West Street 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	99,222	2410.5	− 2436	−25.5	× 48 / 166	−7.4
4	99,223	2427.0	− 2485	−58	× 45 / 166	−15.7
5	99,226	2459.9	− 2528	−68.1	× 40 / 166	−16.4
6	99,227	2447.5	− 2552	−104.5	× 33 / 166	−20.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−60

2016 from sb_ca2016_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	91,982	2403.4	− 2436	−32.6	× 45 / 172	−8.5
4	91,985	2428.1	− 2485	−56.9	× 44 / 172	−14.6
5	91,986	2419.6	− 2528	−108.4	× 46 / 172	−29
6	91,988	2449.8	− 2552	−102.2	× 37 / 172	−22
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−74

2017 from sb_ca2017_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	94,771	2419.2	− 2436	−16.8	× 58 / 167	−5.8
4	94,772	2422.5	− 2485	−62.5	× 48 / 167	−18
5	94,775	2459.9	− 2528	−68.1	× 44 / 167	−17.9
6	94,776	2464.1	− 2552	−87.9	× 17 / 167	−8.9
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−51

2018 from sb_ca2018_1_csv_v3.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	94,960	2376.2	− 2436	−59.8	× 34 / 132	−15.4
4	94,963	2428.6	− 2485	−56.4	× 58 / 132	−24.8
5	94,964	2471.3	− 2528	−56.7	× 40 / 132	−17.2
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−57

2019 from sb_ca2019_1_csv_v4.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	95,605	2398.3	− 2436	−37.7	× 37 / 135	−10.3
4	95,606	2445.9	− 2485	−39.1	× 41 / 135	−11.9
5	95,607	2442.6	− 2528	−85.4	× 57 / 135	−36.1
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−58

2021 from sb_ca2021_1_csv_v2.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	93,546	2348.5	− 2436	−87.5	× 47 / 110	−37.4
4	93,547	2383.1	− 2485	−101.9	× 38 / 110	−35.2
5	93,548	2443.2	− 2528	−84.8	× 25 / 110	−19.3
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−92

2022 from sb_ca2022_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	95,801	2405.3	− 2436	−30.7	× 39 / 135	−8.9
4	95,802	2399.5	− 2485	−85.5	× 46 / 135	−29.1
5	95,803	2401.1	− 2528	−126.9	× 50 / 135	−47
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−85

2023 from sb_ca2023_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	95,673	2374.8	− 2436	−61.2	× 52 / 152	−20.9
4	95,674	2428.6	− 2485	−56.4	× 42 / 152	−15.6
5	95,675	2407.9	− 2528	−120.1	× 58 / 152	−45.8
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−82

2024 from sb_ca2024_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	95,550	2395.3	− 2436	−40.7	× 44 / 146	−12.3
4	95,551	2421.5	− 2485	−63.5	× 54 / 146	−23.5
5	95,552	2425.5	− 2528	−102.5	× 48 / 146	−33.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−69

2025 from sb_ca2025_1_csv_v1.zip

Grade	Line in file	Average score	Standard Met	Distance	Students	Weighted
3	95,282	2322.2	− 2436	−113.8	× 52 / 144	−41.1
4	95,283	2437.0	− 2485	−48	× 45 / 144	−15
5	95,284	2415.7	− 2528	−112.3	× 47 / 144	−36.7
Sum, rounded to a whole point						−93

Step 2 · The average and the normal range

Average: add the yearly results and divide by how many there are. −60, −74, −51, −57, −58, −92, −85, −82, −69, −93 → −72.1
Typical year-to-year change: how far the result moved from each year to the next, ignoring up or down. 2015→2016: 14 · 2016→2017: 23 · 2017→2018: 6 · 2018→2019: 1 · 2019→2021: 34 · 2021→2022: 7 · 2022→2023: 3 · 2023→2024: 13 · 2024→2025: 24 → average 13.9
Normal range: multiply the typical change by 2.66, then add it to the average and subtract it. 13.9 × 2.66 = 37. Upper limit −35.1, lower limit −109.1.

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.