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2022 Official Accountability Report - South High Community

Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Worcester (03480000)
TITLE I STATUS
Title I School
SCHOOL
South High Community (03480520)
GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12
REGION
West/Central
FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Student group percentile

Group2022 percentile
High needs 12
Low income -
English learner (EL) and Former EL 30
Students with disabilities 10
American Indian or Alaskan Native -
Asian 15
African American/Black 52
Hispanic or Latino 28
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino -
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander -
White 9

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 496.6 492.5 352
High needs 488.4 487.2 280
Low income 488.8 487.3 258
EL and Former EL 480.8 472.2 87
Students w/ disabilities 480.2 472.3 67
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 511.3 504.9 39
Afr. Amer./Black 495.6 492.9 70
Hispanic/Latino 487.7 484.8 151
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 13
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 504.0 499.6 79

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2019 Achievement 2022 Achievement N
All Students 495.0 486.8 350
High needs 485.8 481.8 279
Low income 486.4 482.3 256
EL and Former EL 480.4 470.2 88
Students w/ disabilities 475.3 471.4 69
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 518.7 506.3 39
Afr. Amer./Black 494.4 482.5 70
Hispanic/Latino 484.4 478.7 147
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 14
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 501.0 495.6 80

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 81.7 483.6 325
High needs 75.4 479.0 259
Low income 76.3 479.4 237
EL and Former EL 70.9 469.0 77
Students w/ disabilities 64.2 470.1 65
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 93.8 497.6 37
Afr. Amer./Black 81.9 483.9 65
Hispanic/Latino 76.5 474.1 131
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 14
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 83.3 491.4 78

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 46.6 44.9 290
High needs 45.1 42.1 225
Low income 45.6 41.5 213
EL and Former EL 40.2 38.1 49
Students w/ disabilities 46.2 32.4 50
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 46.4 53.7 33
Afr. Amer./Black 37.8 52.6 55
Hispanic/Latino 46.4 43.3 123
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 12
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 51.6 38.7 67

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2019 Mean SGP 2022 Mean SGP N
All Students 49.8 42.1 287
High needs 46.2 37.9 223
Low income 46.6 38.2 210
EL and Former EL 46.7 34.4 49
Students w/ disabilities 41.0 32.3 51
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 56.2 56.5 33
Afr. Amer./Black 47.4 38.1 54
Hispanic/Latino 46.7 37.2 118
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 13
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 52.7 47.8 69

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 86.2 86.8 333
High needs 83.9 85.2 283
Low income 84.0 84.6 272
EL and Former EL 79.0 79.2 120
Students w/ disabilities 75.0 73.0 74
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 90.7 100.0 38
Afr. Amer./Black 93.2 95.2 63
Hispanic/Latino 84.4 79.7 153
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 8
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 83.3 87.3 71

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2019 Rate (%) 2020 Rate (%) N
All Students 84.0 92.1 369
High needs 82.2 91.0 310
Low income 81.8 91.1 281
EL and Former EL 76.1 89.9 138
Students w/ disabilities 84.7 89.3 84
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---
Asian 90.9 97.7 43
Afr. Amer./Black 93.8 97.3 74
Hispanic/Latino 78.8 90.4 167
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.-- 13
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 81.1 88.9 72

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2021 Rate (%) N
All Students 2.1 1.0 1,410
High needs 2.7 1.0 1,097
Low income 2.9 0.7 937
EL and Former EL 4.0 2.0 401
Students w/ disabilities 1.7 0.6 312
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 0.7 0.6 161
Afr. Amer./Black 0.4 0.8 248
Hispanic/Latino 3.0 1.1 637
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 2.4 4.3 46
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 2.1 0.6 317

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2020 Rate (%) 2022 Rate (%) N
All Students 17.6 23.8 345
High needs---
Low income---
EL and Former EL 17.6 23.8 345
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 27.8 15.8 1,579
High needs 31.4 17.8 1,349
Low income 35.5 18.4 1,234
EL and Former EL 27.1 18.5 590
Students w/ disabilities 38.6 28.8 309
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 6.3 4.8 168
Afr. Amer./Black 18.1 9.1 263
Hispanic/Latino 35.7 20.6 734
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 46.9 12.7 55
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 27.0 16.5 358

*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 53.2 46.5 662
High needs 45.2 42.3 568
Low income 44.9 42.3 522
EL and Former EL 38.0 40.4 255
Students w/ disabilities 18.7 15.2 138
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.-- 1
Asian 71.6 80.8 78
Afr. Amer./Black 56.4 44.4 108
Hispanic/Latino 42.6 36.1 319
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat.- 47.6 21
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---
White 59.7 53.3 135

Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed % Enrolled Assessed %
All Students 396 38697 396 39199 395 39099

Assessment participation - Student groups
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed %
High needs 323 313 323 319 323 318 969 95098
Low income 296 288 295 293 295 292 886 87399
EL and Former EL 115 108 116 115 115 112 346 33597
Students w/ disabilities 71 65 73 72 74 73 218 21096
Amer. Ind. or Alaska Nat.---------
Asian 43 43 43 43 42 42 128 128100
Afr. Amer./Black 76 76 76 76 76 76 228 228100
Hispanic/Latino 179 170 178 173 179 174 536 51796
Multi-race, Non-Hisp./Lat. 15- 15- 15- 45--
Nat. Haw. or Pacif. Isl.---------
White 83 83 84 84 83 83 250 250100


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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