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2025 Official Accountability Report - Van Sickle Academy
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Springfield (02810000)		TITLE I STATUS
Title I School
SCHOOL
Van Sickle Academy (02810485)		GRADES SERVED
06,07,08
REGION
Strategic Transformation		FEDERAL DESIGNATION
Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI)

Accountability Information

Overall classificationRequiring assistance or intervention
Reason for classification
In need of focused/targeted support
Pending Approval of Underperforming Exit Assurances

Low participation rate: All Students
Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
63% - Substantial progress toward targets13

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage57%67%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		63%
Substantial 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)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement24-44-
Mathematics achievement24-44-
Science achievement24----
Achievement total61260.08867.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-24-
Mathematics growth24-34-
Growth total5820.05822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate------
Extended engagement rate------
Annual dropout rate------
High school completion total------
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total0410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism04-04-
Advanced coursework completion------
Additional indicators total0410.00410.0
Weighted total4.69.6-6.57.6-
Percentage of possible points 48%-86%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage67%

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All Students
(Non-high school grades)		 Lowest Performing Students
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-44-
Mathematics achievement04-34-
Science achievement24----
Achievement total21260.07867.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-44-
Mathematics growth24-34-
Growth total5820.07822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate------
Extended engagement rate------
Annual dropout rate------
High school completion total------
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total4410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-04-
Advanced coursework completion------
Additional indicators total4410.00410.0
Weighted total3.09.6-6.37.6-
Percentage of possible points 31%-83%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage57%

Student group percentile

This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same student group in schools serving similar grades
28

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage28%57%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		46%
Moderate progress toward targets

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement34-
Mathematics achievement24-
Science achievement24-
Achievement total71267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-
Mathematics growth24-
Growth total5822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate---
Extended engagement rate---
Annual dropout rate---
High school completion total---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism04-
Advanced coursework completion---
Additional indicators total0410.0
Weighted total5.910.3-
Percentage of possible points 57%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage57%

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-
Mathematics achievement04-
Science achievement24-
Achievement total21267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-
Mathematics growth24-
Growth total5822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate---
Extended engagement rate---
Annual dropout rate---
High school completion total---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-
Advanced coursework completion---
Additional indicators total4410.0
Weighted total2.910.3-
Percentage of possible points 28%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage28%

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 483.1 485.8 2.7 486.5 2392Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing 450.5 457.5 7.0 455.6 304Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs 482.0 485.0 3.0 485.5 2243Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 477.9 477.5 -0.4 481.6 431Path Forward: No Change
Low Income 483.0 485.5 2.5 486.0 2153Path Forward: Met Target
Students with Disabilities 473.1 475.4 2.3 477.2 882Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian---- 6--
Black or African American 485.1 483.7 -1.4 488.4 240Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino 481.3 485.3 4.0 484.6 1834Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 5--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 490.8 487.6 -3.2 494.3 200Path Forward: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 479.7 480.2 0.5 482.9 2392Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing 454.5 462.3 7.8 459.6 304Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs 478.6 479.5 0.9 481.9 2242Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 472.7 473.6 0.9 476.2 432Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income 479.1 479.9 0.8 481.9 2152Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 472.4 474.4 2.0 476.1 872Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian---- 6--
Black or African American 480.0 475.5 -4.5 483.5 240Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino 478.5 479.6 1.1 481.6 1832Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 5--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 485.6 488.8 3.2 489.3 203Path Forward: Met Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 484.0 484.6 0.6 488.3 712Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing---- 10--
High Needs 483.3 483.5 0.2 487.6 682Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 15--
Low Income 483.9 483.8 -0.1 488.0 651Path Forward: No Change
Students with Disabilities 481.7 477.2 -4.5 485.7 270Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian---- 3--
Black or African American---- 6--
Hispanic or Latino 482.5 483.2 0.7 486.4 522Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 2--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 7--

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 51.8 2083Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing 45.9 302Typical Growth - Low
High Needs 51.8 1943Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners 53.1 363Typical Growth - High
Low Income 51.9 1873Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities 49.8 642Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native- 1--
Asian- 5--
Black or African American 46.2 212Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino 51.9 1593Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 4--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White- 18--

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 47.1 2062Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 52.1 303Typical Growth - High
High Needs 46.7 1922Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners 45.5 362Typical Growth - Low
Low Income 46.8 1852Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 47.8 622Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native- 1--
Asian- 5--
Black or African American 47.2 202Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino 46.4 1592Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 3--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White- 18--

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 47.8 20.0 -27.8 53.0 200Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs-------
English Learners and Former English Learners 47.8 20.0 -27.8 53.0 200Declined
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 38.1 42.5 4.4 35.9 2660Declined
Lowest Performing 50.0 53.3 3.3 45.1 300Declined
High Needs 38.6 42.4 3.8 36.1 2500Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 39.0 42.3 3.3 35.7 520Declined
Low Income 39.7 43.1 3.4 37.0 2390Declined
Students with Disabilities 39.8 44.9 5.1 35.5 980Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native---- 1--
Asian---- 6--
Black or African American 24.1 23.1 -1.0 20.5 262Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino 41.5 47.1 5.6 37.7 2040Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 5--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 31.8 37.5 5.7 28.9 240Declined

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 258 257100Yes 1 258 25699Yes 1 94 7690No 2

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 242 241 242 240 89 72 573 55397Yes1
English Learners and Former English Learners 48 47 48 47 20 16 116 11095Yes1
Low Income 231 230 231 229 84 67 546 52696Yes1
Students with Disabilities 96 96 95 94 36 30 227 22097Yes1
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 1 1 1 1 1 3----
Asian 6 6 6 6 3 3 15----
Black or African American 26 26 25 25 8 6 59 5797Yes1
Hispanic or Latino 194 193 195 193 68 54 457 44096Yes1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 6 6 6 6 3 3 15----
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-----------
White 25 25 25 25 11 9 61 5997Yes1


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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