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Medford High

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Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - Medford High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Medford (01760000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
Medford High (01760505)

GRADES SERVED
PK,09,10,11,12

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Moderate progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
28% - Moderate progress toward targets	40

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	23%	31%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	28%
	Moderate progress toward targets

2026 Points awarded

2026 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		All Students (High school grades)			Lowest Performing Students (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %	Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	2	12	40.0	2	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	6	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	0	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	1	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	5	8	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		3.7	10.0	-	2.5	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		37%		-	24%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		31%

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		All Students (High school grades)			Lowest Performing Students (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %	Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	3	12	40.0	0	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	20.0	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	4	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	3	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	8	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		3.5	10.0	-	1.1	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		35%		-	11%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		23%

Student group percentile

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

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	15%	42%
Weight	40%	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 (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	4	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	2	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-
	High school completion total	6	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-
	Additional indicators total	3	8	10.0
Weighted total		4.5	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		42%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		42%

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High Needs Student Group (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	1	4	-
	Mathematics growth	1	4	-
	Growth total	2	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	4	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-
	Additional indicators total	3	8	10.0
Weighted total		1.6	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		15%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		15%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	495.9	496.0	0.1	497.7	285	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	470.2	471.6	1.4	475.3	56	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	482.7	482.9	0.2	484.8	155	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	471.3	470.7	-0.6	474.1	50	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income	484.8	484.3	-0.5	487.5	112	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Students with Disabilities	472.0	477.3	5.3	473.9	60	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	508.8	503.4	-5.4	512.5	28	0	Path Forward: Declined
Black or African American	480.5	485.4	4.9	485.1	41	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	476.4	489.2	12.8	480.6	44	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	501.7	499.4	-2.3	503.5	160	0	Recovery Path: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	495.0	494.4	-0.6	496.9	281	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	472.9	471.9	-1.0	478.0	56	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	482.8	482.9	0.1	486.9	153	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	476.2	475.0	-1.2	480.3	48	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income	484.5	483.1	-1.4	486.8	110	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	475.7	479.1	3.4	480.1	60	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	512.0	511.1	-0.9	516.1	28	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Black or African American	481.5	482.8	1.3	486.2	39	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	479.5	483.6	4.1	483.3	42	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	498.8	497.3	-1.5	500.7	159	0	Recovery Path: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	503.0	492.2	-10.8	505.0	263	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	476.2	464.5	-11.7	480.9	56	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	489.7	480.1	-9.6	492.1	136	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	483.6	470.1	-13.5	488.8	43	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income	493.1	481.2	-11.9	495.9	93	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	476.9	477.9	1.0	480.2	57	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	512.0	502.1	-9.9	514.9	28	0	Path Forward: Declined
Black or African American	490.3	479.6	-10.7	493.3	33	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	486.4	486.7	0.3	490.2	35	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	507.5	494.2	-13.3	509.8	154	0	Path Forward: Declined

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	56.2	245	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	54.4	56	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	50.3	124	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	48.3	27	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	51.2	86	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	45.4	54	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	3	-	-
Asian	62.1	27	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American	50.6	28	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	54.5	33	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	8	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	56.8	145	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	55.7	243	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	45.7	56	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	47.7	124	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	43.5	28	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	48.3	88	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	43.4	53	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	3	-	-
Asian	73.6	27	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American	46.3	26	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	51.1	34	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	55.7	143	3	Typical Growth - High

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	89.6	93.7	4.1	92.1	286	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	85.5	91.2	5.7	89.9	194	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	65.9	77.3	11.4	73.8	44	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	86.3	89.9	3.6	90.4	169	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	85.7	93.0	7.3	93.0	57	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	90.6	100.0	9.4	93.1	22	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	87.2	93.2	6.0	94.4	44	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	73.3	88.0	14.7	77.8	50	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	94.1	94.3	0.2	95.0	157	2	Improved Below Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	92.7	93.3	0.6	94.8	298	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	88.6	90.2	1.6	92.3	193	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	65.7	75.6	9.9	72.4	41	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	88.9	89.9	1.0	92.6	168	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	91.4	94.6	3.2	95.0	56	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	100.0	93.8	-6.2	95.0	32	0	Declined
Black or African American	97.5	94.9	-2.6	95.0	39	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	82.1	80.0	-2.1	86.9	45	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	93.2	96.5	3.3	95.0	170	4	Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	1.4	1.6	0.2	1.2	1,178	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	2.3	2.7	0.4	2.0	656	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	5.3	6.9	1.6	4.7	131	0	Declined
Low Income	2.2	2.8	0.6	1.9	498	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	1.3	1.3	0.0	1.1	229	1	No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Asian	0.9	0.9	0.0	1.0	107	3	Met Target
Black or African American	1.2	0.0	-1.2	1.0	179	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	2.6	5.3	2.7	2.3	188	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	52	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	1.2	1.1	-0.1	1.0	643	2	Improved Below Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	34.0	25.5	-8.5	39.5	102	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	34.0	25.5	-8.5	39.5	102	0	Declined
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	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	20.5	20.8	0.3	18.2	1,216	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	21.2	25.0	3.8	15.4	56	0	Declined
High Needs	28.2	30.4	2.2	24.4	649	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	28.9	33.6	4.7	24.7	214	0	Declined
Low Income	30.1	32.8	2.7	25.0	509	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	29.1	30.7	1.6	24.7	228	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Asian	8.4	6.4	-2.0	5.8	110	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	16.7	20.7	4.0	13.6	193	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	34.0	32.5	-1.5	30.0	206	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	58	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	18.4	18.9	0.5	15.9	641	1	No Change

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	43.1	50.0	6.9	47.2	596	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	25.2	32.1	6.9	31.3	312	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	12.3	23.5	11.2	19.0	98	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	26.1	33.6	7.5	32.9	247	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	15.3	23.4	8.1	23.4	107	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	70.8	70.9	0.1	76.1	55	2	Improved Below Target
Black or African American	22.3	34.0	11.7	31.3	100	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	32.6	38.8	6.2	40.0	98	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	25	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	47.7	53.5	5.8	51.8	314	4	Exceeded Target

Assessment participation - All students
Group	English language arts					Mathematics					Science
Group	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate	Enrolled	Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate
All Students	293	290	99	Yes	1	292	286	98	Yes	1	293	291	99	Yes	1

Assessment participation - Student Group
Group	English language arts		Mathematics		Science		Overall
Group	Enrolled	Assessed	Enrolled	Assessed	Enrolled	Assessed	Total Enrolled	Total Assessed	%	Met Target?	Years in Rate
High Needs	162	159	162	157	162	160	486	476	98	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	54	53	53	51	53	52	160	156	98	Yes	1
Low Income	119	116	118	114	118	116	355	346	97	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	60	60	61	60	61	61	182	181	99	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	-	-	-	-
Asian	28	28	28	28	28	28	84	84	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	44	44	42	42	43	43	129	129	100	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	45	44	44	42	44	43	133	129	97	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	8	8	9	9	9	9	26	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
White	164	162	165	161	165	164	494	487	99	Yes	1

About this report

About the Data

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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