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2024 Official Accountability Report - Watertown High
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Watertown (03140000)		TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School
REGION
Coastal		GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

Accountability Information

Overall classificationNot requiring assistance or intervention
Reason for classification
Moderate progress toward targets
Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
45% - Moderate progress toward targets42

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20232024
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage70%29%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2023 x 40%) + (2024 x 60%)		45%
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
40

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20232024
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage55%22%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2023 x 40%) + (2024 x 60%)		35%
Moderate progress toward targets

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2023 Achievement 2024 Achievement Change 2024 Target N Points Reason
All Students 504.6 498.6 -6.0 506.2 1790Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing 477.2 480.0 2.8 482.3 372Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs 495.8 488.6 -7.2 499.1 1070Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 476.6 475.5 -1.1 478.4 380Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income 495.9 489.7 -6.2 497.6 900Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities 489.5 479.4 -10.1 492.1 310Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 14--
Black or African American---- 6--
Hispanic or Latino 491.3 490.2 -1.1 494.8 590Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 11--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 508.3 504.0 -4.3 511.3 890Path Forward: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2023 Achievement 2024 Achievement Change 2024 Target N Points Reason
All Students 507.3 504.0 -3.3 509.4 1710Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing 483.1 479.9 -3.2 488.2 350Path Forward: Declined
High Needs 498.6 492.9 -5.7 500.8 1010Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 487.7 485.3 -2.4 492.8 350Path Forward: Declined
Low Income 498.9 494.4 -4.5 501.8 840Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities 490.6 478.7 -11.9 495.0 290Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 14--
Black or African American---- 6--
Hispanic or Latino 494.9 495.6 0.7 499.3 542Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 11--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 509.7 507.9 -1.8 511.0 860Recovery Path: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2023 Achievement 2024 Achievement Change 2024 Target N Points Reason
All Students 500.7 498.9 -1.8 504.1 1700Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing 478.6 478.5 -0.1 483.3 371Path Forward: No Change
High Needs 491.9 489.2 -2.7 495.3 990Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 477.0 477.6 0.6 481.3 332Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income 492.2 490.0 -2.2 495.4 840Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities 484.4 479.6 -4.8 487.0 290Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 13--
Black or African American---- 5--
Hispanic or Latino 492.4 489.0 -3.4 497.1 570Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 11--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 503.0 505.2 2.2 505.9 842Recovery Path: Improved Below Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2024 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 42.8 1542Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 52.4 373Typical Growth - High
High Needs 43.4 862Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners- 18--
Low Income 41.5 702Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 42.8 312Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian- 12--
Black or African American- 4--
Hispanic or Latino 49.3 452Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 11--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 37.8 821Low Growth

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2024 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 58.8 1503Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing 52.9 353Typical Growth - High
High Needs 56.2 833Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners- 18--
Low Income 56.3 673Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities 46.2 292Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian- 12--
Black or African American- 4--
Hispanic or Latino 61.0 434Exceeded Typical Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 11--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 56.2 803Typical Growth - High

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2022 Rate (%) 2023 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 89.0 86.4 -2.6 91.5 1690Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 83.8 78.1 -5.7 88.2 1050Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 51.9 48.3 -3.6 59.8 290Declined
Low Income 82.0 76.4 -5.6 86.1 890Declined
Students with Disabilities 92.0 73.3 -18.7 95.0 300Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 2--
Asian---- 15--
Black or African American---- 6--
Hispanic or Latino 71.4 65.0 -6.4 75.9 400Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 10--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 95.3 92.7 -2.6 95.0 960Declined

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2021 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 91.1 91.4 0.3 93.2 1632Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 87.8 87.6 -0.2 91.5 1051No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners 72.7 55.6 -17.1 79.4 270Declined
Low Income 90.9 85.4 -5.5 94.6 890Declined
Students with Disabilities 84.6 100.0 15.4 89.7 254Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 18--
Black or African American---- 7--
Hispanic or Latino 77.3 76.2 -1.1 82.1 420Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 11--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 94.7 96.5 1.8 95.0 854Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2022 Rate (%) 2023 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 2.7 1.8 -0.9 2.4 7294Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 4.4 2.8 -1.6 4.0 3984Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 17.1 10.5 -6.6 15.4 954Exceeded Target
Low Income 5.0 1.8 -3.2 4.5 3274Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 2.7 0.8 -1.9 2.4 1204Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 5--
Asian---- 61--
Black or African American---- 29--
Hispanic or Latino 9.9 5.5 -4.4 8.9 1814Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 47--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 1.1 0.7 -0.4 1.0 4064Exceeded Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 34.4 33.8 -0.6 39.9 741No Change
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs-------
English Learners and Former English Learners 34.4 33.8 -0.6 39.9 741No Change
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 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 32.4 32.6 0.2 30.1 7891No Change
Lowest Performing 29.5 37.8 8.3 23.7 370Declined
High Needs 41.3 41.8 0.5 37.5 4661No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners 48.5 43.2 -5.3 44.3 1854Exceeded Target
Low Income 42.7 43.1 0.4 37.6 4011No Change
Students with Disabilities 37.5 40.0 2.5 33.1 1250Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 2--
Asian---- 56--
Black or African American---- 38--
Hispanic or Latino 51.8 49.0 -2.8 47.8 2082Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 53--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 27.1 28.0 0.9 24.6 4320Declined

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 61.0 58.0 -3.0 65.1 3810Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 43.5 42.9 -0.6 49.6 2191No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners 24.1 26.8 2.7 30.8 712Improved Below Target
Low Income 46.5 43.3 -3.2 53.3 1870Declined
Students with Disabilities 31.9 22.6 -9.3 40.0 620Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 2--
Asian---- 30--
Black or African American---- 19--
Hispanic or Latino 38.0 43.6 5.6 45.4 782Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 26--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 69.5 63.7 -5.8 73.6 2260Declined


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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