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2024 Official Accountability Report - Needham High
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Needham (01990000)		TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School
SCHOOL
Needham High (01990505)		GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12
REGION
Coastal		FEDERAL DESIGNATION
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Accountability Information

Overall classificationNot requiring assistance or intervention
Reason for classification
Meeting or exceeding targets
Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
84% - Meeting or exceeding targets85

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20232024
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage72%91%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2023 x 40%) + (2024 x 60%)		84%
Meeting or exceeding targets

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All students
(High school grades)		 Lowest performing students
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement44-44-
Mathematics achievement44-34-
Science achievement44-44-
Achievement total121247.5111267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-34-
Mathematics growth24-34-
Growth total5822.56822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate44----
Extended engagement rate44----
Annual dropout rate44----
High school completion total121220.0---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total------
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-44-
Advanced coursework completion44----
Additional indicators total8810.04410.0
Weighted total10.010.7-9.210.3-
Percentage of possible points 94%-89%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage91%

2023 Points awarded

2023 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All students
(High school grades)		 Lowest performing students
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement34----
Mathematics achievement44----
Science achievement04----
Achievement total71247.5---
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34----
Mathematics growth34----
Growth total6822.5---
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate44----
Extended engagement rate44----
Annual dropout rate34----
High school completion total111220.0---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total------
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44----
Advanced coursework completion44----
Additional indicators total8810.0---
Weighted total7.710.7----
Percentage of possible points 72%---
2023 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage72%

Student group percentile

This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same student group in schools serving similar grades
88

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20232024
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage63%68%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2023 x 40%) + (2024 x 60%)		66%
Substantial progress toward targets

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement14-
Mathematics achievement34-
Science achievement34-
Achievement total71247.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-
Mathematics growth34-
Growth total5822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate44-
Extended engagement rate44-
Annual dropout rate44-
High school completion total121220.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-
Advanced coursework completion04-
Additional indicators total4810.0
Weighted total7.310.7-
Percentage of possible points 68%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage68%

2023 Points awarded

2023 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement24-
Mathematics achievement44-
Science achievement04-
Achievement total61247.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-
Mathematics growth44-
Growth total7822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate44-
Extended engagement rate44-
Annual dropout rate04-
High school completion total81220.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-
Advanced coursework completion34-
Additional indicators total7810.0
Weighted total6.710.7-
Percentage of possible points 63%-
2023 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage63%

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 518.0 523.9 5.9 519.8 4114Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 495.5 502.4 6.9 499.1 944Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs 503.5 503.2 -0.3 505.4 951Path Forward: No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 8--
Low Income 504.1 504.2 0.1 507.7 342Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 502.1 500.0 -2.1 504.0 683Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 530.7 532.4 1.7 534.1 294Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American---- 11--
Hispanic or Latino 513.2 513.2 0.0 515.9 393Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 15--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 517.2 524.8 7.6 518.7 3174Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2023 Achievement 2024 Achievement Change 2024 Target N Points Reason
All Students 521.6 522.2 0.6 523.4 4074Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 501.6 500.7 -0.9 504.9 933Path Forward: Met Target
High Needs 509.3 503.2 -6.1 512.0 933Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 8--
Low Income 506.8 505.9 -0.9 511.3 333Path Forward: Met Target
Students with Disabilities 507.8 498.8 -9.0 510.3 663Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 535.8 534.3 -1.5 539.2 294Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American---- 10--
Hispanic or Latino 511.7 515.6 3.9 515.9 383Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 15--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 521.1 522.5 1.4 523.1 3154Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2023 Achievement 2024 Achievement Change 2024 Target N Points Reason
All Students 508.7 515.3 6.6 510.6 4024Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 488.3 496.1 7.8 490.9 944Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs 495.5 498.2 2.7 497.8 903Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 6--
Low Income 491.2 495.4 4.2 493.2 294Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 494.8 496.4 1.6 496.0 683Recovery Path: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 522.0 527.4 5.4 523.3 274Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Black or African American---- 10--
Hispanic or Latino 501.2 511.6 10.4 504.4 374Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 15--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 508.1 515.2 7.1 509.9 3134Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2024 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 53.5 3793Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing 50.1 943Typical Growth - High
High Needs 47.5 812Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners- 4--
Low Income 47.2 282Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 45.8 602Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian 59.8 273Typical Growth - High
Black or African American- 9--
Hispanic or Latino 47.4 352Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 15--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 54.0 2933Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2024 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 45.4 3752Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 53.1 933Typical Growth - High
High Needs 51.7 813Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners- 4--
Low Income 47.1 282Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 52.9 603Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian 38.6 271Low Growth
Black or African American- 8--
Hispanic or Latino 50.1 343Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 15--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 45.9 2912Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2022 Rate (%) 2023 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 98.6 99.5 0.9 95.0 3744Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 97.2 100.0 2.8 95.0 914Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 3--
Low Income 94.0 100.0 6.0 95.0 394Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 97.3 100.0 2.7 95.0 644Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 97.8 100.0 2.2 95.0 254Exceeded Target
Black or African American---- 5--
Hispanic or Latino---- 26--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 18--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 99.1 99.3 0.2 95.0 3004Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2021 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 98.6 98.9 0.3 95.0 4394Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 96.2 97.2 1.0 95.0 1084Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 4--
Low Income 91.3 94.0 2.7 94.5 503Met Target
Students with Disabilities 94.7 97.3 2.6 95.0 744Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 2--
Asian 100.0 100.0 0.0 95.0 454Exceeded Target
Black or African American---- 8--
Hispanic or Latino---- 19--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 23--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander---- 1--
White 99.1 99.1 0.0 95.0 3414Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2022 Rate (%) 2023 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 0.4 0.2 -0.2 1.0 1,6454Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 1.8 0.5 -1.3 1.6 3964Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 20--
Low Income 3.8 0.0 -3.8 3.4 1264Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 1.7 0.7 -1.0 1.5 2854Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1254Exceeded Target
Black or African American---- 32--
Hispanic or Latino 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1304Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 78--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander---- 1--
White 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.0 1,2793Met Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students-------
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 - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 25.9 22.3 -3.6 24.8 1,6264Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 35.6 17.0 -18.6 31.6 944Exceeded Target
High Needs 43.1 33.8 -9.3 40.0 3934Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 49--
Low Income 49.3 41.7 -7.6 45.1 1274Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 45.1 32.9 -12.2 41.2 2894Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 16.7 16.4 -0.3 14.8 1462Improved Below Target
Black or African American---- 41--
Hispanic or Latino 42.9 29.0 -13.9 38.9 1314Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 78--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander---- 2--
White 24.8 22.2 -2.6 23.4 1,2284Exceeded Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 96.1 94.6 -1.5 95.0 8314Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 86.5 80.4 -6.1 92.5 1990Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 20--
Low Income 90.3 80.9 -9.4 95.0 680Declined
Students with Disabilities 82.0 76.2 -5.8 89.7 1470Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 98.4 98.6 0.2 95.0 734Exceeded Target
Black or African American---- 16--
Hispanic or Latino 91.5 85.9 -5.6 95.0 643Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 44--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander---- 1--
White 96.8 95.4 -1.4 95.0 6334Exceeded 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 413 412100Yes 1 415 41199Yes 1 415 415100Yes 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 95 95 96 94 95 95 286 28499Yes1
English Learners and Former English Learners 8 8 8 8 8 8 24----
Low Income 34 34 35 34 34 34 103 10299Yes1
Students with Disabilities 68 68 68 66 68 68 204 20299Yes1
American Indian or Alaska Native-----------
Asian 29 29 29 29 29 29 87 87100Yes1
Black or African American 11 11 11 10 11 11 33----
Hispanic or Latino 39 39 41 40 40 40 120 11999Yes1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 15 15 15 15 15 15 45----
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-----------
White 319 318 319 317 320 320 958 955100Yes1


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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