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Sunita L. Williams Elementary

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2024 Official Accountability Report - Sunita L. Williams Elementary

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Needham (01990000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
Sunita L. Williams Elementary (01990035)

GRADES SERVED
K,01,02,03,04,05

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
70% - Substantial progress toward targets	88

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2023	2024
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	35%	93%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2023 x 40%) + (2024 x 60%)	70%
	Substantial progress toward targets

2024 Points awarded

2024 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	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	11	12	60.0	8	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Growth total	8	8	20.0	7	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	0	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		8.5	9.6	-	7.4	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		89%		-	97%		-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		93%

2023 Points awarded

2023 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	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	3	12	60.0	2	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	20.0	4	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	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		3.3	9.6	-	2.7	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		34%		-	36%		-
2023 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		35%

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

	2023	2024
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	12%	90%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2023 x 40%) + (2024 x 60%)	59%
	Substantial progress toward targets

2024 Points awarded

2024 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	3	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-
	Achievement total	11	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	4	4	-
	Growth total	7	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	3	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0
Weighted total		9.3	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		90%		-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		90%

2023 Points awarded

2023 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	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	67.5
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	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0
Weighted total		1.2	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		12%		-
2023 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		12%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2023 Achievement	2024 Achievement	Change	2024 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	502.1	504.2	2.1	504.6	267	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Lowest Performing	474.4	483.1	8.7	479.2	39	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
High Needs	488.5	491.3	2.8	490.8	84	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	497.1	497.9	0.8	500.2	27	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Low Income	484.1	485.8	1.7	486.2	25	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	481.6	484.3	2.7	484.5	49	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	504.9	512.0	7.1	507.6	32	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	502.7	504.3	1.6	505.3	189	3	Recovery Path: Met Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2023 Achievement	2024 Achievement	Change	2024 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	503.4	507.0	3.6	505.4	268	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	473.7	484.4	10.7	478.0	40	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
High Needs	490.2	493.7	3.5	491.8	85	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	503.3	508.9	5.6	505.8	27	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Low Income	476.8	482.2	5.4	479.2	26	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	481.4	484.1	2.7	483.8	50	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	515.0	521.9	6.9	517.6	32	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	503.3	506.7	3.4	505.3	189	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2023 Achievement	2024 Achievement	Change	2024 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	507.3	511.1	3.8	509.1	84	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	26	-	-
High Needs	492.0	503.7	11.7	494.1	23	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Low Income	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Students with Disabilities	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	507.0	512.3	5.3	508.9	62	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2024 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	62.9	162	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Lowest Performing	58.7	39	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	54.8	43	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	11	-	-
Low Income	-	13	-	-
Students with Disabilities	49.5	30	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	17	-	-
Black or African American	-	6	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	7	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	11	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	63.4	120	4	Exceeded Typical Growth

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2024 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	66.5	163	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Lowest Performing	63.8	40	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
High Needs	61.3	44	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	11	-	-
Low Income	-	14	-	-
Students with Disabilities	56.2	31	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	17	-	-
Black or African American	-	7	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	7	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	11	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	66.3	120	4	Exceeded Typical Growth

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	75.0	68.2	-6.8	77.2	22	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	75.0	68.2	-6.8	77.2	22	0	Declined
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	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	8.5	7.6	-0.9	7.4	461	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	9.8	2.5	-7.3	6.5	40	4	Exceeded Target
High Needs	15.4	12.8	-2.6	13.3	148	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	18.5	19.2	0.7	15.5	52	0	Declined
Low Income	20.9	12.5	-8.4	16.6	48	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	10.4	11.1	0.7	7.9	81	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	0.0	15.3	15.3	1.0	59	0	Declined
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	30	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	34	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	10.1	6.0	-4.1	8.9	315	4	Exceeded Target

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	275	274	100	Yes	1	277	276	100	Yes	1	86	86	100	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	90	89	92	91	25	25	207	205	99	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	31	31	32	32	10	10	73	73	100	Yes	1
Low Income	29	28	30	30	8	8	67	66	99	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	51	50	52	51	15	15	118	116	98	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	2	2	1	1	4	-	-	-	-
Asian	33	33	33	33	10	10	76	76	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	11	10	11	11	4	4	26	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	16	16	16	16	3	3	35	-	-	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	19	19	19	19	4	4	42	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	195	195	196	195	64	64	455	454	100	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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