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Doherty Memorial High

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2026 Official Accountability Report - Doherty Memorial High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Worcester (03480000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
Doherty Memorial High (03480512)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
West/Central

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Limited or no progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
20% - Limited or no progress toward targets	16

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	13%	25%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	20%
	Limited or no 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	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	40.0	2	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	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	6	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	3	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	5	8	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		2.8	10.0	-	2.3	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		28%		-	22%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		25%

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	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	40.0	0	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	20.0	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	1	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	1	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	3	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		1.7	10.0	-	0.9	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		17%		-	9%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		13%

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	17%	35%
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		High Needs Student Group (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	2	12	47.5
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	0	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	3	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	7	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-
	Additional indicators total	4	8	10.0
Weighted total		3.7	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		35%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		35%

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	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	2	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-
	High school completion total	2	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		1.8	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		17%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		17%

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	494.4	489.0	-5.4	496.1	408	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	468.7	466.3	-2.4	473.8	73	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	483.9	480.6	-3.3	488.2	275	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	465.3	468.4	3.1	468.8	119	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	484.4	481.0	-3.4	489.3	248	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	466.6	474.2	7.6	469.8	56	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	492.7	494.8	2.1	497.8	24	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Black or African American	486.8	489.6	2.8	491.9	76	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	484.0	479.1	-4.9	487.7	152	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	492.4	485.4	-7.0	495.9	25	0	Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	505.7	499.7	-6.0	510.8	131	0	Path Forward: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	488.8	486.4	-2.4	491.0	399	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	466.0	468.0	2.0	471.1	73	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	479.9	480.0	0.1	484.1	267	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	468.8	474.0	5.2	473.9	114	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	480.5	480.1	-0.4	484.3	240	1	Path Forward: No Change
Students with Disabilities	467.1	473.9	6.8	471.2	54	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	492.6	499.4	6.8	497.7	23	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	482.6	485.4	2.8	485.2	76	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	477.7	478.7	1.0	479.9	148	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	488.3	484.3	-4.0	492.4	24	0	Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	498.9	494.0	-4.9	502.9	128	0	Path Forward: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	490.1	485.5	-4.6	493.4	353	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	468.3	461.9	-6.4	472.2	73	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	481.7	479.6	-2.1	484.8	229	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	467.3	470.3	3.0	472.2	82	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	482.7	480.3	-2.4	485.6	207	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	466.3	468.7	2.4	469.3	50	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
Black or African American	488.7	487.0	-1.7	491.8	61	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	482.0	477.2	-4.8	485.6	125	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	487.5	481.3	-6.2	490.6	24	0	Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	497.1	492.8	-4.3	499.9	121	0	Recovery Path: Declined

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	49.1	330	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	47.3	73	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	47.1	214	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	45.7	75	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	47.9	195	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	42.6	45	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	56.0	20	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	46.6	59	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	48.1	117	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	42.2	23	2	Typical Growth - Low
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	51.5	111	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	46.2	328	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	45.0	73	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	43.8	213	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	44.9	76	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	44.2	194	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	47.4	43	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	19	-	-
Black or African American	42.8	60	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	45.2	118	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	42.0	22	2	Typical Growth - Low
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	48.4	109	2	Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	89.1	88.5	-0.6	93.6	349	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	86.7	85.4	-1.3	91.8	261	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	73.2	76.4	3.2	78.8	89	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	87.1	85.0	-2.1	92.4	246	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	84.7	84.0	-0.7	93.8	50	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	85.7	76.0	-9.7	91.6	25	0	Declined
Black or African American	90.6	94.2	3.6	95.0	69	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	84.7	84.2	-0.5	91.1	120	1	No Change
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	93.7	92.3	-1.4	95.0	117	0	Declined

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	90.6	92.2	1.6	93.3	348	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	87.8	90.9	3.1	91.4	264	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	75.6	80.3	4.7	82.6	71	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	87.9	91.0	3.1	92.2	256	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	86.6	93.2	6.6	93.6	59	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	90.5	90.5	0.0	94.7	21	1	No Change
Black or African American	100.0	92.5	-7.5	95.0	53	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	85.0	90.1	5.1	89.1	131	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	95.7	94.5	-1.2	95.0	127	3	Met Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	2.4	1.6	-0.8	2.1	1,565	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	3.2	2.1	-1.1	2.8	1,039	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	7.2	2.7	-4.5	6.4	336	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	2.4	2.2	-0.2	2.1	934	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	5.9	3.0	-2.9	5.3	197	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	2.4	0.0	-2.4	2.1	92	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	1.9	0.4	-1.5	1.7	271	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	3.6	2.9	-0.7	3.2	556	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	89	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	1.9	1.1	-0.8	1.7	555	4	Exceeded Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	16.9	20.0	3.1	18.4	350	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	16.9	20.0	3.1	18.4	350	3	Met 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 - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	32.2	31.8	-0.4	29.2	1,752	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	37.7	47.9	10.2	30.8	73	0	Declined
High Needs	38.5	37.9	-0.6	34.9	1,188	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	34.7	36.7	2.0	30.3	509	0	Declined
Low Income	39.4	38.9	-0.5	35.4	1,080	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	44.9	49.2	4.3	41.1	195	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	15.8	18.5	2.7	11.4	108	0	Declined
Black or African American	23.3	19.7	-3.6	19.6	319	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	41.2	43.3	2.1	37.3	663	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	39.3	38.9	-0.4	36.3	90	2	Improved Below Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	29.0	26.6	-2.4	25.4	571	2	Improved Below Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	52.1	56.7	4.6	56.9	806	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	40.2	42.3	2.1	45.3	518	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	22.3	27.7	5.4	29.9	206	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	41.3	43.8	2.5	46.6	470	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	16.7	18.1	1.4	22.2	72	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	73.8	58.0	-15.8	78.8	50	0	Declined
Black or African American	51.9	57.2	5.3	58.6	145	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	36.4	42.2	5.8	42.9	277	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	51.4	58.5	7.1	56.2	41	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	64.9	69.5	4.6	69.7	292	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	427	425	100	Yes	1	424	417	98	Yes	1	429	429	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	294	292	290	284	294	294	878	870	99	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	131	130	130	125	130	130	391	385	98	Yes	1
Low Income	265	263	261	255	266	266	792	784	99	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	57	57	55	55	58	58	170	170	100	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	25	25	24	24	25	25	74	74	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	78	78	79	78	79	79	236	235	100	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	165	164	164	160	165	165	494	489	99	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	25	25	24	24	25	25	74	74	100	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	134	133	133	131	135	135	402	399	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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