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2025 Official Accountability Report - Taconic High
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Pittsfield (02360000)		TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School
SCHOOL
Taconic High (02360510)		GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12
REGION
West/Central		FEDERAL DESIGNATION
Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI)

Accountability Information

Overall classificationRequiring assistance or intervention
Reason for classification
In need of focused/targeted support
Among the lowest performing 10% of schools

Low student group performance: White -Students with Disabilities
Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
15% - Limited or no progress toward targets8

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage20%12%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		15%
Limited or no progress toward targets

2025 Points awarded

2025 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 achievement04-04-
Mathematics achievement04-04-
Science achievement04-04-
Achievement total01240.001267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-24-
Mathematics growth24-14-
Growth total4820.03822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate04----
Extended engagement rate34----
Annual dropout rate04----
High school completion total31220.0---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total0410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism04-04-
Advanced coursework completion44----
Additional indicators total4810.00410.0
Weighted total1.810.0-0.710.3-
Percentage of possible points 18%-7%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage12%

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 achievement04-24-
Mathematics achievement04-04-
Science achievement04-04-
Achievement total01247.521267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-14-
Mathematics growth14-14-
Growth total3822.52822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate24----
Extended engagement rate04----
Annual dropout rate44----
High school completion total61220.0---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total------
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism04-44-
Advanced coursework completion04----
Additional indicators total0810.04410.0
Weighted total1.910.7-2.210.3-
Percentage of possible points 18%-21%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage20%

Student group percentile

This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same student group in schools serving similar grades
6

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage36%18%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		25%
Moderate progress toward targets

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-
Mathematics achievement04-
Science achievement04-
Achievement total01247.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-
Mathematics growth24-
Growth total4822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate04-
Extended engagement rate34-
Annual dropout rate04-
High school completion total31220.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism04-
Advanced coursework completion44-
Additional indicators total4810.0
Weighted total1.910.7-
Percentage of possible points 18%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage18%

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 achievement04-
Mathematics achievement24-
Science achievement24-
Achievement total41247.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth14-
Mathematics growth14-
Growth total2822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate24-
Extended engagement rate04-
Annual dropout rate44-
High school completion total61220.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism04-
Advanced coursework completion24-
Additional indicators total2810.0
Weighted total3.810.7-
Percentage of possible points 36%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage36%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 489.9 486.5 -3.4 493.4 1870Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing 467.8 462.7 -5.1 472.9 360Path Forward: Declined
High Needs 486.6 482.4 -4.2 490.9 1360Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 20--
Low Income 487.6 483.5 -4.1 492.5 1200Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities 469.2 471.1 1.9 472.4 472Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian-------
Black or African American---- 18--
Hispanic or Latino 487.7 484.9 -2.8 491.4 370Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 485.8 485.7 -0.1 489.3 211Path Forward: No Change
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 490.9 487.7 -3.2 496.0 1110Path Forward: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 485.0 479.0 -6.0 489.1 1820Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing 467.7 462.8 -4.9 472.8 360Path Forward: Declined
High Needs 482.5 475.8 -6.7 486.7 1320Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 20--
Low Income 482.9 476.4 -6.5 486.7 1140Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities 473.2 468.3 -4.9 477.3 490Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian-------
Black or African American---- 18--
Hispanic or Latino 482.2 478.9 -3.3 486.0 360Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 481.9 478.5 -3.4 486.0 210Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 486.1 480.1 -6.0 490.1 1070Path Forward: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 483.8 479.5 -4.3 486.8 1780Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing 467.0 459.3 -7.7 470.9 360Path Forward: Declined
High Needs 481.5 476.6 -4.9 484.8 1290Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 17--
Low Income 481.9 477.3 -4.6 485.1 1150Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities 471.7 467.8 -3.9 475.1 460Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian-------
Black or African American---- 17--
Hispanic or Latino 474.4 476.0 1.6 477.9 342Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 483.4 476.6 -6.8 486.5 200Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 485.4 481.8 -3.6 487.6 1070Recovery Path: Declined

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 45.1 1782Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 42.6 362Typical Growth - Low
High Needs 44.1 1282Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners- 12--
Low Income 44.8 1132Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 38.7 471Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian----
Black or African American- 17--
Hispanic or Latino 57.3 303Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 39.4 211Low Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 42.4 1102Typical Growth - Low

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 43.4 1752Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 39.6 361Low Growth
High Needs 41.7 1262Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners- 14--
Low Income 42.0 1092Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 34.8 491Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian----
Black or African American- 18--
Hispanic or Latino 48.5 302Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 53.0 213Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 39.8 1061Low Growth

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 89.7 84.9 -4.8 94.2 2190Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 86.8 81.7 -5.1 91.9 1800Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 11--
Low Income 86.6 81.5 -5.1 91.9 1730Declined
Students with Disabilities 75.0 78.0 3.0 84.1 592Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 4--
Black or African American---- 32--
Hispanic or Latino 88.5 86.7 -1.8 94.9 300Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 15--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 89.8 89.1 -0.7 93.7 1380Declined

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2022 Rate (%) 2023 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 87.1 90.3 3.2 89.8 1953Met Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 83.5 87.4 3.9 87.1 1513Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 5--
Low Income 82.7 87.3 4.6 87.0 1423Met Target
Students with Disabilities 76.5 75.0 -1.5 83.5 440Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 3--
Black or African American---- 21--
Hispanic or Latino 90.3 92.3 2.0 94.4 262Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 27--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 85.8 89.8 4.0 88.6 1184Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 1.7 4.3 2.6 1.5 8750Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 2.0 5.9 3.9 1.8 6320Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 48--
Low Income 1.9 6.1 4.2 1.7 5730Declined
Students with Disabilities 3.4 5.4 2.0 3.1 2050Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 3--
Asian---- 12--
Black or African American---- 96--
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 4.6 2.3 2.1 1510Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 2.4 4.9 2.5 2.2 810Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 1.7 2.8 1.1 1.5 5320Declined

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 28.2 23.1 -5.1 34.2 520Declined
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 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 47.3 49.6 2.3 44.3 8230Declined
Lowest Performing 36.4 44.4 8.0 29.5 360Declined
High Needs 53.9 56.9 3.0 50.3 5920Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 78--
Low Income 55.0 57.9 2.9 51.0 5340Declined
Students with Disabilities 57.3 58.2 0.9 53.5 1940Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 2--
Asian---- 8--
Black or African American---- 85--
Hispanic or Latino 48.4 52.0 3.6 44.5 1520Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 65.0 53.0 -12.0 62.0 834Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 43.8 48.5 4.7 40.2 4930Declined

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 48.2 54.8 6.6 53.0 4074Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 41.3 50.0 8.7 46.4 2724Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 29--
Low Income 42.2 51.4 9.2 47.5 2454Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 33.7 34.9 1.2 39.2 862Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 2--
Asian---- 7--
Black or African American---- 46--
Hispanic or Latino 40.6 46.5 5.9 47.1 713Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 39.1 50.0 10.9 43.9 344Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 51.0 56.7 5.7 55.8 2473Met 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 192 18898Yes 1 191 18496Yes 1 193 19299Yes 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 141 137 141 134 142 141 424 41297Yes1
English Learners and Former English Learners 20 19 21 20 21 21 62 6097Yes1
Low Income 124 121 123 116 124 124 371 36197Yes1
Students with Disabilities 49 47 50 49 50 49 149 14597Yes1
American Indian or Alaska Native-----------
Asian-----------
Black or African American 18 18 18 18 18 18 54----
Hispanic or Latino 39 38 40 38 40 40 119 11697Yes1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 22 21 21 21 22 21 65 6397Yes1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-----------
White 113 111 112 107 113 113 338 33198Yes1


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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