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Newton North High

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2026 Official Accountability Report - Newton North High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Newton (02070000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
Newton North High (02070505)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Substantial progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
63% - Substantial progress toward targets	86

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	68%	60%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	63%
	Substantial 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	4	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Achievement total	12	12	40.0	3	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	6	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	10	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	0	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	6	8	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		8.6	10.0	-	3.4	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		86%		-	33%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		60%

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	4	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Achievement total	12	12	40.0	5	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	6	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	10	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		8.7	10.0	-	5.1	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		87%		-	50%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		68%

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	62%	50%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	54%
	Substantial 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	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-
	Achievement total	6	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	3	4	-
	High school completion total	3	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-
	Additional indicators total	5	8	10.0
Weighted total		5.3	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		50%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		50%

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	3	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-
	Achievement total	9	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-
	High school completion total	4	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0
Weighted total		6.6	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		62%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		62%

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	516.3	517.0	0.7	517.3	468	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	496.0	492.6	-3.4	499.6	99	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	501.1	496.9	-4.2	503.0	140	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	487.2	487.5	0.3	488.2	40	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	500.8	497.8	-3.0	504.4	68	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	499.0	493.2	-5.8	500.9	73	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	518.9	522.2	3.3	522.3	92	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	506.4	506.9	0.5	510.4	21	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	506.7	501.0	-5.7	509.4	56	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	521.9	521.2	-0.7	522.9	40	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	517.5	518.8	1.3	518.8	258	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	517.7	517.5	-0.2	518.8	470	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	493.2	488.4	-4.8	496.5	99	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	501.7	499.0	-2.7	503.1	141	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	500.0	498.1	-1.9	505.1	41	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	501.7	498.6	-3.1	506.2	68	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	498.2	491.0	-7.2	500.7	74	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	530.2	534.1	3.9	533.6	92	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	500.6	503.9	3.3	505.7	21	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	502.8	498.8	-4.0	505.1	58	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	523.9	524.0	0.1	525.0	40	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	517.8	515.8	-2.0	519.5	258	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	519.8	517.5	-2.3	523.4	437	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	496.1	491.6	-4.5	498.7	99	3	Path Forward: Met Target
High Needs	505.1	500.4	-4.7	508.7	123	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	29	-	-
Low Income	505.9	501.2	-4.7	511.0	59	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	502.3	494.2	-8.1	505.6	71	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	528.4	531.1	2.7	532.1	85	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	510.2	498.6	-11.6	514.9	45	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	524.4	524.8	0.4	525.4	38	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	519.9	516.5	-3.4	523.7	249	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	59.2	413	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	57.4	99	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	54.5	116	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	69.0	22	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Low Income	51.4	56	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	52.5	68	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	62.6	77	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American	-	18	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	52.2	45	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	66.9	33	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	58.4	239	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	59.0	419	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	52.6	99	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	52.1	120	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	53.5	26	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	52.2	58	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	51.3	68	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	64.8	80	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American	-	18	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	52.6	47	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	61.9	33	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	57.3	240	3	Typical Growth - High

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	94.8	94.8	0.0	95.0	534	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	88.2	86.3	-1.9	91.3	197	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	66.7	74.5	7.8	67.8	47	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	87.2	86.3	-0.9	91.3	117	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	86.3	87.3	1.0	90.3	102	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	97.3	98.6	1.3	95.0	73	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	92.3	100.0	7.7	93.4	23	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	86.4	79.8	-6.6	89.0	89	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	100.0	97.2	-2.8	95.0	36	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	95.7	97.4	1.7	95.0	311	4	Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	98.4	97.1	-1.3	95.0	523	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	96.0	93.8	-2.2	95.0	211	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	90.9	74.1	-16.8	91.9	27	0	Declined
Low Income	95.0	92.5	-2.5	95.0	133	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	95.2	94.4	-0.8	95.0	124	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	75	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	26	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	95.3	90.9	-4.4	95.0	66	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	95.2	100.0	4.8	95.0	34	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	99.0	97.2	-1.8	95.0	322	4	Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	0.6	0.5	-0.1	1.0	2,065	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	1.8	1.5	-0.3	1.6	654	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	13.0	6.7	-6.3	11.7	75	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	2.8	1.9	-0.9	2.5	311	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	0.5	1.3	0.8	1.0	381	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.0	363	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	101	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	3.3	2.4	-0.9	2.9	247	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	156	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
White	0.2	0.3	0.1	1.0	1,191	3	Met Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	54.4	37.0	-17.4	55.9	54	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	54.4	37.0	-17.4	55.9	54	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	17.3	16.5	-0.8	16.2	2,052	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	18.9	22.2	3.3	14.9	99	0	Declined
High Needs	30.1	28.0	-2.1	27.0	600	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	36.4	27.4	-9.0	31.9	146	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	36.7	32.6	-4.1	32.5	334	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	27.1	28.6	1.5	23.2	287	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	9.9	10.2	0.3	8.0	381	3	Met Target
Black or African American	20.4	18.2	-2.2	17.1	99	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	32.4	29.2	-3.2	28.4	243	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	17.5	16.0	-1.5	16.4	175	3	Met Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
White	15.9	15.8	-0.1	14.5	1,148	2	Improved Below Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	81.9	83.7	1.8	84.0	1,068	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	55.0	61.7	6.7	61.0	363	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	43.9	59.7	15.8	49.1	62	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	57.2	66.3	9.1	63.0	175	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	45.8	50.0	4.2	53.5	214	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	93.8	94.4	0.6	95.0	196	3	Met Target
Black or African American	58.0	67.3	9.3	65.2	55	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	63.8	68.1	4.3	70.2	119	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	85.3	93.8	8.5	87.4	81	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	84.2	83.9	-0.3	86.7	614	1	No Change

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	479	476	99	Yes	1	478	478	100	Yes	1	481	476	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	147	144	145	145	148	146	440	435	99	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	42	40	42	42	42	42	126	124	98	Yes	1
Low Income	73	72	72	72	73	72	218	216	99	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	78	76	77	77	79	78	234	231	99	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	94	94	94	94	94	94	282	282	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	22	22	22	22	22	22	66	66	100	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	62	60	62	62	63	60	187	182	97	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	40	40	40	40	41	41	121	121	100	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
White	260	259	259	259	260	258	779	776	100	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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