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High School Of Commerce

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2026 Official Accountability Report - High School Of Commerce

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Springfield (02810000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
High School Of Commerce (02810510)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
Strategic Transformation

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI)

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

In need of focused/targeted support

Low participation rate: Students with Disabilities -Hispanic or Latino -English Learners and Former English Learners -High Needs -All Students

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
42% - Moderate 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	15%	60%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	42%
	Moderate 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	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	12	12	40.0	4	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	20.0	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	8	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	8	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		8.2	10.0	-	3.8	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		82%		-	37%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		60%

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	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	40.0	2	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	1	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	20.0	3	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	0	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	0	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	1	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	1	8	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		0.9	10.0	-	2.2	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		9%		-	21%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		15%

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	10%	74%
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 (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-
	Achievement total	10	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	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	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	0	4	-
	Additional indicators total	4	8	10.0
Weighted total		7.9	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		74%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		74%

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	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	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-
	High school completion total	0	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0
Weighted total		1.1	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		10%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		10%

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	487.3	491.5	4.2	490.8	169	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	458.8	466.8	8.0	463.9	23	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs	485.5	488.6	3.1	489.8	146	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	467.7	474.6	6.9	471.2	24	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Low Income	485.7	488.6	2.9	490.6	138	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	474.0	476.5	2.5	477.2	63	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Black or African American	486.4	499.2	12.8	491.5	31	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	485.5	488.1	2.6	489.2	115	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	14	-	-

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	484.2	491.4	7.2	488.3	165	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	466.7	465.7	-1.0	471.8	23	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	482.9	488.9	6.0	487.1	142	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	478.3	480.3	2.0	483.4	22	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	483.0	489.1	6.1	486.8	134	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	473.5	479.4	5.9	477.6	60	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Black or African American	483.0	495.4	12.4	488.1	31	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	482.6	488.3	5.7	486.4	111	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	14	-	-

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	481.4	487.3	5.9	485.1	149	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	458.5	457.1	-1.4	462.4	22	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	479.0	484.0	5.0	481.9	127	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Low Income	479.1	484.0	4.9	482.2	121	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	469.2	473.0	3.8	472.4	56	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Black or African American	479.7	491.7	12.0	483.6	29	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	479.3	482.6	3.3	482.3	99	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	13	-	-

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	46.9	132	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	50.0	22	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	45.3	113	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	13	-	-
Low Income	45.0	107	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	41.2	40	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	2	-	-
Black or African American	52.3	21	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	46.2	93	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	3	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	-	12	-	-

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	53.3	127	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	47.0	22	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	53.3	108	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	11	-	-
Low Income	53.4	102	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	43.1	37	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	2	-	-
Black or African American	57.9	21	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	52.9	88	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	3	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	-	12	-	-

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	64.6	79.5	14.9	69.1	298	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	64.2	78.9	14.7	69.3	280	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	51.9	72.2	20.3	57.5	54	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	63.7	79.0	15.3	69.0	276	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	41.4	62.7	21.3	50.5	59	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	68.2	79.2	11.0	74.1	53	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	62.4	77.0	14.6	68.8	213	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	26	-	-

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	74.7	67.7	-7.0	77.4	291	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	73.7	67.4	-6.3	77.3	285	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	51.0	53.7	2.7	58.0	54	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	73.7	66.9	-6.8	78.0	281	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	56.9	53.4	-3.5	63.9	58	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Black or African American	82.7	68.2	-14.5	87.6	44	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	70.5	66.5	-4.0	74.6	221	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	17	-	-

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	8.1	5.0	-3.1	7.2	966	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	7.8	5.2	-2.6	7.0	831	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	11.6	6.1	-5.5	10.4	114	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	7.3	4.9	-2.4	6.5	803	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	10.4	7.5	-2.9	9.3	267	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Black or African American	8.9	6.5	-2.4	8.0	170	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	8.6	5.4	-3.2	7.7	682	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	81	-	-

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	12.4	21.1	8.7	13.9	57	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	12.4	21.1	8.7	13.9	57	4	Exceeded 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 - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	51.3	43.6	-7.7	48.3	826	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	48.6	65.2	16.6	41.7	23	0	Declined
High Needs	53.6	45.6	-8.0	50.0	722	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	56.4	50.7	-5.7	52.0	134	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	53.7	46.0	-7.7	49.7	694	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	53.3	53.8	0.5	49.5	262	1	No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Black or African American	44.3	37.0	-7.3	40.6	154	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	56.0	46.7	-9.3	52.1	580	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	56	-	-

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	72.3	66.9	-5.4	77.1	417	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	70.0	64.9	-5.1	75.1	362	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	57.1	54.8	-2.3	64.7	73	0	Declined
Low Income	70.4	65.1	-5.3	75.7	350	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	48.1	47.6	-0.5	53.6	124	1	No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Black or African American	74.2	67.2	-7.0	80.9	67	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	69.5	64.6	-4.9	76.0	305	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	27	-	-

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	186	181	97	Yes	1	187	175	94	No	1	188	176	94	No	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	162	157	163	151	164	152	489	460	94	No	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	28	27	28	24	28	24	84	75	91	No	2
Low Income	150	146	152	141	153	144	455	431	95	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	72	69	72	65	72	65	216	199	93	No	2
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
Asian	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	34	33	34	33	34	33	102	99	97	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	127	123	128	117	129	119	384	359	94	No	2
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	6	6	6	6	6	5	18	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	16	16	16	16	16	16	48	-	-	-	-

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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