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2022 Official Accountability Report - Somerville

Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Somerville (02740000)
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 499.8 492.4 1,927
High needs 490.3 482.2 1,300
Low income 490.6 481.0 1,085
EL and Former EL 484.9 476.3 601
Students w/ disabilities 479.4 473.1 453
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 510.4 505.6 100
Afr. Amer./Black 491.8 482.5 174
Hispanic/Latino 490.0 480.0 808
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 506.4 501.8 86
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 2
White 510.7 505.0 756

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 503.8 501.3 300
High needs 489.9 491.0 193
Low income 491.9 490.8 167
EL and Former EL 477.4 475.8 57
Students w/ disabilities 480.6 480.3 69
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 15
Afr. Amer./Black 491.8 495.5 35
Hispanic/Latino 493.4 488.0 128
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 7
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 517.3 516.5 115

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 495.9 488.5 1,930
High needs 486.2 478.3 1,306
Low income 485.9 476.8 1,090
EL and Former EL 481.8 473.5 603
Students w/ disabilities 476.1 472.6 455
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 510.4 503.3 102
Afr. Amer./Black 487.0 478.8 174
Hispanic/Latino 485.3 476.3 809
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 505.6 499.8 85
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 2
White 507.2 500.6 757

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 499.5 496.5 296
High needs 487.8 486.2 191
Low income 489.6 484.9 165
EL and Former EL 479.5 474.3 54
Students w/ disabilities 478.2 479.5 68
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 15
Afr. Amer./Black 490.4 482.7 35
Hispanic/Latino 491.0 483.4 123
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 8
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 509.3 512.9 115

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 493.5 491.5 612
High needs 484.2 480.8 416
Low income 484.9 478.7 344
EL and Former EL 479.6 474.5 183
Students w/ disabilities 476.1 475.3 150
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 502.7 497.7 37
Afr. Amer./Black 485.8 484.8 47
Hispanic/Latino 485.0 478.8 267
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 503.3 502.7 27
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 502.9 505.3 232

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 87.1 494.8 279
High needs 79.1 485.0 181
Low income 78.8 484.0 157
EL and Former EL 66.5 470.4 52
Students w/ disabilities 76.7 478.2 67
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 16
Afr. Amer./Black 79.8 484.9 28
Hispanic/Latino 82.6 482.0 119
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 6
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 93.2 508.7 110

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 52.5 52.3 1,424
High needs 51.4 48.1 949
Low income 50.7 47.5 814
EL and Former EL 52.1 47.9 429
Students w/ disabilities 47.1 41.2 313
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 57.4 58.8 78
Afr. Amer./Black 50.3 47.9 119
Hispanic/Latino 51.3 48.0 625
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 52.5 52.8 64
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 2
White 53.8 57.1 535

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 49.0 52.0 243
High needs 40.3 48.4 153
Low income 40.7 47.3 135
EL and Former EL 38.4 52.0 38
Students w/ disabilities 33.3 41.6 52
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 13
Afr. Amer./Black 55.8 26
Hispanic/Latino 43.2 45.7 100
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 6
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 57.8 56.0 98

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 48.8 53.9 1,413
High needs 47.1 49.2 944
Low income 46.3 48.4 811
EL and Former EL 47.2 48.2 427
Students w/ disabilities 45.7 47.1 308
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 54.4 63.4 78
Afr. Amer./Black 45.6 54.3 117
Hispanic/Latino 45.2 46.9 622
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 60.8 56.2 63
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 2
White 51.6 60.2 530

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 39.2 41.1 242
High needs 36.8 40.4 152
Low income 36.9 39.3 133
EL and Former EL 40.0 51.9 35
Students w/ disabilities 29.8 40.0 52
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 14
Afr. Amer./Black 41.8 26
Hispanic/Latino 40.2 37.9 97
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 7
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 40.2 41.9 98

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 88.0 86.9 297
High needs 85.0 81.0 200
Low income 86.3 79.8 188
EL and Former EL 72.9 63.6 33
Students w/ disabilities 77.6 70.3 64
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 16
Afr. Amer./Black 89.5 71.0 31
Hispanic/Latino 83.6 82.1 134
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 4
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 92.9 95.5 112

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2019 Rate (%) 2020 Rate (%) N
All Students 91.5 92.1 342
High needs 87.4 89.9 267
Low income 88.6 91.0 234
EL and Former EL 76.7 81.4 59
Students w/ disabilities 82.1 84.7 85
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 96.9 96.7 30
Afr. Amer./Black 90.9 93.0 57
Hispanic/Latino 86.8 88.2 152
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 4
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 96.2 97.0 99

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 2.0 1.9 1,260
High needs 3.0 3.0 771
Low income 2.4 2.4 622
EL and Former EL 7.8 6.1 164
Students w/ disabilities 2.2 3.5 230
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 0.0 0.0 76
Afr. Amer./Black 1.9 1.5 137
Hispanic/Latino 3.5 3.4 586
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 0.0 0.0 24
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 2
White 0.5 0.5 434

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students 54.3 63.8 564
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL 54.3 63.8 564
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 28.9 48.1 154
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL 28.9 48.1 154
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 8.0 4.9 2,933
High needs 10.7 7.1 1,998
Low income 12.0 7.8 1,665
EL and Former EL 9.2 7.4 1,055
Students w/ disabilities 12.8 8.7 598
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 3
Asian 5.1 5.2 174
Afr. Amer./Black 9.4 5.2 248
Hispanic/Latino 9.9 7.7 1,218
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 9.8 2.8 145
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 5
White 5.8 2.2 1,140

*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 26.6 18.3 1,475
High needs 33.3 23.3 1,063
Low income 35.5 23.9 930
EL and Former EL 34.5 29.4 408
Students w/ disabilities 39.6 23.2 289
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 3
Asian 11.7 13.3 83
Afr. Amer./Black 23.7 16.6 157
Hispanic/Latino 33.8 25.4 714
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 16.7 12.9 31
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 2
White 20.8 9.9 485

*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.


Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2021 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students 59.8 52.6 625
High needs 46.3 42.4 448
Low income 46.5 42.7 403
EL and Former EL 24.1 21.8 147
Students w/ disabilities 30.7 25.8 120
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 77.8 87.9 33
Afr. Amer./Black 48.5 40.8 71
Hispanic/Latino 51.2 41.5 299
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 15
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.-- 1
White 71.2 65.9 205

Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed %
All Students 2,375 2,34899 2,377 2,34499 985 97399

Assessment participation - Student groups
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed %
High needs 1,639 1,614 1,641 1,615 678 668 3,958 3,89798
Low income 1,366 1,350 1,370 1,350 567 559 3,303 3,25999
EL and Former EL 787 779 785 775 296 292 1,868 1,84699
Students w/ disabilities 537 521 539 523 229 225 1,305 1,26997
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat. 1- 1- 1- 3--
Asian 123 122 125 124 58 58 306 30499
Afr. Amer./Black 223 220 222 219 90 87 535 52698
Hispanic/Latino 1,032 1,020 1,030 1,013 439 434 2,501 2,46799
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 94 94 95 94 35 35 224 223100
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl. 2- 2- 1- 5--
White 900 889 902 891 361 357 2,163 2,13799

School Accountability Information
School Accountability information School accountability percentile
Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln ParkDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 38
Arthur D HealeyDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 28
Benjamin G BrownDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 99
Capuano Early Childhood CenterInsufficient data-
E Somerville CommunityDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 29
Full Circle High SchoolInsufficient data-
John F KennedyDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 92
Next Wave Junior HighInsufficient data-
Somerville HighLow participation rate 31
West Somerville NeighborhoodLow participation rate 61
Winter Hill CommunityDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 15


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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