Reach Leadership Steam Academy: 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	58,067	2400.7	− 2436	−35.3	× 31 / 60	−18.2
4	58,069	2445.6	− 2485	−39.4	× 29 / 60	−19
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	53,887	2370.0	− 2436	−66	× 86 / 145	−39.1
4	53,889	2442.5	− 2485	−42.5	× 30 / 145	−8.8
5	53,892	2438.7	− 2528	−89.3	× 29 / 145	−17.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,450	2426.4	− 2436	−9.6	× 65 / 196	−3.2
4	55,452	2441.8	− 2485	−43.2	× 74 / 196	−16.3
5	55,454	2457.9	− 2528	−70.1	× 32 / 196	−11.4
6	55,456	2491.1	− 2552	−60.9	× 25 / 196	−7.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−39

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,544	2446.6	− 2436	10.6	× 86 / 248	3.7
4	55,546	2480.3	− 2485	−4.7	× 61 / 248	−1.2
5	55,548	2474.9	− 2528	−53.1	× 64 / 248	−13.7
6	55,550	2482.6	− 2552	−69.4	× 37 / 248	−10.4
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	55,803	2438.7	− 2436	2.7	× 86 / 307	0.8
4	55,804	2469.1	− 2485	−15.9	× 93 / 307	−4.8
5	55,805	2484.6	− 2528	−43.4	× 66 / 307	−9.3
6	55,806	2505.6	− 2552	−46.4	× 62 / 307	−9.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−23

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,863	2421.5	− 2436	−14.5	× 88 / 343	−3.7
4	55,864	2458.7	− 2485	−26.3	× 87 / 343	−6.7
5	55,865	2493.3	− 2528	−34.7	× 86 / 343	−8.7
6	55,866	2546.3	− 2552	−5.7	× 82 / 343	−1.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,816	2427.3	− 2436	−8.7	× 87 / 330	−2.3
4	55,817	2442.8	− 2485	−42.2	× 89 / 330	−11.4
5	55,818	2486.9	− 2528	−41.1	× 80 / 330	−10
6	55,819	2523.1	− 2552	−28.9	× 74 / 330	−6.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,692	2452.4	− 2436	16.4	× 88 / 359	4
4	55,693	2459.8	− 2485	−25.2	× 93 / 359	−6.5
5	55,694	2471.5	− 2528	−56.5	× 94 / 359	−14.8
6	55,695	2503.2	− 2552	−48.8	× 84 / 359	−11.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	55,451	2435.4	− 2436	−0.6	× 88 / 372	−0.1
4	55,452	2467.8	− 2485	−17.2	× 88 / 372	−4.1
5	55,453	2481.8	− 2528	−46.2	× 86 / 372	−10.7
6	55,454	2500.4	− 2552	−51.6	× 90 / 372	−12.5
7	55,455	2540.4	− 2567	−26.6	× 20 / 372	−1.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−29

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −37, −66, −39, −22, −23, −20, −30, −29, −29 → −32.8
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 29 · 2016→2017: 27 · 2017→2018: 17 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2022: 3 · 2022→2023: 10 · 2023→2024: 1 · 2024→2025: 0 → average 11
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 11 × 2.66 = 29.3. Upper limit −3.5, lower limit −62.1.

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.