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2022 Official Accountability Report - Palmer
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Palmer (02270000)		TITLE I STATUS
Title I District
REGION
West/Central		GRADES SERVED
PK,K,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12
Accountability information

Low participation rate: EL and former EL

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 494.2 486.2 598
High needs 487.0 480.4 414
Low income 488.5 481.2 374
EL and Former EL 479.5 471.8 32
Students w/ disabilities 473.6 469.0 128
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 13
Afr. Amer./Black-- 15
Hispanic/Latino 489.3 480.0 97
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 490.1 488.8 25
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 495.5 487.4 448

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 501.7 491.8 64
High needs 492.0 484.6 44
Low income 493.9 484.6 43
EL and Former EL-- 4
Students w/ disabilities-- 16
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 4
Afr. Amer./Black---
Hispanic/Latino-- 11
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 7
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 503.9 494.9 41

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 488.2 483.5 594
High needs 482.2 477.5 410
Low income 483.1 478.5 369
EL and Former EL 476.4 473.3 34
Students w/ disabilities 472.2 465.4 122
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 13
Afr. Amer./Black-- 14
Hispanic/Latino 482.5 477.1 97
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 482.8 489.9 25
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 489.5 484.6 445

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 502.2 493.6 62
High needs 492.3 486.4 42
Low income 494.0 487.1 41
EL and Former EL-- 3
Students w/ disabilities-- 14
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 4
Afr. Amer./Black---
Hispanic/Latino-- 11
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 7
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 504.1 498.4 39

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 487.8 483.5 216
High needs 479.7 477.6 148
Low income 480.8 477.7 136
EL and Former EL-- 11
Students w/ disabilities 471.1 467.5 41
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black-- 5
Hispanic/Latino 486.1 477.7 32
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 8
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 489.0 485.0 168

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 89.7 493.2 53
High needs 80.4 486.6 34
Low income 81.5 487.2 33
EL and Former EL-- 1
Students w/ disabilities-- 13
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 4
Afr. Amer./Black---
Hispanic/Latino-- 8
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 7
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 91.5 497.0 33

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 38.3 43.6 440
High needs 38.3 39.4 297
Low income 37.8 39.3 266
EL and Former EL 46.4 43.3 24
Students w/ disabilities 38.2 34.4 83
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 12
Afr. Amer./Black-- 10
Hispanic/Latino 42.4 40.7 63
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 18
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 38.0 43.8 337

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 51.8 36.3 51
High needs 46.4 34.8 32
Low income 46.5 33.0 31
EL and Former EL-- 2
Students w/ disabilities-- 10
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 4
Afr. Amer./Black---
Hispanic/Latino-- 7
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 7
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 53.4 36.2 32

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 37.5 42.1 439
High needs 38.4 39.4 296
Low income 38.4 39.8 264
EL and Former EL 39.6 39.1 25
Students w/ disabilities 36.1 30.4 79
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 12
Afr. Amer./Black-- 11
Hispanic/Latino 35.4 39.1 64
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 18
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 37.6 42.4 334

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 57.7 50.3 51
High needs 44.0 44.9 32
Low income 45.4 31
EL and Former EL-- 2
Students w/ disabilities-- 10
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 4
Afr. Amer./Black---
Hispanic/Latino-- 7
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 7
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 59.0 57.2 32

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 92.1 92.8 83
High needs 87.3 86.0 43
Low income 86.3 87.8 41
EL and Former EL-- 2
Students w/ disabilities-- 11
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 2
Afr. Amer./Black-- 3
Hispanic/Latino-- 5
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 6
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 91.9 92.5 67

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2019 Rate (%) 2020 Rate (%) N
All Students 93.3 95.5 89
High needs 87.3 92.7 55
Low income 87.2 92.2 51
EL and Former EL-- 1
Students w/ disabilities 72.7 92.0 25
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 2
Afr. Amer./Black-- 2
Hispanic/Latino-- 10
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 93.2 94.6 74

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 2.0 3.3 276
High needs 4.7 5.1 137
Low income 3.7 5.6 124
EL and Former EL-- 3
Students w/ disabilities 8.0 7.7 39
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 9
Afr. Amer./Black-- 9
Hispanic/Latino 0.0 0.0 27
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 17
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 2.4 3.8 213

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students 50.0 37.5 40
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL 50.0 37.5 40
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-- 6
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL-- 6
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 10.7 4.5 818
High needs 15.4 5.9 573
Low income 17.8 6.3 520
EL and Former EL 17.8 8.3 48
Students w/ disabilities 16.4 6.3 176
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 18
Afr. Amer./Black 21.9 11.5 26
Hispanic/Latino 20.7 9.8 132
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 20.0 3.1 32
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 7.8 3.3 610

*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 16.8 11.4 297
High needs 30.5 14.4 195
Low income 34.5 14.6 185
EL and Former EL-- 14
Students w/ disabilities 26.9 15.9 63
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 10
Afr. Amer./Black-- 9
Hispanic/Latino 32.1 15.2 46
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 19
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 14.4 9.9 212

*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 64.1 55.1 138
High needs 47.4 38.7 75
Low income 51.9 39.7 68
EL and Former EL-- 1
Students w/ disabilities- 16.7 24
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black-- 4
Hispanic/Latino-- 17
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 6
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 64.7 55.6 108

Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed %
All Students 671 66299 670 65698 284 27798

Assessment participation - Student groups
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed %
High needs 466 458 465 452 196 189 1,127 1,09998
Low income 424 417 423 410 183 176 1,030 1,00397
EL and Former EL 40 36 39 37 15- 94 8793
Students w/ disabilities 146 144 143 136 58 54 347 33496
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat. 1- 1- 1- 3--
Asian 18- 18- 8- 44--
Afr. Amer./Black 15- 15- 5- 35--
Hispanic/Latino 109 108 110 108 44 43 263 25998
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 32 32 32 32 15- 79 79100
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---------
White 496 489 494 484 211 206 1,201 1,17998

School Accountability Information
School Accountability information School accountability percentile
Old Mill PondDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022 12
Palmer HighLow student group performance; Low participation rate 30


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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