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2022 Official Accountability Report - Needham

Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Needham (01990000)
TITLE I STATUS
Title I District
REGION
Coastal
GRADES SERVED
PK,K,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12
Accountability and Assistance Level:Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 515.2 508.9 2,586
High needs 498.8 493.1 813
Low income 500.2 491.2 247
EL and Former EL 504.6 499.8 190
Students w/ disabilities 494.5 488.1 557
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 523.9 515.3 278
Afr. Amer./Black 496.0 491.3 99
Hispanic/Latino 506.7 498.2 178
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 518.5 515.0 145
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 515.5 509.4 1,884

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 519.3 515.9 423
High needs 501.8 502.0 103
Low income 502.3 504.5 37
EL and Former EL-- 13
Students w/ disabilities 499.4 498.1 72
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 524.7 519.1 39
Afr. Amer./Black-- 9
Hispanic/Latino- 507.7 30
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.- 519.2 25
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 519.5 516.6 319

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 512.1 509.8 2,586
High needs 496.5 494.2 814
Low income 494.0 489.0 249
EL and Former EL 504.6 506.1 190
Students w/ disabilities 491.7 488.3 556
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 525.5 520.8 280
Afr. Amer./Black 492.0 490.4 101
Hispanic/Latino 501.9 497.8 177
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 516.9 516.7 145
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 512.0 509.8 1,881

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 522.6 517.3 418
High needs 504.8 502.5 99
Low income 504.3 505.6 36
EL and Former EL-- 13
Students w/ disabilities 503.3 497.3 68
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 530.9 529.4 39
Afr. Amer./Black-- 9
Hispanic/Latino- 512.5 30
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.- 523.4 24
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 522.6 516.4 315

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 510.0 507.5 872
High needs 496.3 493.6 283
Low income 494.1 492.4 87
EL and Former EL 503.9 505.1 69
Students w/ disabilities 493.7 486.9 187
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 519.6 514.7 90
Afr. Amer./Black- 487.6 31
Hispanic/Latino 501.4 499.7 71
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 512.2 510.0 43
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 510.4 508.2 637

Science achievement - MCAS Composite Performance Index (CPI) (2019) and average composite scaled score (2022) - High school
Group 2019 Achievement (CPI) 2022 Achievement
(Average composite scaled score)
N
All Students 96.0 514.3 411
High needs 87.0 500.4 98
Low income 86.6 503.5 36
EL and Former EL-- 12
Students w/ disabilities 84.9 496.5 68
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 96.5 520.9 37
Afr. Amer./Black-- 8
Hispanic/Latino- 508.4 29
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.- 517.1 24
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 96.3 514.3 312

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 59.2 60.8 1,998
High needs 50.7 52.0 621
Low income 49.4 53.5 188
EL and Former EL 53.8 59.7 149
Students w/ disabilities 48.9 47.7 423
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 63.8 67.8 214
Afr. Amer./Black 47.0 57.6 77
Hispanic/Latino 56.8 55.3 133
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 60.2 64.1 104
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 59.3 60.3 1,469

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 50.2 52.3 386
High needs 47.1 44.7 89
Low income 49.2 43.5 35
EL and Former EL-- 10
Students w/ disabilities 46.2 41.4 62
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 58.4 50.2 37
Afr. Amer./Black-- 8
Hispanic/Latino 43.3 28
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 56.9 23
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 49.3 53.6 289

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 56.9 64.2 1,992
High needs 53.3 59.4 619
Low income 51.3 57.5 186
EL and Former EL 57.5 66.2 149
Students w/ disabilities 52.5 55.4 421
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 61.6 67.4 215
Afr. Amer./Black 48.3 59.3 76
Hispanic/Latino 57.7 64.3 132
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 62.5 65.4 104
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 56.3 63.8 1,464

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 55.7 47.9 384
High needs 60.1 44.0 88
Low income 53.2 40.4 35
EL and Former EL-- 10
Students w/ disabilities 60.8 44.0 61
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 56.3 54.9 37
Afr. Amer./Black-- 8
Hispanic/Latino 51.1 28
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 52.8 23
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 56.4 46.9 287

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 98.5 97.4 430
High needs 94.6 93.0 115
Low income 93.8 87.5 48
EL and Former EL-- 5
Students w/ disabilities 93.8 90.8 87
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 100.0 100.0 36
Afr. Amer./Black-- 8
Hispanic/Latino-- 19
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 18
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 98.8 98.0 349

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2019 Rate (%) 2020 Rate (%) N
All Students 99.6 99.0 406
High needs 98.2 96.4 112
Low income 97.1 95.8 48
EL and Former EL-- 3
Students w/ disabilities 98.8 96.3 81
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 97.6 100.0 33
Afr. Amer./Black-- 12
Hispanic/Latino 100.0 100.0 21
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 17
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 100.0 99.4 323

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 0.0 0.1 1,669
High needs 0.0 0.3 356
Low income 0.0 0.0 95
EL and Former EL-- 10
Students w/ disabilities 0.0 0.3 286
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 2
Asian 0.0 0.0 144
Afr. Amer./Black 0.0 0.0 32
Hispanic/Latino 0.0 0.0 92
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 0.0 0.0 82
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 2
White 0.0 0.1 1,315

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students 86.3 75.0 120
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL 86.3 75.0 120
Students w/ disabilities---
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian---
Afr. Amer./Black---
Hispanic/Latino---
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White---

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students-- 16
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL-- 16
Students w/ disabilities---
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian---
Afr. Amer./Black---
Hispanic/Latino---
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White---

Chronic absenteeism - Non-high school
Group 2019 Rate (% of students missing 10% of days) 2022 Rate (% of students missing 20% of days) N
All Students 3.3 1.0 3,478
High needs 7.1 2.7 1,069
Low income 11.5 5.7 353
EL and Former EL 7.9 2.0 294
Students w/ disabilities 6.5 3.0 676
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 3.2 0.5 410
Afr. Amer./Black 6.3 1.5 134
Hispanic/Latino 6.3 4.1 241
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 4.3 0.0 206
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 2.9 0.8 2,485

*The 2022 accountability calculations include the percentage of students missing 10% or more of their days in membership in 2019, and the percentage of students missing 20% or more of their days in membership in 2022.


Chronic absenteeism - High school
Group 2019 Rate (% of students missing 10% of days) 2022 Rate (% of students missing 20% of days) N
All Students 9.5 13.1 1,716
High needs 23.3 26.1 440
Low income 36.5 33.8 148
EL and Former EL 20.0 39.1 46
Students w/ disabilities 22.7 27.7 321
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 2
Asian 6.5 4.9 144
Afr. Amer./Black 28.9 22.6 31
Hispanic/Latino 17.3 20.5 117
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 14.5 15.3 85
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 2
White 8.5 13.0 1,335

*The 2022 accountability calculations include the percentage of students missing 10% or more of their days in membership in 2019, and the percentage of students missing 20% or more of their days in membership in 2022.


Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2021 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students 94.2 95.7 816
High needs 79.9 83.1 172
Low income 77.0 84.9 53
EL and Former EL-- 8
Students w/ disabilities 78.4 80.9 131
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 2
Asian 98.7 100.0 70
Afr. Amer./Black-- 13
Hispanic/Latino 86.1 78.3 46
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 92.9 100.0 39
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 94.9 96.4 645

Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed %
All Students 3,046 3,02899 3,050 3,02399 1,326 1,30298

Assessment participation - Student groups
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed %
High needs 948 934 952 931 408 393 2,308 2,25898
Low income 299 294 302 295 135 127 736 71697
EL and Former EL 221 221 221 221 90 90 532 532100
Students w/ disabilities 643 629 645 624 273 258 1,561 1,51197
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat. 1- 1--- 2--
Asian 321 319 322 321 130 129 773 76999
Afr. Amer./Black 110 110 112 112 41 41 263 263100
Hispanic/Latino 215 213 215 212 104 102 534 52799
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 171 170 170 169 68 67 409 40699
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl. 2- 2- 1- 5--
White 2,226 2,213 2,228 2,206 982 962 5,436 5,38199

School Accountability Information
School Accountability information School accountability percentile
BroadmeadowDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 93
High Rock SchoolDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 99
John EliotDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 73
Needham HighDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 87
Newman ElementaryDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 82
Pollard MiddleDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 98
Sunita L. Williams ElementaryDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 91
William MitchellDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 87


About this Report

Accountability information: Most districts and schools did not receive an overall accountability determination in 2022. However, school accountability reports may contain additional performance information if the school has been designated underperforming or chronically underperforming, or if they have one or more low performing student groups, a low graduation rate, or low assessment participation. District accountability reports may contain additional information if the district has been designated chronically underperforming or if the district has low assessment participation.

School accountability percentile: An accountability percentile between 1 and 99 is reported for most schools. This number is an indication of the school's overall performance relative to other schools that serve similar grades, and is calculated using multiple years of data for all accountability indicators. School percentiles are not calculated for districts.

Low income and economically disadvantaged students: Beginning in fall 2021, DESE no longer reports data for the economically disadvantaged student group and instead reports data for a newly defined low income student group. Unlike the economically disadvantaged group or the former low income group used prior to 2015, the new group includes a broader range of disadvantaged students who are identified through one of three different sources:

1. Students who participate in one or more of the following state-administered assistance programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Transitional Assistance for Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC); the Department of Children and Families' (DCF) foster care program; and MassHealth (Medicaid);

2. Students who are homeless, as reported to DESE by districts via the Homeless and Foster Care data collection tool; or

3. Students who are identified as low income through the Supplemental Low Income Data Collection, as reported to DESE by districts via the Student Information Management System (SIMS).

This change also impacts the membership of the high needs student group, which is an unduplicated count of all students in a school or district belonging to the students with disabilities, English Learner (EL) and former EL, and/or low income students groups.
In the 2022 accountability results, the 2022 data for accountability indicators includes students who meet the new definition of low income. Earlier data for accountability indicators includes who students who were previously identified as economically disadvantaged.


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