Meadow View 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	93,999	2379.4	− 2436	−56.6	× 48 / 215	−12.6
4	94,000	2412.5	− 2485	−72.5	× 56 / 215	−18.9
5	94,003	2449.6	− 2528	−78.4	× 59 / 215	−21.5
6	94,004	2512.5	− 2552	−39.5	× 52 / 215	−9.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−63

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	87,269	2380.4	− 2436	−55.6	× 45 / 211	−11.9
4	87,271	2410.2	− 2485	−74.8	× 51 / 211	−18.1
5	87,273	2444.9	− 2528	−83.1	× 57 / 211	−22.4
6	87,275	2520.7	− 2552	−31.3	× 58 / 211	−8.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−61

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,752	2407.0	− 2436	−29	× 69 / 224	−8.9
4	89,755	2419.8	− 2485	−65.2	× 45 / 224	−13.1
5	89,756	2454.3	− 2528	−73.7	× 54 / 224	−17.8
6	89,758	2490.9	− 2552	−61.1	× 56 / 224	−15.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−55

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	89,967	2379.7	− 2436	−56.3	× 60 / 247	−13.7
4	89,970	2435.5	− 2485	−49.5	× 69 / 247	−13.8
5	89,971	2422.2	− 2528	−105.8	× 58 / 247	−24.8
6	89,974	2493.8	− 2552	−58.2	× 60 / 247	−14.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−66

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,582	2363.1	− 2436	−72.9	× 62 / 224	−20.2
4	90,583	2393.6	− 2485	−91.4	× 53 / 224	−21.6
5	90,584	2462.6	− 2528	−65.4	× 62 / 224	−18.1
6	90,585	2485.9	− 2552	−66.1	× 47 / 224	−13.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,810	2345.4	− 2436	−90.6	× 52 / 238	−19.8
4	90,811	2388.4	− 2485	−96.6	× 62 / 238	−25.2
5	90,812	2421.9	− 2528	−106.1	× 62 / 238	−27.6
6	90,813	2436.0	− 2552	−116	× 62 / 238	−30.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−103

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,708	2372.3	− 2436	−63.7	× 51 / 224	−14.5
4	90,709	2398.0	− 2485	−87	× 53 / 224	−20.6
5	90,710	2443.5	− 2528	−84.5	× 60 / 224	−22.6
6	90,711	2456.4	− 2552	−95.6	× 60 / 224	−25.6
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−83

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,653	2360.6	− 2436	−75.4	× 61 / 229	−20.1
4	90,654	2391.9	− 2485	−93.1	× 55 / 229	−22.4
5	90,655	2432.6	− 2528	−95.4	× 55 / 229	−22.9
6	90,656	2459.9	− 2552	−92.1	× 58 / 229	−23.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−89

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	90,347	2390.5	− 2436	−45.5	× 56 / 241	−10.6
4	90,348	2395.3	− 2485	−89.7	× 66 / 241	−24.6
5	90,349	2417.4	− 2528	−110.6	× 59 / 241	−27.1
6	90,350	2450.5	− 2552	−101.5	× 60 / 241	−25.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−87

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −63, −61, −55, −66, −74, −103, −83, −89, −87 → −75.7
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: 11 · 2018→2019: 8 · 2019→2022: 29 · 2022→2023: 20 · 2023→2024: 6 · 2024→2025: 2 → average 10.5
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 10.5 × 2.66 = 27.9. Upper limit −47.8, lower limit −103.6.

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.