Delta Elementary Charter: 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	61,070	2435.5	− 2436	−0.5	× 57 / 214	−0.1
4	61,073	2469.1	− 2485	−15.9	× 63 / 214	−4.7
5	61,074	2486.7	− 2528	−41.3	× 63 / 214	−12.2
6	61,077	2528.3	− 2552	−23.7	× 31 / 214	−3.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−20

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	56,657	2442.9	− 2436	6.9	× 55 / 242	1.6
4	56,659	2470.3	− 2485	−14.7	× 63 / 242	−3.8
5	56,661	2489.3	− 2528	−38.7	× 63 / 242	−10.1
6	56,664	2515.4	− 2552	−36.6	× 61 / 242	−9.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−22

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,302	2431.6	− 2436	−4.4	× 55 / 245	−1
4	58,305	2474.7	− 2485	−10.3	× 63 / 245	−2.6
5	58,306	2488.3	− 2528	−39.7	× 64 / 245	−10.4
6	58,308	2544.8	− 2552	−7.2	× 63 / 245	−1.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−16

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,435	2441.0	− 2436	5	× 55 / 243	1.1
4	58,438	2475.5	− 2485	−9.5	× 59 / 243	−2.3
5	58,439	2477.7	− 2528	−50.3	× 64 / 243	−13.2
6	58,442	2544.6	− 2552	−7.4	× 65 / 243	−2
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	58,677	2453.6	− 2436	17.6	× 54 / 242	3.9
4	58,678	2482.9	− 2485	−2.1	× 62 / 242	−0.5
5	58,679	2505.3	− 2528	−22.7	× 63 / 242	−5.9
6	58,680	2552.0	− 2552	0	× 63 / 242	0
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−3

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,748	2425.6	− 2436	−10.4	× 51 / 215	−2.5
4	58,749	2481.7	− 2485	−3.3	× 53 / 215	−0.8
5	58,750	2489.4	− 2528	−38.6	× 60 / 215	−10.8
6	58,751	2552.6	− 2552	0.6	× 51 / 215	0.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−14

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,702	2465.8	− 2436	29.8	× 55 / 210	7.8
4	58,703	2427.9	− 2485	−57.1	× 49 / 210	−13.3
5	58,704	2483.4	− 2528	−44.6	× 50 / 210	−10.6
6	58,705	2499.9	− 2552	−52.1	× 56 / 210	−13.9
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	58,621	2440.5	− 2436	4.5	× 50 / 193	1.2
4	58,622	2481.1	− 2485	−3.9	× 54 / 193	−1.1
5	58,623	2490.4	− 2528	−37.6	× 43 / 193	−8.4
6	58,624	2512.0	− 2552	−40	× 46 / 193	−9.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−18

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	58,380	2393.9	− 2436	−42.1	× 41 / 168	−10.3
4	58,381	2465.3	− 2485	−19.7	× 44 / 168	−5.2
5	58,382	2504.5	− 2528	−23.5	× 51 / 168	−7.1
6	58,383	2526.5	− 2552	−25.5	× 32 / 168	−4.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −20, −22, −16, −16, −3, −14, −30, −18, −27 → −18.4
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 2 · 2016→2017: 6 · 2017→2018: 0 · 2018→2019: 13 · 2019→2022: 11 · 2022→2023: 16 · 2023→2024: 12 · 2024→2025: 9 → average 8.6
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 8.6 × 2.66 = 22.9. Upper limit 4.5, lower limit −41.3.

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.