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2025 Official Accountability Report - Amherst
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Amherst (00080000)		TITLE I STATUS
Title I District
REGION
West/Central		GRADES SERVED
PK,K,01,02,03,04,05,06

Accountability Information

Overall classificationRequiring assistance or intervention
Reason for classification
In need of focused/targeted support
Low participation rate: Students with Disabilities
Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
69% - Substantial progress toward targets-

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage81%60%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		69%
Substantial progress toward targets

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All Students
(Non-high school grades)		 Lowest Performing Students
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement24-24-
Mathematics achievement24-44-
Science achievement04----
Achievement total41260.06867.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-34-
Mathematics growth34-34-
Growth total6820.06822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate------
Extended engagement rate------
Annual dropout rate------
High school completion total------
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total4410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism34-34-
Advanced coursework completion------
Additional indicators total3410.03410.0
Weighted total4.39.6-5.77.6-
Percentage of possible points 45%-75%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage60%

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All Students
(Non-high school grades)		 Lowest Performing Students
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement34-24-
Mathematics achievement44-44-
Science achievement44----
Achievement total111260.06867.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-24-
Mathematics growth44-34-
Growth total7820.05822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate------
Extended engagement rate------
Annual dropout rate------
High school completion total------
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total4410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-24-
Advanced coursework completion------
Additional indicators total4410.02410.0
Weighted total8.89.6-5.47.6-
Percentage of possible points 92%-71%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage81%

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage96%49%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		68%
Substantial progress toward targets

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement24-
Mathematics achievement24-
Science achievement14-
Achievement total51267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-
Mathematics growth34-
Growth total6822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate---
Extended engagement rate---
Annual dropout rate---
High school completion total---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism34-
Advanced coursework completion---
Additional indicators total3410.0
Weighted total5.010.3-
Percentage of possible points 49%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage49%

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement44-
Mathematics achievement44-
Science achievement44-
Achievement total121267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-
Mathematics growth34-
Growth total6822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate---
Extended engagement rate---
Annual dropout rate---
High school completion total---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-
Advanced coursework completion---
Additional indicators total4410.0
Weighted total9.910.3-
Percentage of possible points 96%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage96%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 499.2 500.9 1.7 502.4 5262Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing 469.1 471.9 2.8 474.2 872Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs 484.8 486.7 1.9 487.7 2562Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 478.6 479.8 1.2 481.7 812Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income 481.2 484.5 3.3 483.9 1834Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 479.7 482.0 2.3 481.8 1373Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian 503.5 506.6 3.1 505.9 534Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American 488.4 486.3 -2.1 490.8 560Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino 481.3 484.2 2.9 483.9 1283Recovery Path: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 502.5 507.4 4.9 504.4 434Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander---- 1--
White 508.5 510.6 2.1 510.4 2444Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 497.8 498.4 0.6 499.8 5362Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing 464.2 469.7 5.5 468.1 874Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
High Needs 483.5 483.6 0.1 485.1 2632Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 481.8 480.4 -1.4 484.2 850Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income 477.0 480.0 3.0 479.0 1864Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 477.5 477.1 -0.4 479.7 1411Path Forward: No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian 513.4 515.3 1.9 516.3 524Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American 481.9 481.6 -0.3 484.2 581Path Forward: No Change
Hispanic or Latino 476.1 480.4 4.3 478.4 1324Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 502.3 502.7 0.4 504.2 442Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander---- 1--
White 507.2 507.4 0.2 509.0 2483Path Forward: Met Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 503.6 501.3 -2.3 506.3 1370Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing---- 28--
High Needs 485.6 485.5 -0.1 488.6 661Path Forward: No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners 478.1 478.4 0.3 481.3 282Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income 479.4 485.7 6.3 482.7 494Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 486.1 479.2 -6.9 489.5 330Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian---- 15--
Black or African American---- 14--
Hispanic or Latino 480.6 486.3 5.7 483.3 334Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 10--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 515.5 509.7 -5.8 518.1 644Path Forward: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 59.9 3813Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing 54.6 863Typical Growth - High
High Needs 55.1 1743Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners 53.2 563Typical Growth - High
Low Income 55.1 1273Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities 49.8 932Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native- 1--
Asian 61.0 414Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American 51.4 403Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino 55.2 853Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 68.9 344Exceeded Typical Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander- 1--
White 61.9 1794Exceeded Typical Growth

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 57.5 3823Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing 54.4 863Typical Growth - High
High Needs 53.5 1753Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners 55.1 583Typical Growth - High
Low Income 52.2 1263Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities 50.4 943Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native- 1--
Asian 62.7 404Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American 52.2 413Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino 55.2 853Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 58.3 353Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander- 1--
White 58.4 1793Typical Growth - High

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 50.0 60.8 10.8 51.6 794Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs-------
English Learners and Former English Learners 50.0 60.8 10.8 51.6 794Exceeded 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 - Non-high school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 14.7 13.7 -1.0 13.7 8843Met Target
Lowest Performing 21.1 19.5 -1.6 19.0 873Met Target
High Needs 21.5 19.4 -2.1 19.7 4643Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 21.4 13.7 -7.7 18.9 1614Exceeded Target
Low Income 25.3 21.9 -3.4 22.9 3344Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 21.5 26.0 4.5 19.1 2150Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian 12.0 7.8 -4.2 9.9 1154Exceeded Target
Black or African American 7.9 15.0 7.1 5.4 1000Declined
Hispanic or Latino 28.0 24.3 -3.7 25.1 2184Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 9.5 11.9 2.4 8.5 590Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander---- 2--
White 11.1 9.5 -1.6 9.9 3893Met Target

Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate Enrolled Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate Enrolled Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate
All Students 566 53895Yes 1 567 55197Yes 1 143 14098Yes 1

Assessment participation - Student Group
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate
High Needs 291 268 290 278 71 69 652 61595Yes2
English Learners and Former English Learners 102 93 101 100 31 31 234 22496Yes1
Low Income 205 190 204 195 54 52 463 43795Yes2
Students with Disabilities 149 137 149 142 34 33 332 31294No1
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 1 1 1 3----
Asian 61 57 58 58 15 15 134 13097Yes1
Black or African American 63 61 64 63 18 17 145 14197Yes1
Hispanic or Latino 138 129 138 134 34 33 310 29695Yes1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 44 43 44 44 10 10 98 9799Yes1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 1 1 1 0 0 2----
White 258 246 261 250 65 64 584 56096Yes1

School Accountability Information
School Accountability information School accountability percentile
Crocker Farm ElementaryRequiring assistance or intervention 75
Fort River ElementaryRequiring assistance or intervention 62
Wildwood ElementaryRequiring assistance or intervention 68


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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