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Marshall Simonds Middle

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Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - Marshall Simonds Middle

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Burlington (00480000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
Marshall Simonds Middle (00480303)

GRADES SERVED
06,07,08

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

In need of focused/targeted support

Low participation rate: Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
46% - Moderate progress toward targets	62

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	52%	42%
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		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	0	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	2	12	60.0	4	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	5	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	3	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-	3	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	4	10.0	3	4	10.0
Weighted total		2.9	9.6	-	4.1	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		30%		-	54%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		42%

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	2	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	1	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	4	12	60.0	5	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	3	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	4	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.1	9.6	-	4.7	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		43%		-	62%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		52%

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	16%	11%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	13%
	Limited or no 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	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	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	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		1.1	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		11%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		11%

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	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	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		1.6	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		16%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		16%

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	501.9	497.6	-4.3	506.1	790	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	470.1	470.9	0.8	475.2	122	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	484.4	480.8	-3.6	487.2	298	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	483.5	478.9	-4.6	485.9	101	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	485.9	481.8	-4.1	487.0	172	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	472.2	471.6	-0.6	475.1	132	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	509.8	506.2	-3.6	511.7	128	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Black or African American	487.9	487.3	-0.6	490.4	61	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	490.0	483.0	-7.0	493.4	81	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	515.1	509.8	-5.3	517.1	32	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	502.7	498.2	-4.5	506.4	485	0	Recovery Path: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	501.7	501.0	-0.7	503.7	789	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	474.3	475.7	1.4	479.4	122	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	486.8	485.6	-1.2	489.4	295	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	489.4	488.4	-1.0	493.0	100	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	487.2	485.1	-2.1	489.6	168	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	476.1	477.2	1.1	479.4	132	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	513.9	512.5	-1.4	517.6	128	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	487.0	488.9	1.9	489.6	61	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	489.2	486.0	-3.2	492.5	79	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	515.2	512.5	-2.7	517.3	33	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	501.7	501.1	-0.6	503.8	485	0	Path Forward: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	494.3	496.4	2.1	497.0	255	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	47	-	-
High Needs	481.6	480.7	-0.9	485.0	88	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	482.5	474.3	-8.2	486.1	29	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	483.7	481.3	-2.4	487.1	49	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	468.5	476.7	8.2	473.0	39	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	500.4	502.2	1.8	504.4	51	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	490.1	474.4	-15.7	495.2	23	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	494.1	497.0	2.9	497.1	146	3	Path Forward: Met Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	51.4	768	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	48.0	122	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	48.0	284	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	51.3	93	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	48.0	160	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	46.9	128	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	2	-	-
Asian	58.8	119	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	56.6	58	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	45.6	79	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	53.4	32	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	49.7	477	2	Typical Growth - Low

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	51.3	770	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	51.2	122	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	47.7	284	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	51.2	95	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	48.0	158	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	46.4	128	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	2	-	-
Asian	59.0	121	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	54.2	59	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	45.7	77	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	51.9	33	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	49.7	477	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	48.8	53.3	4.5	54.0	45	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	48.8	53.3	4.5	54.0	45	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 - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	12.4	11.7	-0.7	11.1	844	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	17.1	13.9	-3.2	13.6	122	3	Met Target
High Needs	19.6	18.0	-1.6	17.0	333	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	22.7	15.4	-7.3	19.7	123	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	23.5	22.4	-1.1	19.8	196	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	16.3	21.3	5.0	13.0	141	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	10.3	4.5	-5.8	7.4	133	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	6.8	2.8	-4.0	3.3	71	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	27.6	25.3	-2.3	23.9	95	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	14.6	13.9	-0.7	13.3	36	2	Improved Below Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	10.6	12.1	1.5	9.2	506	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	829	810	98	Yes	1	830	811	98	Yes	1	283	267	96	Yes	2

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	322	315	323	314	106	99	751	728	97	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	118	115	118	115	39	36	275	266	97	Yes	1
Low Income	185	183	186	181	61	56	432	420	97	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	142	136	143	137	45	42	330	315	95	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	-	-	-	-
Asian	131	131	131	131	53	53	315	315	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	69	68	69	68	27	25	165	161	98	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	90	88	90	87	27	25	207	200	97	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	35	32	35	33	16	14	86	79	92	No	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
White	501	488	502	489	158	148	1,161	1,125	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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