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2026 Official Accountability Report - Ludlow

Accountability Information

Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
41% - Moderate progress toward targets-

Overall progress toward improvement targets

20252026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage34%45%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)
41%
Moderate progress toward targets

2026 Points awarded

2026 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All Students
(Non-high school grades)
Lowest Performing Students
(Non-high school grades)
All Students
(High school grades)
Lowest Performing Students
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-14-44-24-
Mathematics achievement24-24-44-24-
Science achievement04----24----
Achievement total21260.03867.5101240.04867.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-24-44-34-
Mathematics growth24-34-34-34-
Growth total4820.05822.57820.06822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate------04----
Extended engagement rate------04----
Annual dropout rate------44----
High school completion total------41220.0---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total4410.0---3410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism34-24-04-04-
Advanced coursework completion------24----
Additional indicators total3410.02410.02810.00410.0
Weighted total2.79.6-3.47.6-6.710.0-4.17.6-
Percentage of possible points28%-45%-67%-54%-
Percentage of possible points by gradespan36%
Weight of non-high school results:63%
61%
Weight of high school results:37%
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage45%

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All Students
(Non-high school grades)
Lowest Performing Students
(Non-high school grades)
All Students
(High school grades)
Lowest Performing Students
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-24-04-04-
Mathematics achievement04-24-04-04-
Science achievement24----04----
Achievement total21260.04867.501247.50867.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-24-34-34-
Mathematics growth24-24-34-34-
Growth total4820.04822.56822.56822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate------14----
Extended engagement rate------44----
Annual dropout rate------44----
High school completion total------91220.0---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total4410.0---------
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism34-04-34-44-
Advanced coursework completion------04----
Additional indicators total3410.00410.03810.04410.0
Weighted total2.79.6-3.67.6-3.510.7-1.87.6-
Percentage of possible points28%-47%-33%-24%-
Percentage of possible points by gradespan38%
Weight of non-high school results:63%
28%
Weight of high school results:37%
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage34%

Overall progress toward improvement targets

20252026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage28%33%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)
31%
Moderate progress toward targets

2026 Points awarded

2026 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(Non-high school grades)
High Needs Student Group
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-04-
Mathematics achievement34-24-
Science achievement04-04-
Achievement total31267.521247.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-44-
Mathematics growth24-34-
Growth total4822.57822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate---04-
Extended engagement rate---34-
Annual dropout rate---44-
High school completion total---71220.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total------
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism24-04-
Advanced coursework completion---24-
Additional indicators total2410.02810.0
Weighted total3.110.3-4.110.7-
Percentage of possible points30%-38%-
Percentage of possible points by gradespan30%
Weight of non-high school results:63%
38%
Weight of high school results:37%
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage33%

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(Non-high school grades)
High Needs Student Group
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-04-
Mathematics achievement04-04-
Science achievement34-04-
Achievement total31267.501247.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth14-34-
Mathematics growth24-34-
Growth total3822.56822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate---44-
Extended engagement rate---04-
Annual dropout rate---34-
High school completion total---71220.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total------
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism34-04-
Advanced coursework completion---04-
Additional indicators total3410.00810.0
Weighted total3.010.3-2.810.7-
Percentage of possible points29%-26%-
Percentage of possible points by gradespan29%
Weight of non-high school results:63%
26%
Weight of high school results:37%
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage28%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2025 Achievement 2026 Achievement Change 2026 Target N Points Reason
All Students 484.0 481.9 -2.1 486.3 9240Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing 459.1 458.7 -0.4 462.9 1721Recovery Path: No Change
High Needs 477.3 475.9 -1.4 479.2 5190Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 478.9 477.7 -1.2 481.0 1240Path Forward: Declined
Low Income 478.8 477.7 -1.1 480.9 3700Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities 467.4 465.9 -1.5 469.7 2230Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 25--
Black or African American---- 16--
Hispanic or Latino 478.7 475.5 -3.2 481.2 1860Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 486.9 478.3 -8.6 488.8 370Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 485.3 484.0 -1.3 488.5 6600Recovery Path: Declined

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2025 Achievement 2026 Achievement Change 2026 Target N Points Reason
All Students 494.5 498.7 4.2 496.7 1654Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 474.7 475.2 0.5 479.8 342Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs 487.4 485.5 -1.9 489.1 740Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 14--
Low Income 490.1 488.3 -1.8 494.0 580Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities 477.4 471.8 -5.6 480.1 290Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 3--
Black or African American---- 5--
Hispanic or Latino 483.4 486.1 2.7 486.6 333Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 4--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 496.7 500.9 4.2 498.8 1204Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2025 Achievement 2026 Achievement Change 2026 Target N Points Reason
All Students 489.3 490.4 1.1 491.5 9322Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing 464.9 470.2 5.3 471.6 1722Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
High Needs 481.9 483.8 1.9 483.8 5233Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 487.0 487.7 0.7 489.5 1272Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income 482.5 484.5 2.0 484.3 3743Recovery Path: Met Target
Students with Disabilities 472.0 473.5 1.5 474.0 2253Recovery Path: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 25--
Black or African American---- 16--
Hispanic or Latino 481.8 484.3 2.5 484.2 1913Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 491.0 489.9 -1.1 492.9 370Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 491.0 492.4 1.4 493.1 6632Recovery Path: Improved Below Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2025 Achievement 2026 Achievement Change 2026 Target N Points Reason
All Students 494.2 496.4 2.2 495.8 1644Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 474.8 477.9 3.1 479.9 342Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs 484.7 486.2 1.5 488.5 742Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 13--
Low Income 487.4 488.7 1.3 491.9 582Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 472.6 474.6 2.0 476.0 292Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 3--
Black or African American---- 5--
Hispanic or Latino 479.7 488.3 8.6 483.7 344Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 4--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 497.5 497.7 0.2 499.2 1182Recovery Path: Improved Below Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2025 Achievement 2026 Achievement Change 2026 Target N Points Reason
All Students 487.7 487.1 -0.6 490.4 3150Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing---- 63--
High Needs 481.8 481.0 -0.8 484.8 1640Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 484.7 481.6 -3.1 487.9 340Path Forward: Declined
Low Income 482.8 482.9 0.1 486.1 1202Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 472.7 472.3 -0.4 474.6 711Recovery Path: No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 6--
Black or African American---- 5--
Hispanic or Latino 482.2 481.5 -0.7 484.9 570Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 12--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 489.2 488.9 -0.3 491.8 2351Path Forward: No Change

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2025 Achievement 2026 Achievement Change 2026 Target N Points Reason
All Students 493.5 494.8 1.3 496.3 1552Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing---- 34--
High Needs 486.3 485.7 -0.6 489.0 680Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 9--
Low Income 487.2 488.1 0.9 490.9 522Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 478.7 473.9 -4.8 481.8 270Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 3--
Black or African American---- 4--
Hispanic or Latino 483.1 486.7 3.6 486.2 303Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 4--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 495.5 496.4 0.9 498.0 1142Recovery Path: Improved Below Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2026 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 42.7 7322Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 40.0 1712Typical Growth - Low
High Needs 41.4 3852Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners 45.5 852Typical Growth - Low
Low Income 41.3 2762Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 39.2 1691Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian- 13--
Black or African American- 13--
Hispanic or Latino 42.2 1362Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 35.2 321Low Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 43.1 5382Typical Growth - Low

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2026 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 65.0 1474Exceeded Typical Growth
Lowest Performing 55.5 343Typical Growth - High
High Needs 60.4 614Exceeded Typical Growth
English Learners and Former English Learners- 10--
Low Income 64.5 474Exceeded Typical Growth
Students with Disabilities 45.9 232Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian- 3--
Black or African American- 4--
Hispanic or Latino 55.3 293Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 4--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 66.5 1074Exceeded Typical Growth

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2026 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 47.9 7462Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 50.1 1713Typical Growth - High
High Needs 47.3 3932Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners 51.6 913Typical Growth - High
Low Income 46.9 2822Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 45.5 1712Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian- 13--
Black or African American- 13--
Hispanic or Latino 47.6 1412Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 47.4 312Typical Growth - Low
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 48.0 5482Typical Growth - Low

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2026 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 59.4 1443Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing 54.1 343Typical Growth - High
High Needs 58.8 603Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners- 9--
Low Income 61.2 464Exceeded Typical Growth
Students with Disabilities 50.8 223Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian- 3--
Black or African American- 4--
Hispanic or Latino 63.6 304Exceeded Typical Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 4--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 57.8 1033Typical Growth - High

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 89.6 88.2 -1.4 91.6 2030Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 83.7 75.5 -8.2 88.0 940Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 5--
Low Income 82.4 74.4 -8.0 87.0 820Declined
Students with Disabilities 73.5 69.0 -4.5 79.6 420Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 1--
Black or African American---- 6--
Hispanic or Latino---- 22--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 4--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 90.1 90.6 0.5 92.1 1702Improved Below Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 92.9 91.8 -1.1 94.5 1820Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 84.9 87.8 2.9 88.3 983Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 4--
Low Income 82.5 87.1 4.6 86.3 854Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 82.8 85.3 2.5 87.4 342Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 1--
Black or African American---- 1--
Hispanic or Latino---- 14--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 4--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 94.1 92.6 -1.5 95.0 1620Declined

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 1.6 0.8 -0.8 1.4 7324Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 3.1 1.3 -1.8 2.7 3014Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 29--
Low Income 3.5 1.7 -1.8 3.1 2364Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 3.6 1.6 -2.0 3.2 1244Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 7--
Black or African American---- 18--
Hispanic or Latino 3.0 0.8 -2.2 2.7 1244Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 16--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 1.5 0.9 -0.6 1.3 5674Exceeded Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2025 Rate (%) 2026 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 58.4 69.0 10.6 59.4 844Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs-------
English Learners and Former English Learners 58.4 69.0 10.6 59.4 844Exceeded 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-------

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2025 Rate (%) 2026 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 47.6 50.0 2.4 49.7 303Met Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs-------
English Learners and Former English Learners-------
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 2025 Rate (%) 2026 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 11.0 10.0 -1.0 10.0 1,2663Met Target
Lowest Performing 17.2 16.3 -0.9 15.1 1722Improved Below Target
High Needs 15.4 14.5 -0.9 13.6 7042Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 10.1 8.0 -2.1 7.6 1763Met Target
Low Income 17.3 18.1 0.8 14.9 5180Declined
Students with Disabilities 19.5 18.3 -1.2 17.1 2842Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 30--
Black or African American---- 31--
Hispanic or Latino 18.9 17.5 -1.4 16.0 2522Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 2.0 6.5 4.5 1.0 623Met Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 9.5 8.2 -1.3 8.3 8913Met Target

Chronic absenteeism - High school
Group 2025 Rate (%) 2026 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 10.4 13.6 3.2 8.8 7430Declined
Lowest Performing 6.1 14.3 8.2 1.0 350Declined
High Needs 18.8 22.0 3.2 15.9 3360Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 53--
Low Income 19.6 23.5 3.9 15.1 2810Declined
Students with Disabilities 25.2 25.3 0.1 21.7 991No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 10--
Black or African American---- 18--
Hispanic or Latino 16.4 15.8 -0.6 12.0 1522Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 15--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 9.1 13.1 4.0 7.3 5480Declined

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2025 Rate (%) 2026 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 49.6 51.4 1.8 53.0 3622Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 26.3 29.1 2.8 32.0 1512Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 19--
Low Income 32.0 31.6 -0.4 38.2 1171No Change
Students with Disabilities 3.6 11.1 7.5 10.7 543Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 4--
Black or African American---- 5--
Hispanic or Latino 18.2 37.3 19.1 25.0 674Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 8--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 54.6 55.4 0.8 58.2 2782Improved Below 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 1,110 1,09499Yes 1 1,109 1,10199Yes 1 495 48398Yes 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 609 598 608 602 252 241 1,469 1,44198Yes1
English Learners and Former English Learners 144 143 145 145 51 50 340 33899Yes1
Low Income 441 432 440 436 188 180 1,069 1,04898Yes1
Students with Disabilities 258 252 257 254 108 100 623 60697Yes1
American Indian or Alaska Native-----------
Asian 29 29 29 29 10 10 68 68100Yes1
Black or African American 23 23 23 23 11 11 57 57100Yes1
Hispanic or Latino 227 220 227 226 94 91 548 53798Yes1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 42 42 42 42 16 16 100 100100Yes1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-----------
White 789 780 788 781 364 355 1,941 1,91699Yes1

School Accountability Information
School Accountability information School accountability percentile
East Street Elementary SchoolInsufficient data-
Harris Brook Elementary SchoolNot requiring assistance or intervention 25
Ludlow Senior HighNot requiring assistance or intervention 56
Paul R Baird MiddleNot requiring assistance or intervention 27



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