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2026 Official Accountability Report - North High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Worcester (03480000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
North High (03480515)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
West/Central

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI)

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Requiring 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 -Low Income -High Needs

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
40% - Moderate progress toward targets	2

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	15%	57%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	40%
	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	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	3	4	-
	Achievement total	8	12	40.0	9	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	0	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	2	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	0	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		4.6	10.0	-	7.0	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		46%		-	68%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		57%

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	1	4	-	1	4	-
	Mathematics growth	1	4	-	1	4	-
	Growth total	2	8	20.0	2	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	6	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		2.2	10.0	-	0.9	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		22%		-	9%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		15%

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	18%	32%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	26%
	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	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	2	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	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0
Weighted total		3.4	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		32%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		32%

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	2	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	6	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		1.9	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		18%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		18%

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	476.7	479.7	3.0	478.6	266	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	457.3	461.8	4.5	462.4	31	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	474.3	476.8	2.5	478.6	235	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	462.3	467.1	4.8	464.4	125	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Low Income	474.7	477.2	2.5	479.6	222	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	465.6	466.7	1.1	467.3	44	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Black or African American	477.1	479.6	2.5	482.2	66	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	474.5	479.5	5.0	478.2	132	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	477.6	481.7	4.1	482.7	45	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	474.7	478.2	3.5	476.9	260	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	459.3	467.1	7.8	464.4	31	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs	473.0	476.6	3.6	477.2	228	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	466.9	471.5	4.6	472.0	119	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	473.1	476.8	3.7	475.1	216	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	465.3	466.9	1.6	469.4	42	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Black or African American	475.1	477.6	2.5	480.2	65	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	473.0	476.6	3.6	474.8	130	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	473.9	481.8	7.9	477.9	44	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	472.1	470.7	-1.4	475.4	189	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	452.5	456.9	4.4	456.4	31	3	Path Forward: Met Target
High Needs	470.3	469.0	-1.3	473.6	165	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	460.7	462.1	1.4	464.5	74	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	470.7	469.4	-1.3	474.0	155	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	462.5	462.4	-0.1	466.3	37	1	Recovery Path: No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Black or African American	474.8	469.7	-5.1	478.7	42	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	469.2	470.2	1.0	473.5	97	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	473.5	472.1	-1.4	476.4	37	0	Recovery Path: Declined

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	47.9	184	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	49.5	31	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	47.1	160	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	48.5	66	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	47.2	151	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	45.6	37	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	11	-	-
Black or African American	50.0	38	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	50.1	101	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	2	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	35.5	32	1	Low Growth

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	46.7	182	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	49.5	31	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	47.4	158	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	44.7	63	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	47.5	150	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	40.4	35	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	9	-	-
Black or African American	46.4	37	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	48.4	99	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	2	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	45.3	35	2	Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	83.1	79.2	-3.9	87.6	380	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	83.0	77.7	-5.3	88.1	354	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	81.0	69.3	-11.7	86.6	153	0	Declined
Low Income	82.8	78.7	-4.1	88.1	342	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	80.8	70.5	-10.3	89.9	61	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
Black or African American	86.8	90.1	3.3	92.7	71	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	83.6	75.6	-8.0	90.0	209	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	71.2	77.6	6.4	75.1	67	4	Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	85.0	86.7	1.7	87.7	360	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	84.6	86.7	2.1	88.2	347	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	78.4	85.7	7.3	85.4	126	3	Met Target
Low Income	86.4	86.4	0.0	90.7	331	1	No Change
Students with Disabilities	79.5	87.2	7.7	86.5	78	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Black or African American	87.5	88.2	0.7	92.4	76	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	84.7	88.6	3.9	88.8	201	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	80.4	74.6	-5.8	83.2	59	0	Declined

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	3.6	3.9	0.3	3.2	1,363	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	3.9	4.1	0.2	3.5	1,198	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	3.8	4.5	0.7	3.4	550	0	Declined
Low Income	3.7	4.1	0.4	3.3	1,099	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	6.4	2.9	-3.5	5.7	238	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	72	-	-
Black or African American	1.3	1.9	0.6	1.1	319	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	4.1	4.9	0.8	3.6	691	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	44	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	6.7	4.7	-2.0	6.0	234	4	Exceeded Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	16.6	13.3	-3.3	18.1	472	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	16.6	13.3	-3.3	18.1	472	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	46.9	45.6	-1.3	43.9	1,399	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	39.6	41.9	2.3	32.7	31	0	Declined
High Needs	48.5	48.2	-0.3	44.9	1,250	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	48.0	47.9	-0.1	43.6	682	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	49.6	49.1	-0.5	45.6	1,145	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	54.0	57.0	3.0	50.2	242	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	82	-	-
Black or African American	29.9	26.7	-3.2	26.2	356	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	55.7	55.9	0.2	51.8	696	1	No Change
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	48	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	50.6	47.4	-3.2	47.0	215	3	Met Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	58.6	47.3	-11.3	63.4	704	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	55.6	43.3	-12.3	60.7	617	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	48.6	38.0	-10.6	56.2	324	0	Declined
Low Income	55.4	42.3	-13.1	60.7	558	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	37.9	10.1	-27.8	43.4	109	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	40	-	-
Black or African American	58.5	50.8	-7.7	65.2	197	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	56.0	42.2	-13.8	62.5	334	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	62.7	52.3	-10.4	67.5	109	0	Declined

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	309	294	95	Yes	1	312	295	95	Yes	1	311	309	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	276	262	277	260	278	276	831	798	96	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	151	143	153	143	154	152	458	438	96	Yes	1
Low Income	259	246	259	243	260	259	778	748	96	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	53	48	51	46	52	51	156	145	95	Yes	2
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	23	23	22	20	23	23	68	66	97	Yes	1
Black or African American	73	71	76	75	74	74	223	220	99	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	155	146	156	147	156	154	467	447	96	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	7	5	7	5	7	7	21	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	51	49	51	48	51	51	153	148	97	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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