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2022 Official Accountability Report - Spark Academy
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Lawrence (01490000)		TITLE I STATUS
Title I School
SCHOOL
Spark Academy (01490085)		GRADES SERVED
06,07,08
REGION
Strategic Transformation		FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-
Accountability information
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most districts and schools did not receive an accountability determination in 2022
School accountability percentile
21

Student group percentile

Group2022 percentile
High needs 36
Low income 37
English learner (EL) and Former EL 26
Students with disabilities 22
American Indian or Alaskan Native -
Asian -
African American/Black -
Hispanic or Latino 53
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino -
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander -
White -

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 486.3 481.8 404
High needs 484.9 481.2 392
Low income 484.5 481.5 382
EL and Former EL 479.4 472.9 199
Students w/ disabilities 473.8 461.6 89
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black-- 4
Hispanic/Latino 485.7 481.2 381
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White-- 16

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 492.9 482.8 405
High needs 491.6 482.3 393
Low income 491.1 482.5 383
EL and Former EL 487.7 477.4 200
Students w/ disabilities 479.0 465.8 89
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black-- 4
Hispanic/Latino 492.3 482.2 382
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White-- 16

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 488.2 481.6 149
High needs 486.9 480.7 143
Low income 486.8 481.3 139
EL and Former EL 475.9 474.3 84
Students w/ disabilities 474.2 460.0 40
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 2
Afr. Amer./Black---
Hispanic/Latino 487.9 479.7 141
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White-- 6

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 52.8 55.1 378
High needs 52.2 54.5 367
Low income 51.2 54.6 358
EL and Former EL 51.6 52.3 186
Students w/ disabilities 51.5 47.4 78
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black-- 3
Hispanic/Latino 52.9 55.0 357
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White-- 15

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 63.3 58.8 380
High needs 63.5 58.8 369
Low income 62.8 58.8 360
EL and Former EL 63.5 59.9 188
Students w/ disabilities 53.2 48.2 79
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black-- 3
Hispanic/Latino 63.5 58.9 359
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White-- 15

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students 31.0 19.5 118
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL 31.0 19.5 118
Students w/ disabilities---
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian---
Afr. Amer./Black---
Hispanic/Latino---
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White---

Chronic absenteeism - Non-high school
Group 2019 Rate (% of students missing 10% of days) 2022 Rate (% of students missing 20% of days) N
All Students 12.6 13.0 445
High needs 13.8 13.0 432
Low income 14.6 13.3 422
EL and Former EL 12.3 13.7 227
Students w/ disabilities 21.2 20.0 95
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black-- 4
Hispanic/Latino 12.6 13.1 421
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White-- 17

*The 2022 accountability calculations include the percentage of students missing 10% or more of their days in membership in 2019, and the percentage of students missing 20% or more of their days in membership in 2022.



Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed %
All Students 434 42999 434 43199 158 15497

Assessment participation - Student groups
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed %
High needs 421 416 421 418 152 148 994 98299
Low income 411 406 411 408 148 144 970 95899
EL and Former EL 224 221 223 221 91 89 538 53199
Students w/ disabilities 93 93 92 92 41 41 226 226100
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---------
Asian 3- 3- 2- 8--
Afr. Amer./Black 4- 4--- 8--
Hispanic/Latino 410 406 410 408 149 146 969 96099
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.---------
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---------
White 17- 17- 7- 41--


About this Report

Accountability information: Most districts and schools did not receive an overall accountability determination in 2022. However, school accountability reports may contain additional performance information if the school has been designated underperforming or chronically underperforming, or if they have one or more low performing student groups, a low graduation rate, or low assessment participation. District accountability reports may contain additional information if the district has been designated chronically underperforming or if the district has low assessment participation.

School 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.

Low income and economically disadvantaged students: Beginning in fall 2021, DESE no longer reports data for the economically disadvantaged student group and instead reports data for a newly defined low income student group. Unlike the economically disadvantaged group or the former low income group used prior to 2015, the new group includes a broader range of disadvantaged students who are identified through one of three different sources:

1. Students who participate in one or more of the following state-administered assistance programs: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Transitional Assistance for Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC); the Department of Children and Families' (DCF) foster care program; and MassHealth (Medicaid);

2. Students who are homeless, as reported to DESE by districts via the Homeless and Foster Care data collection tool; or

3. Students who are identified as low income through the Supplemental Low Income Data Collection, as reported to DESE by districts via the Student Information Management System (SIMS).

This change also impacts the membership of the high needs student group, which is an unduplicated count of all students in a school or district belonging to the students with disabilities, English Learner (EL) and former EL, and/or low income students groups.
In the 2022 accountability results, the 2022 data for accountability indicators includes students who meet the new definition of low income. Earlier data for accountability indicators includes who students who were previously identified as economically disadvantaged.


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