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Somerville High

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2025 Official Accountability Report - Somerville High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Somerville (02740000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

REGION
Coastal

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Limited or no progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
22% - Limited or no progress toward targets	31

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR
SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2024	2025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	22%	21%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)	22%
	Limited or no progress toward targets

Student group percentile

This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same student group in schools serving similar grades

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2024	2025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	20%	31%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)	26%
	Moderate progress toward targets

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2024 Achievement	2025 Achievement	Change	2025 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	502.6	495.7	-6.9	504.7	315	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	478.2	468.3	-9.9	483.3	62	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	489.1	483.2	-5.9	492.4	202	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	466.5	467.5	1.0	469.4	73	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	489.2	484.6	-4.6	492.0	174	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	488.7	473.0	-15.7	491.3	59	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Black or African American	491.3	487.1	-4.2	495.9	39	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	490.0	482.7	-7.3	491.5	138	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	517.4	510.2	-7.2	520.4	106	3	Path Forward: Met Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2024 Achievement	2025 Achievement	Change	2025 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	494.7	493.3	-1.4	496.5	309	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	471.1	469.0	-2.1	476.2	62	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	484.0	481.6	-2.4	488.1	197	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	471.1	473.1	2.0	476.2	72	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	484.2	483.0	-1.2	486.3	170	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	480.5	468.7	-11.8	484.9	56	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Black or African American	484.9	484.9	0.0	488.1	39	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Hispanic or Latino	485.3	482.0	-3.3	490.4	137	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	506.0	506.7	0.7	508.9	101	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2024 Achievement	2025 Achievement	Change	2025 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	496.9	498.1	1.2	500.1	279	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	472.6	470.0	-2.6	477.3	60	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	485.1	485.8	0.7	487.9	167	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	469.3	470.7	1.4	473.2	48	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	486.2	486.2	0.0	489.6	144	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Students with Disabilities	479.8	477.8	-2.0	483.9	47	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	28	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	486.8	485.5	-1.3	490.4	122	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	509.0	510.1	1.1	511.3	101	3	Recovery Path: Met Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2025 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	49.0	254	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	45.8	62	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	45.6	155	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	55.6	38	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	46.5	134	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	39.8	52	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	15	-	-
Black or African American	46.1	30	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	45.9	113	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	48.8	86	2	Typical Growth - Low

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2025 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	49.2	250	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	43.5	62	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	48.9	152	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	51.6	38	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	50.5	131	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	34.7	49	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	15	-	-
Black or African American	47.1	31	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	51.1	112	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	45.5	82	2	Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	87.9	87.5	-0.4	90.4	335	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	84.1	83.9	-0.2	88.5	248	1	No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners	59.6	59.4	-0.2	67.5	64	1	No Change
Low Income	83.8	83.8	0.0	87.9	229	1	No Change
Students with Disabilities	87.3	86.8	-0.5	94.6	68	1	No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Black or African American	90.0	84.2	-5.8	95.0	38	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	80.0	81.8	1.8	84.5	143	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	97.0	92.8	-4.2	95.0	125	0	Declined

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2022 Rate (%)	2023 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	93.1	90.7	-2.4	95.0	289	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	91.1	87.7	-3.4	94.8	220	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	80.6	65.4	-15.2	87.3	52	0	Declined
Low Income	91.4	87.8	-3.6	95.0	197	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	93.2	90.9	-2.3	95.0	55	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Black or African American	100.0	96.7	-3.3	95.0	30	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	88.2	83.6	-4.6	93.0	140	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	97.8	97.0	-0.8	95.0	101	4	Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	1.5	1.1	-0.4	1.4	1,363	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	2.3	1.7	-0.6	2.1	867	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	7.2	5.7	-1.5	6.5	245	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	2.5	1.7	-0.8	2.2	726	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	1.3	0.4	-0.9	1.2	239	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	79	-	-
Black or African American	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	128	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	2.9	2.1	-0.8	2.6	633	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	49	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.0	471	3	Met Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	23.4	26.5	3.1	24.9	204	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	23.4	26.5	3.1	24.9	204	3	Met Target
Low Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Students with Disabilities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chronic absenteeism - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	31.9	25.2	-6.7	29.6	1,417	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	28.8	32.3	3.5	23.0	62	0	Declined
High Needs	39.6	32.9	-6.7	35.8	902	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	52.9	44.2	-8.7	48.7	342	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	40.3	33.1	-7.2	35.2	795	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	37.1	31.4	-5.7	32.7	223	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	73	-	-
Black or African American	29.6	20.1	-9.5	26.5	149	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	40.9	34.2	-6.7	36.9	644	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	62	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	23.1	17.1	-6.0	20.6	485	4	Exceeded Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	68.3	67.3	-1.0	72.4	663	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	55.2	54.1	-1.1	61.3	414	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	33.8	20.9	-12.9	40.5	129	0	Declined
Low Income	53.0	56.0	3.0	59.8	368	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	56.3	36.5	-19.8	64.4	96	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	40	-	-
Black or African American	64.2	63.8	-0.4	73.2	69	1	No Change
Hispanic or Latino	57.4	56.5	-0.9	64.8	301	1	No Change
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	25	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	78.8	77.3	-1.5	82.9	225	0	Declined

About this report

About the Data

Overall classification: All Massachusetts districts and schools with sufficient data are classified into one of two accountability categories: districts and schools requiring assistance or intervention, and districts and schools not requiring assistance or intervention. The reason(s) for the district's or school's classification are noted on this report.

Progress toward improvement targets: The criterion-referenced target percentage combines multiple years of data related to achievement, growth, high school completion, English learner progress, advanced coursework completion, and chronic absenteeism into a single number between 0 and 100. For a group to be considered to be meeting targets it must have a cumulative criterion-referenced target percentage of 75% or higher.

The annual criterion-referenced target percentage is calculated by dividing the weighted total points earned by the weighted total possible points. The calculation for each is displayed below.

Weighted total of points earned = (Total achievement points earned x Achievement weight) + (Total growth points earned x Growth weight) + (Total high school completion points earned x high school completion weight) + (EL progress points earned x EL progress weight) + (Total additional indicator points earned x Additional indicator weight)

The cumulative criterion-referenced target percentage represents a weighted average of the annual criterion-referenced target percentages. At a minimum, a group must have an annual criterion-referenced target percentage for the most recent year in order to receive a cumulative percentage.

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.

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