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Needham High

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2024 Official Accountability Report - Needham High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Needham (01990000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
Needham High (01990505)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Meeting or exceeding targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
84% - Meeting or exceeding targets	85

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2023	2024
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	72%	91%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2023 x 40%) + (2024 x 60%)	84%
	Meeting or exceeding targets

2024 Points awarded

2024 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	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Achievement total	12	12	47.5	11	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	22.5	6	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	12	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	8	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		10.0	10.7	-	9.2	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		94%		-	89%		-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		91%

2023 Points awarded

2023 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	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	7	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	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	11	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Advanced coursework completion	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	8	8	10.0	-	-	-
Weighted total		7.7	10.7	-	-	-	-
Percentage of possible points		72%		-	-		-
2023 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		72%

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

	2023	2024
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	63%	68%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2023 x 40%) + (2024 x 60%)	66%
	Substantial progress toward targets

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High Needs Student Group (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	1	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-
	Achievement total	7	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	12	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		7.3	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		68%		-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		68%

2023 Points awarded

2023 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	4	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	6	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	4	4	-
	Growth total	7	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-
	High school completion total	8	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-
	Additional indicators total	7	8	10.0
Weighted total		6.7	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		63%		-
2023 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		63%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2023 Achievement	2024 Achievement	Change	2024 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	518.0	523.9	5.9	519.8	411	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	495.5	502.4	6.9	499.1	94	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs	503.5	503.2	-0.3	505.4	95	1	Path Forward: No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Low Income	504.1	504.2	0.1	507.7	34	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	502.1	500.0	-2.1	504.0	68	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	530.7	532.4	1.7	534.1	29	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	513.2	513.2	0.0	515.9	39	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	517.2	524.8	7.6	518.7	317	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2023 Achievement	2024 Achievement	Change	2024 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	521.6	522.2	0.6	523.4	407	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	501.6	500.7	-0.9	504.9	93	3	Path Forward: Met Target
High Needs	509.3	503.2	-6.1	512.0	93	3	Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Low Income	506.8	505.9	-0.9	511.3	33	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	507.8	498.8	-9.0	510.3	66	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	535.8	534.3	-1.5	539.2	29	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	511.7	515.6	3.9	515.9	38	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	521.1	522.5	1.4	523.1	315	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2023 Achievement	2024 Achievement	Change	2024 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	508.7	515.3	6.6	510.6	402	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	488.3	496.1	7.8	490.9	94	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs	495.5	498.2	2.7	497.8	90	3	Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Low Income	491.2	495.4	4.2	493.2	29	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	494.8	496.4	1.6	496.0	68	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	522.0	527.4	5.4	523.3	27	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	501.2	511.6	10.4	504.4	37	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	508.1	515.2	7.1	509.9	313	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2024 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	53.5	379	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	50.1	94	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	47.5	81	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	4	-	-
Low Income	47.2	28	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	45.8	60	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	59.8	27	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	-	9	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	47.4	35	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	54.0	293	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2024 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	45.4	375	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	53.1	93	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	51.7	81	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	4	-	-
Low Income	47.1	28	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	52.9	60	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	38.6	27	1	Low Growth
Black or African American	-	8	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	50.1	34	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	45.9	291	2	Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2022 Rate (%)	2023 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	98.6	99.5	0.9	95.0	374	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	97.2	100.0	2.8	95.0	91	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Low Income	94.0	100.0	6.0	95.0	39	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	97.3	100.0	2.7	95.0	64	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	97.8	100.0	2.2	95.0	25	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	26	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	99.1	99.3	0.2	95.0	300	4	Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2021 Rate (%)	2022 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	98.6	98.9	0.3	95.0	439	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	96.2	97.2	1.0	95.0	108	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Low Income	91.3	94.0	2.7	94.5	50	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	94.7	97.3	2.6	95.0	74	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	45	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	99.1	99.1	0.0	95.0	341	4	Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2022 Rate (%)	2023 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	0.4	0.2	-0.2	1.0	1,645	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	1.8	0.5	-1.3	1.6	396	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Low Income	3.8	0.0	-3.8	3.4	126	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	1.7	0.7	-1.0	1.5	285	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	125	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	32	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	130	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	78	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	1,279	3	Met Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	25.9	22.3	-3.6	24.8	1,626	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	35.6	17.0	-18.6	31.6	94	4	Exceeded Target
High Needs	43.1	33.8	-9.3	40.0	393	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	49	-	-
Low Income	49.3	41.7	-7.6	45.1	127	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	45.1	32.9	-12.2	41.2	289	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	16.7	16.4	-0.3	14.8	146	2	Improved Below Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	41	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	42.9	29.0	-13.9	38.9	131	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	78	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	24.8	22.2	-2.6	23.4	1,228	4	Exceeded Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	96.1	94.6	-1.5	95.0	831	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	86.5	80.4	-6.1	92.5	199	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Low Income	90.3	80.9	-9.4	95.0	68	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	82.0	76.2	-5.8	89.7	147	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	98.4	98.6	0.2	95.0	73	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	91.5	85.9	-5.6	95.0	64	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	44	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	96.8	95.4	-1.4	95.0	633	4	Exceeded 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	413	412	100	Yes	1	415	411	99	Yes	1	415	415	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	95	95	96	94	95	95	286	284	99	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	8	8	8	8	8	8	24	-	-	-	-
Low Income	34	34	35	34	34	34	103	102	99	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	68	68	68	66	68	68	204	202	99	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	29	29	29	29	29	29	87	87	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	11	11	11	10	11	11	33	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	39	39	41	40	40	40	120	119	99	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	15	15	15	15	15	15	45	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	319	318	319	317	320	320	958	955	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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