Massachusetts School and District Profiles

Taconic High
Districts Schools
Select an Org
View Previous Year
2022
View Next Year
print page

2022 Official Accountability Report - Taconic High
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Pittsfield (02360000)		TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School
SCHOOL
Taconic High (02360510)		GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12
REGION
West/Central		FEDERAL DESIGNATION
Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI)

Student group percentile

Group2022 percentile
High needs 8
Low income 5
English learner (EL) and Former EL -
Students with disabilities 15
American Indian or Alaskan Native -
Asian -
African American/Black 10
Hispanic or Latino -
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino -
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander -
White 3

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 489.5 493.0 194
High needs 482.9 488.3 135
Low income 483.2 489.3 125
EL and Former EL-- 6
Students w/ disabilities 478.2 476.6 47
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black 479.6 484.2 26
Hispanic/Latino 479.0 495.6 21
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 12
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 494.0 495.1 132

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 489.1 489.2 191
High needs 482.0 485.8 133
Low income 482.0 486.6 123
EL and Former EL-- 6
Students w/ disabilities 477.0 478.7 46
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black 478.5 482.4 25
Hispanic/Latino 477.7 489.0 21
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 12
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 493.9 491.4 130

Science achievement - MCAS Composite Performance Index (CPI) (2019) and average composite scaled score (2022) - High school
Group 2019 Achievement (CPI) 2022 Achievement
(Average composite scaled score)		 N
All Students 78.7 488.5 179
High needs 71.3 485.0 126
Low income 71.5 486.3 117
EL and Former EL-- 5
Students w/ disabilities 60.4 472.6 43
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black 69.0 482.0 26
Hispanic/Latino-- 19
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 11
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 83.3 490.5 120

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 35.9 46.6 189
High needs 34.2 42.6 132
Low income 32.5 42.9 122
EL and Former EL-- 5
Students w/ disabilities 42.7 39.0 47
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black 29.1 33.2 26
Hispanic/Latino-- 19
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 11
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 39.2 49.7 130

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 41.6 41.4 183
High needs 35.8 42.7 127
Low income 35.7 41.6 117
EL and Former EL-- 5
Students w/ disabilities 42.0 52.4 45
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black 39.7 39.0 24
Hispanic/Latino-- 18
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 11
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 43.0 42.9 127

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 85.7 89.5 219
High needs 80.3 86.7 158
Low income 78.5 87.8 148
EL and Former EL-- 14
Students w/ disabilities 73.1 77.8 63
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 2
Afr. Amer./Black 80.6 93.5 31
Hispanic/Latino 68.0 81.5 27
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 18
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 90.1 90.8 141

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2019 Rate (%) 2020 Rate (%) N
All Students 91.1 87.8 189
High needs 89.7 83.2 137
Low income 90.8 81.0 121
EL and Former EL-- 9
Students w/ disabilities 85.4 73.1 52
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black 95.7 83.3 36
Hispanic/Latino- 76.0 25
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 14
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 89.6 91.0 111

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 2.3 2.3 869
High needs 3.3 3.3 540
Low income 3.6 4.0 455
EL and Former EL- 10.0 20
Students w/ disabilities 6.1 5.3 207
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 9
Afr. Amer./Black 2.6 0.0 119
Hispanic/Latino 0.0 5.5 109
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 2.7 2.6 77
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 2.7 2.2 554

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students-- 14
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL-- 14
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 - High school
Group 2019 Rate (% of students missing 10% of days) 2022 Rate (% of students missing 20% of days) N
All Students 29.7 19.4 829
High needs 37.9 24.9 582
Low income 41.0 25.8 543
EL and Former EL 25.6 12.5 40
Students w/ disabilities 42.4 28.1 167
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 2
Asian-- 8
Afr. Amer./Black 39.1 35.5 107
Hispanic/Latino 34.0 21.1 114
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 31.7 28.6 70
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 27.1 14.8 528

*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.


Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2021 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students 58.4 58.6 377
High needs 47.1 49.6 254
Low income 46.5 52.2 228
EL and Former EL-- 16
Students w/ disabilities 35.1 40.0 75
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian-- 3
Afr. Amer./Black 37.9 52.3 44
Hispanic/Latino 55.4 45.6 57
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 50.0 48.6 37
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 65.1 64.3 235

Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed %
All Students 207 206100 205 20299 207 20599

Assessment participation - Student groups
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed %
High needs 147 146 145 143 147 145 439 43499
Low income 135 134 133 131 135 133 403 39899
EL and Former EL 9- 9- 9- 27--
Students w/ disabilities 49 49 50 49 50 49 149 14799
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---------
Asian 3- 3- 3- 9--
Afr. Amer./Black 27 27 26 26 26 26 79 79100
Hispanic/Latino 25 25 25 25 25 24 75 7499
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 13- 13- 13- 39--
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---------
White 139 138 138 136 140 139 417 41399


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.


Resources
Interpretive Materials Interpretive Materials
Glossary Glossary of 2022 Accountability Terms

School and District Profiles