a window function: CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE student_test (name CHAR(10), test CHAR(10), score TINYINT); INSERT INTO student_test VALUES ('Chun', 'SQL', 75), ('Chun', 'Tuning', 73), ('Esben', 'SQL', 43), ('Esben', 'Tuning', 31), ('Kaolin', 'SQL', 56), ('Kaolin', 'Tuning', 88), ('Tatiana', 'SQL', 87); SELECT name, test, score, STDDEV_POP(score) OVER (PARTITION BY test) AS stddev_results FROM student_test; +---------+--------+-------+----------------+ | name | test | score | stddev_results | +---------+--------+-------+----------------+ | Chun | SQL | 75 | 16.9466 | | Chun | Tuning | 73 | 24.1247 | | Esben | SQL | 43 | 16.9466 | | Esben | Tuning | 31 | 24.1247 | | Kaolin | SQL | 56 | 16.9466 | | Kaolin | Tuning | 88 | 24.1247 | | Tatiana | SQL | 87 | 16.9466 | +---------+--------+-------+----------------+ URL: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/std/https://mariadb.com/kb/en/std/