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South West Middle School

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Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - South West Middle School

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Quincy (02430000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
South West Middle School (02430320)

GRADES SERVED
05,06,07,08

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Substantial progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
62% - Substantial progress toward targets	35

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	71%	57%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	62%
	Substantial 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	1	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-	3	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	5	12	60.0	6	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	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	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	0	4	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.3	9.6	-	5.2	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		45%		-	68%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		57%

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	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	10	12	60.0	5	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	4	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		7.9	9.6	-	4.5	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		82%		-	59%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		71%

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	83%	24%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	48%
	Moderate 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	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	2	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-
	Growth total	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	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		2.5	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		24%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		24%

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	2	4	-
	Achievement total	10	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	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		8.5	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		83%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		83%

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	491.3	491.2	-0.1	494.2	422	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Lowest Performing	452.7	457.5	4.8	457.9	61	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
High Needs	486.4	485.3	-1.1	489.2	330	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	480.3	479.8	-0.5	483.6	159	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Low Income	485.7	487.0	1.3	488.3	265	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	471.7	470.9	-0.8	474.4	105	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	501.3	501.6	0.3	504.5	128	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Black or African American	489.8	486.6	-3.2	492.6	70	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	479.7	480.2	0.5	483.0	57	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	483.6	490.6	7.0	487.7	33	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	489.5	488.7	-0.8	492.3	130	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	487.9	489.2	1.3	490.2	420	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	458.7	463.4	4.7	463.4	61	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
High Needs	484.8	485.1	0.3	487.1	328	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	483.7	484.2	0.5	487.0	158	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	484.2	485.8	1.6	486.3	263	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	474.1	472.0	-2.1	477.8	105	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	499.9	503.3	3.4	502.8	128	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Black or African American	481.2	481.3	0.1	483.7	69	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	479.1	477.4	-1.7	482.2	57	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	481.3	483.5	2.2	484.5	33	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	485.3	486.3	1.0	487.5	129	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	489.3	490.7	1.4	493.6	204	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	27	-	-
High Needs	486.6	484.0	-2.6	490.9	156	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	483.4	481.8	-1.6	487.6	70	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	485.4	484.3	-1.1	489.5	130	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	474.8	464.0	-10.8	478.8	42	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	499.6	504.8	5.2	504.7	62	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Black or African American	483.6	480.9	-2.7	487.7	39	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	480.8	474.7	-6.1	484.7	27	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	489.1	490.9	1.8	494.0	63	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	54.4	392	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	53.4	61	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	53.6	302	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	55.5	148	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	53.5	244	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	52.0	84	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	3	-	-
Asian	56.3	115	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	51.7	66	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	54.7	53	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	68.1	30	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	51.1	124	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	49.7	389	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	46.0	61	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	49.3	299	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	49.2	147	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	50.7	240	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	43.1	84	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	3	-	-
Asian	57.1	115	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	49.7	65	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	46.6	52	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	46.7	31	2	Typical Growth - Low
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	45.5	122	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	37.5	40.3	2.8	42.7	77	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	37.5	40.3	2.8	42.7	77	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	14.0	16.2	2.2	11.8	463	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	15.9	26.2	10.3	11.0	61	0	Declined
High Needs	16.7	19.0	2.3	14.2	364	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	11.0	14.9	3.9	7.7	175	0	Declined
Low Income	19.6	21.5	1.9	16.9	293	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	17.4	20.0	2.6	13.1	115	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	3.8	2.9	-0.9	1.0	139	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	16.1	16.5	0.4	12.5	79	1	No Change
Hispanic or Latino	26.0	26.2	0.2	22.2	65	1	No Change
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	14.0	25.7	11.7	11.8	35	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	16.9	22.7	5.8	14.0	141	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	453	452	100	Yes	1	453	451	100	Yes	1	225	222	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	356	355	356	354	172	170	884	879	99	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	174	173	174	173	77	77	425	423	100	Yes	1
Low Income	285	285	286	284	143	142	714	711	100	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	115	114	114	114	48	47	277	275	99	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	3	3	3	3	1	1	7	-	-	-	-
Asian	134	133	134	134	65	65	333	332	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	79	79	79	78	46	45	204	202	99	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	60	60	61	61	30	30	151	151	100	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	35	35	35	35	12	12	82	82	100	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
White	140	140	139	138	70	68	349	346	99	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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