 47 / 158	−13.8
5	54,574	2446.4	− 2528	−81.6	× 38 / 158	−19.6
6	54,575	2489.5	− 2552	−62.5	× 28 / 158	−11.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−67

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,442	2366.0	− 2436	−70	× 42 / 162	−18.1
4	54,443	2434.9	− 2485	−50.1	× 39 / 162	−12.1
5	54,444	2422.9	− 2528	−105.1	× 45 / 162	−29.2
6	54,445	2470.6	− 2552	−81.4	× 36 / 162	−18.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−77

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	54,182	2373.3	− 2436	−62.7	× 46 / 174	−16.6
4	54,183	2395.6	− 2485	−89.4	× 40 / 174	−20.6
5	54,184	2456.4	− 2528	−71.6	× 40 / 174	−16.5
6	54,185	2455.6	− 2552	−96.4	× 48 / 174	−26.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−80

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −66, −60, −51, −55, −47, −82, −67, −77, −80 → −65
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: 9 · 2017→2018: 4 · 2018→2019: 8 · 2019→2022: 35 · 2022→2023: 15 · 2023→2024: 10 · 2024→2025: 3 → average 11.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11.3 × 2.66 = 30.1. Upper limit −34.9, lower limit −95.1.

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.