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Somerville High

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2026

Accountability Report

2026 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

Moderate progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
25% - Moderate progress toward targets	36

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

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	21%	27%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 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

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	31%	18%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	23%
	Limited or no progress toward targets

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	495.7	496.3	0.6	497.8	318	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	468.3	466.5	-1.8	473.4	63	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	483.2	481.0	-2.2	486.5	182	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	467.5	468.6	1.1	470.4	76	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	484.6	480.6	-4.0	487.4	155	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	473.0	474.3	1.3	475.6	49	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Black or African American	487.1	481.9	-5.2	491.7	32	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	482.7	482.8	0.1	484.2	130	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	510.2	510.5	0.3	513.2	126	3	Path Forward: Met Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	493.3	493.4	0.1	495.1	310	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	469.0	466.9	-2.1	474.1	63	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	481.6	479.0	-2.6	485.7	175	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	473.1	470.3	-2.8	478.2	75	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	483.0	479.3	-3.7	485.1	149	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	468.7	472.7	4.0	473.1	48	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Black or African American	484.9	478.8	-6.1	488.1	32	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	482.0	480.7	-1.3	487.1	125	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	506.7	505.4	-1.3	509.6	124	0	Path Forward: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	498.1	494.3	-3.8	501.1	289	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	470.0	460.3	-9.7	474.7	61	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	485.8	478.7	-7.1	488.3	155	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	470.7	466.3	-4.4	474.6	54	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income	486.2	479.2	-7.0	489.2	133	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	477.8	469.4	-8.4	481.2	46	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Black or African American	496.5	474.4	-22.1	499.5	27	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	485.5	483.5	-2.0	488.8	114	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	510.1	506.1	-4.0	512.4	119	3	Recovery Path: Met Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	52.4	274	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	47.7	63	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	46.9	147	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	51.4	47	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	45.3	125	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	46.9	45	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	12	-	-
Black or African American	48.3	25	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	48.8	105	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	16	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	55.2	115	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	47.3	268	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	43.0	63	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	44.7	142	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	40.9	48	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	45.4	120	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	45.1	43	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	12	-	-
Black or African American	45.0	26	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	47.7	102	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	14	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	45.8	113	2	Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	87.5	89.8	2.3	90.0	364	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	83.9	85.5	1.6	88.3	256	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	59.4	66.0	6.6	67.3	94	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	83.8	85.8	2.0	87.9	239	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	86.8	90.5	3.7	94.1	42	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
Black or African American	84.2	100.0	15.8	91.4	35	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	81.8	81.1	-0.7	86.3	175	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	92.8	97.6	4.8	95.0	123	4	Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	90.7	92.2	1.5	92.8	335	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	87.7	89.5	1.8	91.4	248	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	65.4	67.2	1.8	72.1	64	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	87.8	89.1	1.3	91.5	229	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	90.9	95.6	4.7	95.0	68	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Black or African American	96.7	94.7	-2.0	95.0	38	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	83.6	87.4	3.8	88.4	143	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	97.0	96.0	-1.0	95.0	125	4	Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	1.1	2.1	1.0	1.0	1,383	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	1.7	3.3	1.6	1.5	851	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	5.7	8.4	2.7	5.1	262	0	Declined
Low Income	1.7	3.2	1.5	1.5	724	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	0.4	3.1	2.7	1.0	229	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	71	-	-
Black or African American	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.0	141	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	2.1	3.3	1.2	1.8	628	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	59	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.0	480	3	Met Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	26.5	30.5	4.0	28.0	213	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	26.5	30.5	4.0	28.0	213	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	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	25.2	23.4	-1.8	22.9	1,373	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	32.3	23.8	-8.5	26.5	63	4	Exceeded Target
High Needs	32.9	30.4	-2.5	29.1	846	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	44.2	31.5	-12.7	40.0	356	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	33.1	31.3	-1.8	28.0	719	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	31.4	32.2	0.8	27.0	214	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	68	-	-
Black or African American	20.1	17.1	-3.0	17.0	146	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	34.2	32.1	-2.1	30.2	613	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	65	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	17.1	16.9	-0.2	14.6	478	2	Improved Below Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	67.3	65.6	-1.7	71.4	654	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	54.1	51.0	-3.1	60.2	418	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	20.9	32.3	11.4	27.6	155	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	56.0	52.0	-4.0	62.8	354	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	36.5	33.6	-2.9	44.6	113	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	36	-	-
Black or African American	63.8	57.0	-6.8	72.8	79	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	56.5	54.5	-2.0	63.9	292	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	32	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	77.3	77.6	0.3	81.4	214	2	Improved Below 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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