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2025 Official Accountability Report - Quincy Upper School
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Boston (00350000)		TITLE I STATUS
Title I School
SCHOOL
Quincy Upper School (00350565)		GRADES SERVED
06,07,08,09,10,11,12
REGION
Coastal		FEDERAL DESIGNATION
Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI)

Accountability Information

Overall classificationRequiring assistance or intervention
Reason for classification
In need of focused/targeted support
Low student group performance: Black or African American

Low participation rate: Students with Disabilities -Hispanic or Latino
Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
47% - Moderate progress toward targets40

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage51%44%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		47%
Moderate progress toward targets

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All Students
(Non-high school grades)		 Lowest Performing Students
(Non-high school grades)		 All Students
(High school grades)		 Lowest Performing Students
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-24-04----
Mathematics achievement04-34-04----
Science achievement44----04----
Achievement total41260.05867.501240.0---
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-14-34----
Mathematics growth24-24-44----
Growth total4820.03822.57820.0---
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate------44----
Extended engagement rate------44----
Annual dropout rate------34----
High school completion total------111220.0---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total2410.0---0410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-04-04----
Advanced coursework completion------44----
Additional indicators total4410.00410.04810.0---
Weighted total3.89.6-4.17.6-4.010.0----
Percentage of possible points 40%-54%-40%---
Percentage of possible points by gradespan47%
Weight of non-high school results:56%		40%
Weight of high school results:44%
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage44%

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All Students
(Non-high school grades)		 Lowest Performing Students
(Non-high school grades)		 All Students
(High school grades)		 Lowest Performing Students
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-24-24----
Mathematics achievement04-24-34----
Science achievement04----24----
Achievement total01260.04867.571240.0---
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-24-24----
Mathematics growth24-24-44----
Growth total4820.04822.56820.0---
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate------44----
Extended engagement rate------44----
Annual dropout rate------34----
High school completion total------111220.0---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total4410.0---4410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism04-34-24----
Advanced coursework completion------44----
Additional indicators total0410.03410.06810.0---
Weighted total1.29.6-3.97.6-7.210.0----
Percentage of possible points 13%-51%-72%---
Percentage of possible points by gradespan32%
Weight of non-high school results:53%		72%
Weight of high school results:47%
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage51%

Student group percentile

This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same student group in schools serving similar grades
45

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage35%39%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		38%
Moderate progress toward targets

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(Non-high school grades)		 High Needs Student Group
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-04-
Mathematics achievement04-04-
Science achievement44-04-
Achievement total41267.501247.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-34-
Mathematics growth24-44-
Growth total4822.57822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate---44-
Extended engagement rate---44-
Annual dropout rate---34-
High school completion total---111220.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total------
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-04-
Advanced coursework completion---44-
Additional indicators total4410.04810.0
Weighted total4.010.3-4.210.7-
Percentage of possible points 39%-39%-
Percentage of possible points by gradespan39%
Weight of non-high school results:56%		39%
Weight of high school results:44%
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage39%

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(Non-high school grades)		 High Needs Student Group
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-24-
Mathematics achievement04-24-
Science achievement04-24-
Achievement total01267.561247.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-24-
Mathematics growth24-44-
Growth total4822.56822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate---44-
Extended engagement rate---44-
Annual dropout rate---34-
High school completion total---111220.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total------
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism04-24-
Advanced coursework completion---44-
Additional indicators total0410.06810.0
Weighted total0.910.3-7.010.7-
Percentage of possible points 9%-65%-
Percentage of possible points by gradespan9%
Weight of non-high school results:53%		65%
Weight of high school results:47%
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage35%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 482.6 481.9 -0.7 485.4 2930Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing 452.6 456.9 4.3 457.7 282Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs 478.2 476.9 -1.3 480.9 2430Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 480.4 476.0 -4.4 483.7 1430Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income 476.7 475.5 -1.2 479.7 1980Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities 463.7 466.9 3.2 467.0 653Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian 487.3 488.6 1.3 489.5 1192Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Black or African American 468.9 468.5 -0.4 472.2 651Path Forward: No Change
Hispanic or Latino 471.2 473.2 2.0 473.7 673Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 12--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 29--

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 490.3 486.6 -3.7 492.4 470Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing---- 16--
High Needs 490.0 484.0 -6.0 493.3 360Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 11--
Low Income 490.5 486.6 -3.9 492.4 320Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities---- 12--
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 493.9 489.2 -4.7 495.6 310Recovery Path: Declined
Black or African American---- 4--
Hispanic or Latino---- 10--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 1--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 1--

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 487.9 487.2 -0.7 490.4 2850Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing 460.3 466.0 5.7 466.1 283Recovery Path: Met Target
High Needs 485.3 483.8 -1.5 486.9 2350Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 489.9 487.2 -2.7 493.4 1400Path Forward: Declined
Low Income 483.3 482.7 -0.6 484.9 1950Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities 468.2 470.9 2.7 471.6 592Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian 498.0 499.7 1.7 502.0 1182Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Black or African American 471.0 471.3 0.3 474.3 622Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino 470.1 476.6 6.5 472.7 644Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 11--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 29--

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 492.4 490.4 -2.0 495.2 480Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing---- 16--
High Needs 492.2 489.4 -2.8 496.3 380Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 11--
Low Income 491.8 489.5 -2.3 495.8 340Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities---- 12--
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 499.0 496.9 -2.1 503.1 320Path Forward: Declined
Black or African American---- 5--
Hispanic or Latino---- 10--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino-------
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 1--

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 475.4 481.3 5.9 479.0 864Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing---- 17--
High Needs 473.0 477.8 4.8 476.8 714Path Forward: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 473.2 478.0 4.8 477.3 414Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Low Income 472.5 478.9 6.4 476.5 594Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities---- 17--
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian 476.5 485.8 9.3 480.1 334Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American---- 19--
Hispanic or Latino 469.6 478.0 8.4 473.2 264Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 2--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 5--

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 484.3 479.1 -5.2 487.7 500Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing---- 16--
High Needs 483.8 475.3 -8.5 486.4 380Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 10--
Low Income 483.7 475.8 -7.9 487.0 350Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities---- 12--
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 489.4 484.9 -4.5 492.8 320Recovery Path: Declined
Black or African American---- 6--
Hispanic or Latino---- 10--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 1--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 1--

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 41.8 2722Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 39.9 271Low Growth
High Needs 41.1 2222Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners 44.2 1272Typical Growth - Low
Low Income 38.6 1811Low Growth
Students with Disabilities 33.6 561Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native- 1--
Asian 46.1 1132Typical Growth - Low
Black or African American 39.0 591Low Growth
Hispanic or Latino 35.9 591Low Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 12--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White- 28--

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 51.1 453Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing- 16--
High Needs 52.8 343Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners- 9--
Low Income 53.2 313Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities- 12--
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian 54.5 293Typical Growth - High
Black or African American- 4--
Hispanic or Latino- 10--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 1--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White- 1--

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 43.2 2692Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 49.3 272Typical Growth - Low
High Needs 43.0 2192Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners 43.7 1272Typical Growth - Low
Low Income 43.0 1822Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 39.8 521Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native- 1--
Asian 46.2 1152Typical Growth - Low
Black or African American 39.9 561Low Growth
Hispanic or Latino 42.8 582Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 11--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White- 28--

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 66.4 474Exceeded Typical Growth
Lowest Performing- 16--
High Needs 64.6 374Exceeded Typical Growth
English Learners and Former English Learners- 10--
Low Income 63.0 344Exceeded Typical Growth
Students with Disabilities- 12--
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian 71.2 314Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American- 5--
Hispanic or Latino- 10--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 0--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White- 1--

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 96.9 96.7 -0.2 95.0 614Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 96.3 96.4 0.1 95.0 554Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 13--
Low Income 96.2 98.1 1.9 95.0 524Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities---- 11--
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 29--
Black or African American---- 15--
Hispanic or Latino---- 12--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino-------
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 5--

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2022 Rate (%) 2023 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 98.2 96.9 -1.3 95.0 324Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 98.0 96.3 -1.7 95.0 274Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 4--
Low Income 98.0 96.2 -1.8 95.0 264Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities---- 8--
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 9--
Black or African American---- 10--
Hispanic or Latino---- 10--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino-------
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 3--

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 0.4 0.4 0.0 1.0 2483Met Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 0.5 0.5 0.0 1.0 2113Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 37--
Low Income 0.6 0.0 -0.6 1.0 1774Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities---- 56--
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1244Exceeded Target
Black or African American---- 53--
Hispanic or Latino---- 58--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 2--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 11--

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 25.9 26.3 0.4 31.1 572Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs-------
English Learners and Former English Learners 25.9 26.3 0.4 31.1 572Improved Below 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-------

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 31.4 17.9 -13.5 32.9 280Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs-------
English Learners and Former English Learners-------
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 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 23.2 19.9 -3.3 21.7 3174Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 24.1 28.6 4.5 19.5 280Declined
High Needs 25.5 22.3 -3.2 23.1 2644Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 16.4 13.2 -3.2 12.9 1593Met Target
Low Income 27.4 24.2 -3.2 24.2 2153Met Target
Students with Disabilities 43.9 44.9 1.0 40.3 690Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian 4.3 4.1 -0.2 1.0 1234Exceeded Target
Black or African American 30.6 24.7 -5.9 27.0 734Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino 54.5 41.6 -12.9 50.3 774Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 12--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 31--

Chronic absenteeism - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 38.7 41.7 3.0 36.4 2470Declined
Lowest Performing---- 16--
High Needs 37.6 43.2 5.6 33.8 1990Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 50--
Low Income 38.3 43.0 4.7 33.2 1790Declined
Students with Disabilities---- 57--
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian 21.0 20.0 -1.0 18.4 1202Improved Below Target
Black or African American---- 45--
Hispanic or Latino---- 62--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 8--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 11--

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 100.0 100.0 0.0 95.0 1224Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 100.0 100.0 0.0 95.0 974Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 15--
Low Income 100.0 100.0 0.0 95.0 884Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities---- 24--
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 100.0 100.0 0.0 95.0 604Exceeded Target
Black or African American---- 25--
Hispanic or Latino---- 31--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 2--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 4--

Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate Enrolled Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate Enrolled Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate
All Students 368 36399Yes 1 374 35695Yes 1 151 14797Yes 1

Assessment participation - Student Group
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate
High Needs 301 297 306 291 124 120 731 70897Yes1
English Learners and Former English Learners 170 170 170 167 59 59 399 39699Yes1
Low Income 247 245 253 244 106 102 606 59198Yes1
Students with Disabilities 80 78 81 72 34 31 195 18193No1
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 1 1 1 3----
Asian 153 153 156 153 68 67 377 37399Yes1
Black or African American 77 77 79 75 28 28 184 18098Yes1
Hispanic or Latino 89 86 90 83 45 42 224 21194No1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 13 13 13 11 3 3 29----
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-----------
White 35 33 35 33 6 6 76 7295Yes1


About this report

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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