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Newton North High

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2025 Official Accountability Report - Newton North High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Newton (02070000)

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

Substantial progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
69% - Substantial progress toward targets	86

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	69%	68%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)	69%
	Substantial 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	62%	62%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)	62%
	Substantial 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	520.0	516.3	-3.7	521.0	515	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	497.9	496.0	-1.9	501.5	106	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	503.8	501.1	-2.7	505.7	173	3	Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	498.7	487.2	-11.5	499.7	28	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income	504.1	500.8	-3.3	507.7	78	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	500.4	499.0	-1.4	502.3	104	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	528.0	518.9	-9.1	531.4	88	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	503.7	506.4	2.7	507.7	30	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	505.6	506.7	1.1	507.2	52	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	529.1	521.9	-7.2	530.1	41	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	520.1	517.5	-2.6	521.4	301	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2024 Achievement	2025 Achievement	Change	2025 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	515.6	517.7	2.1	516.7	513	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	491.3	493.2	1.9	494.6	106	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	500.7	501.7	1.0	502.1	170	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	508.1	500.0	-8.1	513.2	28	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	499.1	501.7	2.6	503.6	78	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	496.9	498.2	1.3	499.4	101	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	529.9	530.2	0.3	533.3	89	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	494.2	500.6	6.4	499.3	30	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	500.3	502.8	2.5	502.6	52	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	521.6	523.9	2.3	522.7	40	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	514.5	517.8	3.3	516.2	299	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2024 Achievement	2025 Achievement	Change	2025 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	519.9	519.8	-0.1	523.5	488	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	494.6	496.1	1.5	497.2	103	3	Path Forward: Met Target
High Needs	504.4	505.1	0.7	508.0	152	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Low Income	502.2	505.9	3.7	507.3	63	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	501.4	502.3	0.9	504.7	97	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	529.2	528.4	-0.8	532.9	79	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	500.3	505.4	5.1	504.1	28	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	503.6	510.2	6.6	508.3	45	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	527.9	524.4	-3.5	528.9	36	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	520.3	519.9	-0.4	524.1	297	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2025 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	59.5	451	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	56.1	106	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	56.7	142	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	13	-	-
Low Income	58.1	62	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	54.0	91	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	60.2	73	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American	54.9	27	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	58.6	45	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	61.3	32	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	60.0	272	4	Exceeded Typical Growth

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2025 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	56.5	452	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	59.1	106	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	56.6	142	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	17	-	-
Low Income	55.1	65	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	58.2	88	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	56.0	73	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	62.4	27	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Hispanic or Latino	49.9	46	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	47.1	31	2	Typical Growth - Low
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	58.4	273	3	Typical Growth - High

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	96.4	94.8	-1.6	95.0	523	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	90.4	88.2	-2.2	93.5	211	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	81.8	66.7	-15.1	82.9	27	0	Declined
Low Income	88.1	87.2	-0.9	92.2	133	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	87.5	86.3	-1.2	91.5	124	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	100.0	97.3	-2.7	95.0	75	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	100.0	92.3	-7.7	95.0	26	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	92.2	86.4	-5.8	94.8	66	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	90.5	100.0	9.5	91.6	34	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	97.0	95.7	-1.3	95.0	322	4	Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2022 Rate (%)	2023 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	99.1	98.4	-0.7	95.0	501	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	98.0	96.0	-2.0	95.0	177	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	91.3	90.9	-0.4	92.3	22	1	No Change
Low Income	97.7	95.0	-2.7	95.0	101	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	97.4	95.2	-2.2	95.0	104	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	71	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	24	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	97.0	95.3	-1.7	95.0	64	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	100.0	95.2	-4.8	95.0	42	3	Met Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	99.0	99.0	0.0	95.0	298	4	Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	0.6	0.6	0.0	1.0	2,085	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	1.7	1.8	0.1	1.5	666	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	5.6	13.0	7.4	5.0	69	0	Declined
Low Income	2.3	2.8	0.5	2.1	319	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	1.8	0.5	-1.3	1.6	400	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	340	3	Met Target
Black or African American	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	108	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	2.0	3.3	1.3	1.8	244	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	0.7	0.0	-0.7	1.0	146	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
White	0.6	0.2	-0.4	1.0	1,242	4	Exceeded Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	44.7	54.4	9.7	46.2	57	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	44.7	54.4	9.7	46.2	57	4	Exceeded 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	18.4	17.3	-1.1	17.3	2,090	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	24.8	18.9	-5.9	20.8	106	4	Exceeded Target
High Needs	31.5	30.1	-1.4	28.4	651	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	30.3	36.4	6.1	25.8	143	0	Declined
Low Income	36.6	36.7	0.1	32.4	365	1	No Change
Students with Disabilities	32.3	27.1	-5.2	28.4	321	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	8.5	9.9	1.4	6.6	364	3	Met Target
Black or African American	20.6	20.4	-0.2	17.3	103	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	33.2	32.4	-0.8	29.2	259	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	16.1	17.5	1.4	15.0	160	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
White	18.0	15.9	-2.1	16.6	1,197	4	Exceeded Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	84.7	81.9	-2.8	86.8	1,058	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	61.1	55.0	-6.1	67.1	351	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	51.4	43.9	-7.5	56.6	57	0	Declined
Low Income	60.2	57.2	-3.0	66.0	187	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	54.8	45.8	-9.0	62.5	203	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	96.0	93.8	-2.2	95.0	176	3	Met Target
Black or African American	66.7	58.0	-8.7	73.9	50	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	61.2	63.8	2.6	67.6	141	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	98.6	85.3	-13.3	95.0	75	3	Met Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	87.2	84.2	-3.0	89.7	614	3	Met Target

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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