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2025 Official Accountability Report - B M C Durfee High
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Fall River (00950000)		TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School
REGION
Coastal		GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

Accountability Information

Overall classificationRequiring assistance or intervention
Reason for classification
In need of focused/targeted support
Low student group performance: White
Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
25% - Moderate progress toward targets11

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage14%33%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		25%
Moderate 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
14

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage18%29%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		25%
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 487.5 489.3 1.8 489.6 5513Recovery Path: Met Target
Lowest Performing 463.9 467.6 3.7 469.0 952Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs 483.4 485.7 2.3 487.7 4542Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 471.3 468.8 -2.5 474.8 1610Path Forward: Declined
Low Income 483.9 486.8 2.9 488.8 4292Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 472.2 473.2 1.0 475.4 1032Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian---- 19--
Black or African American 484.9 491.2 6.3 490.0 824Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino 481.8 482.3 0.5 485.5 1832Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 485.7 494.7 9.0 489.2 434Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 491.9 491.7 -0.2 497.0 2231Path Forward: No Change

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 480.1 480.0 -0.1 484.2 5321Path Forward: No Change
Lowest Performing 464.5 463.4 -1.1 469.6 950Path Forward: Declined
High Needs 476.9 476.7 -0.2 481.1 4381Path Forward: No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners 470.7 468.5 -2.2 475.8 1520Path Forward: Declined
Low Income 477.2 477.5 0.3 481.0 4142Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 470.9 468.3 -2.6 475.0 1030Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian---- 19--
Black or African American 475.9 484.3 8.4 481.0 804Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino 477.0 474.5 -2.5 480.8 1770Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 478.6 481.6 3.0 482.7 412Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 483.0 481.0 -2.0 487.0 2140Path Forward: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 480.6 478.8 -1.8 484.2 4460Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing 461.0 455.6 -5.4 464.9 920Path Forward: Declined
High Needs 476.7 475.1 -1.6 478.7 3610Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 469.6 462.0 -7.6 474.0 1150Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income 477.2 475.8 -1.4 480.6 3420Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities 468.3 466.4 -1.9 471.3 830Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian---- 13--
Black or African American 476.6 481.5 4.9 479.5 564Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino 476.4 471.5 -4.9 479.3 1470Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 477.3 484.9 7.6 480.4 374Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 484.4 481.0 -3.4 486.8 1920Recovery Path: Declined

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 57.5 4443Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing 57.3 953Typical Growth - High
High Needs 56.3 3563Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners 53.5 963Typical Growth - High
Low Income 56.7 3353Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities 48.2 842Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native- 1--
Asian- 16--
Black or African American 67.1 604Exceeded Typical Growth
Hispanic or Latino 58.2 1343Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 57.8 383Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 54.0 1953Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 45.0 4332Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 42.5 952Typical Growth - Low
High Needs 43.7 3472Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners 41.4 962Typical Growth - Low
Low Income 44.2 3262Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 41.4 802Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native- 1--
Asian- 16--
Black or African American 54.3 593Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino 41.0 1362Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 43.0 372Typical Growth - Low
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 44.3 1842Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 82.4 79.9 -2.5 86.9 5460Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 81.0 77.3 -3.7 86.1 4660Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 80.9 68.8 -12.1 86.5 1280Declined
Low Income 81.2 77.3 -3.9 86.5 4540Declined
Students with Disabilities 58.9 55.0 -3.9 68.0 1000Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 29--
Black or African American 91.2 84.1 -7.1 95.0 690Declined
Hispanic or Latino 84.9 72.8 -12.1 91.3 1690Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 76.5 86.5 10.0 81.0 374Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 78.4 80.6 2.2 82.3 2422Improved Below Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2022 Rate (%) 2023 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 89.4 85.8 -3.6 92.1 5780Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 88.0 84.6 -3.4 91.6 5260Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 81.5 84.9 3.4 88.5 1522Improved Below Target
Low Income 88.4 84.5 -3.9 92.7 5110Declined
Students with Disabilities 86.0 73.7 -12.3 93.0 950Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian---- 25--
Black or African American 98.2 92.6 -5.6 95.0 680Declined
Hispanic or Latino 90.0 88.1 -1.9 94.1 1590Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 77.8 79.4 1.6 80.5 342Improved Below Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 87.3 82.8 -4.5 90.1 2910Declined

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 2.6 2.7 0.1 2.3 2,4011No Change
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 2.8 3.2 0.4 2.5 1,8960Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 3.2 4.8 1.6 2.9 5210Declined
Low Income 2.6 3.3 0.7 2.3 1,7370Declined
Students with Disabilities 4.5 3.5 -1.0 4.0 4334Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 5--
Asian---- 97--
Black or African American 0.4 2.6 2.2 1.0 2710Declined
Hispanic or Latino 1.3 2.4 1.1 1.2 7760Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 3.7 4.4 0.7 3.3 2050Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander---- 1--
White 3.9 2.7 -1.2 3.5 1,0464Exceeded Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 11.3 18.6 7.3 12.8 5274Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs-------
English Learners and Former English Learners 11.3 18.6 7.3 12.8 5274Exceeded 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 39.4 36.8 -2.6 36.4 2,7333Met Target
Lowest Performing 46.3 34.7 -11.6 39.4 954Exceeded Target
High Needs 43.0 39.8 -3.2 39.4 2,2503Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 37.4 34.3 -3.1 33.0 8582Improved Below Target
Low Income 43.3 40.3 -3.0 39.3 2,0982Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 48.2 46.1 -2.1 44.4 4472Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 6--
Asian---- 91--
Black or African American 28.4 25.1 -3.3 24.7 4263Met Target
Hispanic or Latino 45.0 41.5 -3.5 41.1 9093Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 43.8 41.2 -2.6 40.8 2163Met Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander---- 2--
White 38.8 37.8 -1.0 35.2 1,0832Improved Below Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 60.1 65.5 5.4 64.9 1,3033Met Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 55.5 59.3 3.8 60.6 1,0362Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 39.9 43.6 3.7 47.5 3692Improved Below Target
Low Income 57.1 59.7 2.6 62.4 9512Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 32.9 36.3 3.4 38.4 2152Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 3--
Asian---- 47--
Black or African American 56.3 58.5 2.2 63.0 1832Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino 51.6 58.7 7.1 58.1 4193Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 66.3 67.6 1.3 71.1 1022Improved Below Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander---- 2--
White 64.8 71.1 6.3 69.6 5474Exceeded Target


About this report

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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