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Sunita L. Williams Elementary

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Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - Sunita L. Williams Elementary

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Needham (01990000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
Sunita L. Williams Elementary (01990035)

GRADES SERVED
K,01,02,03,04,05

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
97% - Meeting or exceeding targets	97

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	98%	97%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	97%
	Meeting or exceeding 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	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	12	12	67.5	8	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics growth	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Growth total	8	8	22.5	8	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	3	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		10.2	10.3	-	7.2	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		99%		-	95%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		97%

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	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	12	12	67.5	8	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Growth total	8	8	22.5	7	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	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		10.2	10.3	-	7.4	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		99%		-	97%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		98%

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	74%	100%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	90%
	Meeting or exceeding 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	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-
	Achievement total	12	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	4	4	-
	Mathematics growth	4	4	-
	Growth total	8	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	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		10.3	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		100%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		100%

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	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	8	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	4	4	-
	Mathematics growth	4	4	-
	Growth total	8	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	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		7.6	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		74%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		74%

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	509.2	511.3	2.1	511.7	265	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	483.1	491.8	8.7	487.9	42	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
High Needs	494.7	497.9	3.2	497.0	85	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	503.3	506.8	3.5	506.4	26	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Low Income	489.4	496.8	7.4	491.5	22	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	487.1	491.9	4.8	490.0	55	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	518.3	516.3	-2.0	521.0	36	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	509.0	510.3	1.3	510.4	21	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	509.2	511.7	2.5	511.8	179	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	509.8	511.8	2.0	511.8	267	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	483.7	494.5	10.8	488.0	42	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
High Needs	495.9	498.6	2.7	497.5	86	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	509.1	508.9	-0.2	512.1	27	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	486.8	495.9	9.1	489.2	23	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	487.7	490.9	3.2	490.1	55	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	523.8	523.2	-0.6	526.8	37	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	507.2	508.5	1.3	508.7	21	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	509.9	511.6	1.7	511.9	180	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	512.4	511.8	-0.6	514.6	96	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
High Needs	491.7	503.0	11.3	493.8	38	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Low Income	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Students with Disabilities	486.9	495.0	8.1	491.1	22	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	514.0	512.1	-1.9	516.2	67	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	69.0	172	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Lowest Performing	69.8	42	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
High Needs	66.2	57	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
English Learners and Former English Learners	76.9	22	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Low Income	-	14	-	-
Students with Disabilities	63.8	34	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	72.8	21	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American	-	3	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	14	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	70.0	118	4	Exceeded Typical Growth

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	71.5	173	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Lowest Performing	72.9	42	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
High Needs	73.2	57	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
English Learners and Former English Learners	76.4	22	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Low Income	-	14	-	-
Students with Disabilities	71.9	34	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	80.3	21	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American	-	3	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	14	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	71.3	119	4	Exceeded Typical Growth

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 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 - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	6.0	4.6	-1.4	4.9	437	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	4.5	7.1	2.6	1.2	42	0	Declined
High Needs	9.5	6.2	-3.3	7.4	146	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	14.3	10.6	-3.7	11.3	47	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	9.8	12.5	2.7	5.5	32	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	8.6	4.1	-4.5	6.1	98	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	6.3	3.8	-2.5	4.2	52	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	26	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	5.6	5.6	0.0	4.5	36	1	No Change
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	5.1	4.2	-0.9	3.9	307	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	267	266	100	Yes	1	268	268	100	Yes	1	96	96	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	87	86	87	87	38	38	212	211	100	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	28	27	28	28	15	15	71	70	99	Yes	1
Low Income	23	22	23	23	11	11	57	56	98	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	55	55	55	55	22	22	132	132	100	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	38	37	38	38	14	14	90	89	99	Yes	1
Black or African American	8	8	8	8	2	2	18	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	20	20	20	20	6	6	46	46	100	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	21	21	21	21	7	7	49	49	100	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
White	179	179	180	180	67	67	426	426	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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