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2026 Official Accountability Report - South High Community

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Worcester (03480000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
South High Community (03480520)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
West/Central

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

In need of focused/targeted support

Low student group performance: Students with Disabilities

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
20% - Limited or no 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	32%	12%
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	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	40.0	0	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	1	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	20.0	3	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	3	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	1	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		1.7	10.0	-	0.7	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		17%		-	7%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		12%

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	1	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	1	12	40.0	2	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	1	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	7	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		3.8	10.0	-	2.7	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		38%		-	26%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		32%

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	28%	13%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	19%
	Limited or no 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	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	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	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	1	4	-
	Additional indicators total	1	8	10.0
Weighted total		1.4	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		13%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		13%

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	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	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	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-
	Additional indicators total	4	8	10.0
Weighted total		3.0	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		28%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		28%

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	492.3	484.6	-7.7	494.4	374	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	463.9	458.6	-5.3	469.0	63	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	483.2	478.7	-4.5	487.5	302	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	469.5	467.5	-2.0	471.7	145	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income	483.8	479.0	-4.8	488.7	275	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	469.2	465.5	-3.7	471.2	71	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	506.8	501.9	-4.9	511.9	23	0	Path Forward: Declined
Black or African American	495.6	482.2	-13.4	500.7	78	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	480.1	476.7	-3.4	483.8	185	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	501.4	499.7	-1.7	506.5	70	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	490.5	483.0	-7.5	492.6	375	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	467.3	463.0	-4.3	472.4	63	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	482.1	477.5	-4.6	486.3	303	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	475.1	469.5	-5.6	480.2	144	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	481.9	477.9	-4.0	485.7	276	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	470.2	467.8	-2.4	474.3	71	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	512.0	503.9	-8.1	515.1	22	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Black or African American	491.6	480.9	-10.7	494.6	78	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	478.9	475.7	-3.2	480.8	187	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	498.0	495.2	-2.8	502.0	70	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	487.8	480.1	-7.7	491.5	303	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	460.8	455.3	-5.5	464.7	63	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	479.8	474.4	-5.4	483.2	235	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	470.2	464.2	-6.0	474.0	95	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income	480.0	475.2	-4.8	483.6	213	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	466.0	460.7	-5.3	469.3	63	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	502.8	497.2	-5.6	506.7	21	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Black or African American	491.6	477.5	-14.1	495.9	53	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	477.7	472.7	-5.0	481.7	146	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	490.5	493.0	2.5	493.5	63	3	Recovery Path: Met Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	44.5	298	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	41.6	63	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	44.0	230	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	47.8	84	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	43.4	210	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	40.1	59	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	50.9	22	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	44.4	52	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	43.1	147	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	16	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	43.4	61	2	Typical Growth - Low

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	46.2	303	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	37.7	63	1	Low Growth
High Needs	44.1	234	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	37.7	86	1	Low Growth
Low Income	44.3	213	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	37.0	60	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	48.7	21	2	Typical Growth - Low
Black or African American	48.4	53	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	42.6	150	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	16	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	49.6	63	2	Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	85.7	83.8	-1.9	90.2	505	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	84.1	81.5	-2.6	89.2	437	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	73.8	71.4	-2.4	79.4	189	0	Declined
Low Income	83.8	82.1	-1.7	89.1	420	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	73.9	73.5	-0.4	83.0	83	1	No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	96.1	94.9	-1.2	95.0	59	3	Met Target
Black or African American	91.5	94.7	3.2	95.0	95	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	81.3	74.9	-6.4	87.7	211	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	83.2	85.2	2.0	87.1	122	2	Improved Below Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	90.6	92.8	2.2	93.3	469	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	89.6	92.2	2.6	93.2	410	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	82.2	85.7	3.5	89.2	126	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	89.9	92.2	2.3	94.2	396	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	87.7	91.3	3.6	94.7	92	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	93.9	100.0	6.1	95.0	51	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	91.8	97.6	5.8	95.0	82	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	89.8	88.8	-1.0	93.9	214	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	91.0	92.1	1.1	93.8	101	2	Improved Below Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	1.7	2.1	0.4	1.5	1,779	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	1.8	2.6	0.8	1.6	1,382	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	3.1	5.3	2.2	2.7	533	0	Declined
Low Income	1.5	1.8	0.3	1.3	1,255	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	1.6	1.6	0.0	1.4	322	1	No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	1.0	0.0	-1.0	1.0	168	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	0.3	0.6	0.3	1.0	350	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	2.8	3.6	0.8	2.5	783	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	77	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	1.4	1.5	0.1	1.2	401	0	Declined

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	23.5	20.9	-2.6	25.0	445	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	23.5	20.9	-2.6	25.0	445	1	No Change
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	35.3	38.2	2.9	32.3	1,785	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	38.6	39.7	1.1	31.7	63	0	Declined
High Needs	40.9	43.8	2.9	37.3	1,424	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	39.8	42.1	2.3	35.4	681	0	Declined
Low Income	42.0	44.6	2.6	38.0	1,304	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	46.4	52.9	6.5	42.6	297	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	13.1	17.2	4.1	8.7	145	0	Declined
Black or African American	19.7	19.5	-0.2	16.0	370	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	44.8	49.6	4.8	40.9	821	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	70	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	39.9	39.4	-0.5	36.3	378	2	Improved Below Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	51.1	53.5	2.4	55.9	931	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	44.4	44.4	0.0	49.5	720	1	No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners	38.2	35.1	-3.1	45.8	316	0	Declined
Low Income	45.0	44.6	-0.4	50.3	666	1	No Change
Students with Disabilities	17.4	25.7	8.3	22.9	148	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	77.7	77.4	-0.3	82.7	93	1	No Change
Black or African American	59.8	63.0	3.2	66.5	211	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	39.1	40.8	1.7	45.6	382	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	35	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	50.9	54.8	3.9	55.7	210	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	410	398	97	Yes	1	411	398	97	Yes	1	413	411	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	338	326	339	326	341	339	1,018	991	97	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	168	163	170	162	170	169	508	494	97	Yes	1
Low Income	308	297	310	299	311	310	929	906	98	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	82	78	82	78	83	82	247	238	96	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	27	26	27	25	27	27	81	78	96	Yes	1
Black or African American	84	83	84	83	84	84	252	250	99	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	204	198	205	199	206	205	615	602	98	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	21	19	21	19	21	21	63	59	95	Yes	2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	74	72	74	72	75	74	223	218	98	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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