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Rice Square

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2026

Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - Rice Square

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Worcester (03480000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
Rice Square (03480215)

GRADES SERVED
K,01,02,03,04,05

REGION
West/Central

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Substantial progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
58% - Substantial progress toward targets	12

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	63%	55%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	58%
	Substantial 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)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %	Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	0	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-	3	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	6	12	60.0	5	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	1	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	20.0	3	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		5.2	9.6	-	4.3	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		54%		-	57%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		55%

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		All Students (Non-high school grades)			Lowest Performing Students (Non-high school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %	Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	3	12	60.0	8	8	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	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	0	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	4	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		3.2	9.6	-	7.0	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		33%		-	92%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		63%

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	48%	45%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	46%
	Moderate progress toward targets

2026 Points awarded

2026 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High Needs Student Group (Non-high school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	1	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-
	Achievement total	5	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.6	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		45%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		45%

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High Needs Student Group (Non-high school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	1	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	5	12	67.5
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	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.9	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		48%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		48%

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	480.5	476.3	-4.2	483.2	198	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	452.7	456.4	3.7	458.7	22	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
High Needs	479.5	474.2	-5.3	481.9	181	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	474.0	471.6	-2.4	477.6	116	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income	478.3	474.9	-3.4	481.0	157	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	469.8	466.1	-3.7	473.9	32	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	479.0	478.4	-0.6	482.2	23	0	Path Forward: Declined
Black or African American	479.9	475.3	-4.6	482.4	44	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	476.0	473.6	-2.4	479.5	85	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	490.4	480.2	-10.2	493.9	36	0	Path Forward: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	480.1	480.8	0.7	482.4	198	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	457.9	463.4	5.5	462.9	22	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
High Needs	479.1	479.0	-0.1	481.7	181	1	Recovery Path: No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners	477.1	479.1	2.0	480.2	116	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	478.9	479.1	0.2	481.2	157	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	466.2	469.2	3.0	469.9	32	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	481.8	489.8	8.0	485.7	23	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	478.1	478.0	-0.1	481.6	44	1	Path Forward: No Change
Hispanic or Latino	476.8	477.6	0.8	479.6	85	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	489.1	484.8	-4.3	492.5	36	0	Recovery Path: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	475.2	482.9	7.7	479.5	62	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
High Needs	473.9	480.2	6.3	478.2	58	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	469.4	475.1	5.7	473.6	31	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Low Income	473.7	479.7	6.0	477.8	48	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	473.3	474.0	0.7	477.2	22	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	15	-	-

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	43.7	120	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	36.3	22	1	Low Growth
High Needs	42.1	109	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	44.1	63	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	42.0	94	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	44.3	21	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	0	-	-
Asian	-	13	-	-
Black or African American	50.1	28	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	44.9	50	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	8	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	36.7	21	1	Low Growth

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	48.1	121	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	47.1	22	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	47.5	110	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	49.1	64	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	47.6	95	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	39.8	21	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	0	-	-
Asian	-	13	-	-
Black or African American	47.2	29	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	52.6	50	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	8	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	45.1	21	2	Typical Growth - Low

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	38.4	64.4	26.0	43.8	174	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	38.4	64.4	26.0	43.8	174	4	Exceeded 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chronic absenteeism - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	21.9	18.6	-3.3	19.7	376	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	23.1	22.7	-0.4	18.2	22	2	Improved Below Target
High Needs	22.4	19.6	-2.8	19.9	342	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	20.3	16.8	-3.5	17.0	214	3	Met Target
Low Income	22.6	19.7	-2.9	19.9	295	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	20.8	24.1	3.3	16.5	54	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	14.0	9.8	-4.2	10.8	41	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	10.6	15.5	4.9	7.0	97	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	31.4	23.3	-8.1	27.6	150	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	21.1	17.8	-3.3	18.2	73	3	Met 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	216	215	100	Yes	1	222	221	100	Yes	1	69	69	100	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	199	198	204	203	65	65	468	466	100	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	131	130	133	132	36	36	300	298	99	Yes	1
Low Income	172	171	176	175	54	54	402	400	100	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	33	32	36	36	14	14	83	82	99	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Asian	23	23	23	23	5	5	51	51	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	49	49	51	50	17	17	117	116	99	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	91	90	94	94	25	25	210	209	100	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	10	10	10	10	5	5	25	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	42	42	43	43	17	17	102	102	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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