Patterson Road 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	85,320	2387.3	− 2436	−48.7	× 86 / 390	−10.7
4	85,321	2464.6	− 2485	−20.4	× 115 / 390	−6
5	85,324	2440.0	− 2528	−88	× 90 / 390	−20.3
6	85,325	2495.7	− 2552	−56.3	× 99 / 390	−14.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	79,129	2402.8	− 2436	−33.2	× 101 / 400	−8.4
4	79,131	2448.6	− 2485	−36.4	× 88 / 400	−8
5	79,132	2498.5	− 2528	−29.5	× 123 / 400	−9.1
6	79,135	2482.9	− 2552	−69.1	× 88 / 400	−15.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−41

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,284	2397.2	− 2436	−38.8	× 112 / 416	−10.4
4	81,285	2453.7	− 2485	−31.3	× 97 / 416	−7.3
5	81,287	2467.8	− 2528	−60.2	× 86 / 416	−12.4
6	81,290	2529.1	− 2552	−22.9	× 121 / 416	−6.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,432	2424.0	− 2436	−12	× 79 / 387	−2.4
4	81,435	2447.6	− 2485	−37.4	× 119 / 387	−11.5
5	81,436	2478.6	− 2528	−49.4	× 102 / 387	−13
6	81,439	2505.6	− 2552	−46.4	× 87 / 387	−10.4
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−37

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,966	2426.9	− 2436	−9.1	× 88 / 392	−2
4	81,967	2449.4	− 2485	−35.6	× 83 / 392	−7.5
5	81,968	2486.7	− 2528	−41.3	× 119 / 392	−12.5
6	81,969	2523.3	− 2552	−28.7	× 102 / 392	−7.5
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,201	2423.7	− 2436	−12.3	× 77 / 358	−2.6
4	82,202	2463.3	− 2485	−21.7	× 91 / 358	−5.5
5	82,203	2472.8	− 2528	−55.2	× 95 / 358	−14.6
6	82,204	2523.1	− 2552	−28.9	× 95 / 358	−7.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−30

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,161	2413.3	− 2436	−22.7	× 112 / 368	−6.9
4	82,162	2481.2	− 2485	−3.8	× 73 / 368	−0.8
5	82,163	2485.5	− 2528	−42.5	× 88 / 368	−10.2
6	82,164	2502.6	− 2552	−49.4	× 95 / 368	−12.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	82,173	2400.1	− 2436	−35.9	× 71 / 350	−7.3
4	82,174	2471.6	− 2485	−13.4	× 109 / 350	−4.2
5	82,175	2501.0	− 2528	−27	× 74 / 350	−5.7
6	82,176	2517.1	− 2552	−34.9	× 96 / 350	−9.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−27

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	81,845	2384.2	− 2436	−51.8	× 89 / 356	−13
4	81,846	2466.2	− 2485	−18.8	× 77 / 356	−4.1
5	81,847	2495.9	− 2528	−32.1	× 106 / 356	−9.6
6	81,848	2534.4	− 2552	−17.6	× 84 / 356	−4.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−31

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −51, −41, −37, −37, −30, −30, −31, −27, −31 → −35
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 10 · 2016→2017: 4 · 2017→2018: 0 · 2018→2019: 7 · 2019→2022: 0 · 2022→2023: 1 · 2023→2024: 4 · 2024→2025: 4 → average 3.8
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 3.8 × 2.66 = 10.1. Upper limit −24.9, lower limit −45.1.

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.