Eugene Padan 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	93,402	2386.8	− 2436	−49.2	× 83 / 314	−13
4	93,405	2430.1	− 2485	−54.9	× 74 / 314	−12.9
5	93,406	2458.8	− 2528	−69.2	× 84 / 314	−18.5
6	93,409	2467.2	− 2552	−84.8	× 73 / 314	−19.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−64

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	86,790	2392.3	− 2436	−43.7	× 83 / 343	−10.6
4	86,791	2413.0	− 2485	−72	× 84 / 343	−17.6
5	86,793	2443.4	− 2528	−84.6	× 83 / 343	−20.5
6	86,795	2471.6	− 2552	−80.4	× 93 / 343	−21.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−70

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,237	2408.9	− 2436	−27.1	× 77 / 330	−6.3
4	89,239	2416.9	− 2485	−68.1	× 88 / 330	−18.2
5	89,241	2440.1	− 2528	−87.9	× 82 / 330	−21.8
6	89,242	2476.4	− 2552	−75.6	× 83 / 330	−19
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−65

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,446	2410.8	− 2436	−25.2	× 79 / 347	−5.7
4	89,449	2429.8	− 2485	−55.2	× 83 / 347	−13.2
5	89,450	2451.2	− 2528	−76.8	× 97 / 347	−21.5
6	89,453	2492.5	− 2552	−59.5	× 88 / 347	−15.1
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	90,054	2410.3	− 2436	−25.7	× 74 / 325	−5.9
4	90,055	2440.4	− 2485	−44.6	× 77 / 325	−10.6
5	90,056	2456.7	− 2528	−71.3	× 85 / 325	−18.6
6	90,057	2498.8	− 2552	−53.2	× 89 / 325	−14.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−50

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,318	2390.9	− 2436	−45.1	× 87 / 338	−11.6
4	90,319	2392.9	− 2485	−92.1	× 97 / 338	−26.4
5	90,320	2424.2	− 2528	−103.8	× 76 / 338	−23.3
6	90,321	2456.4	− 2552	−95.6	× 78 / 338	−22.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,210	2390.3	− 2436	−45.7	× 91 / 362	−11.5
4	90,211	2398.2	− 2485	−86.8	× 90 / 362	−21.6
5	90,212	2422.6	− 2528	−105.4	× 99 / 362	−28.8
6	90,213	2446.8	− 2552	−105.2	× 82 / 362	−23.8
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
3	90,159	2382.8	− 2436	−53.2	× 108 / 381	−15.1
4	90,160	2410.0	− 2485	−75	× 94 / 381	−18.5
5	90,161	2400.8	− 2528	−127.2	× 86 / 381	−28.7
6	90,162	2409.7	− 2552	−142.3	× 93 / 381	−34.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−97

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,843	2382.2	− 2436	−53.8	× 101 / 389	−14
4	89,844	2413.6	− 2485	−71.4	× 106 / 389	−19.5
5	89,845	2421.2	− 2528	−106.8	× 92 / 389	−25.3
6	89,846	2425.2	− 2552	−126.8	× 90 / 389	−29.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−88

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −64, −70, −65, −55, −50, −83, −86, −97, −88 → −73.1
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: 5 · 2017→2018: 10 · 2018→2019: 5 · 2019→2022: 33 · 2022→2023: 3 · 2023→2024: 11 · 2024→2025: 9 → average 10.3
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.3 × 2.66 = 27.4. Upper limit −45.7, lower limit −100.5.

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.