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2025 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
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Accountability Information

Overall classificationNot requiring assistance or intervention
Reason for classification
Moderate progress toward targets
Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
40% - Moderate progress toward targets20

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage52%32%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		40%
Moderate progress toward targets

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All students
(High school grades)		 Lowest performing students
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement14-04-
Mathematics achievement04-24-
Science achievement04-04-
Achievement total11240.021267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-24-
Mathematics growth34-24-
Growth total6820.04822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate14----
Extended engagement rate24----
Annual dropout rate44----
High school completion total71220.0---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total4410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-44-
Advanced coursework completion04----
Additional indicators total4810.04410.0
Weighted total3.810.0-2.710.3-
Percentage of possible points 38%-26%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage32%

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All students
(High school grades)		 Lowest performing students
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement34-24-
Mathematics achievement44-24-
Science achievement44-04-
Achievement total111240.041267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-24-
Mathematics growth34-24-
Growth total5820.04822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate14----
Extended engagement rate24----
Annual dropout rate04----
High school completion total31220.0---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total4410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism04-04-
Advanced coursework completion44----
Additional indicators total4810.00410.0
Weighted total6.810.0-3.610.3-
Percentage of possible points 68%-35%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage52%

Student group percentile

This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same student group in schools serving similar grades
21

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage53%28%
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
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement04-
Mathematics achievement04-
Science achievement04-
Achievement total01247.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-
Mathematics growth34-
Growth total6822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate04-
Extended engagement rate24-
Annual dropout rate44-
High school completion total61220.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-
Advanced coursework completion04-
Additional indicators total4810.0
Weighted total3.010.7-
Percentage of possible points 28%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage28%

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(High school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement24-
Mathematics achievement24-
Science achievement44-
Achievement total81247.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-
Mathematics growth34-
Growth total5822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate14-
Extended engagement rate14-
Annual dropout rate04-
High school completion total21220.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism04-
Advanced coursework completion44-
Additional indicators total4810.0
Weighted total5.710.7-
Percentage of possible points 53%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage53%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 492.5 492.3 -0.2 494.6 4011Recovery Path: No Change
Lowest Performing 465.1 463.9 -1.2 470.2 700Path Forward: Declined
High Needs 486.1 483.2 -2.9 490.4 2970Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 470.0 469.5 -0.5 472.2 1241Recovery Path: No Change
Low Income 486.5 483.8 -2.7 491.4 2710Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities 467.5 469.2 1.7 469.5 633Recovery Path: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 511.4 506.8 -4.6 516.5 410Path Forward: Declined
Black or African American 495.9 495.6 -0.3 501.0 991Path Forward: No Change
Hispanic or Latino 483.1 480.1 -3.0 486.8 1580Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 14--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 495.8 501.4 5.6 500.9 893Path Forward: Met Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 491.9 490.5 -1.4 494.0 3960Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing 466.9 467.3 0.4 472.0 702Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs 486.1 482.1 -4.0 490.3 2920Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 475.2 475.1 -0.1 480.3 1241Path Forward: No Change
Low Income 486.2 481.9 -4.3 490.0 2670Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities 473.4 470.2 -3.2 477.5 620Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 512.7 512.0 -0.7 515.8 413Recovery Path: Met Target
Black or African American 489.8 491.6 1.8 492.8 992Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino 483.6 478.9 -4.7 485.5 1550Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 14--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 494.3 498.0 3.7 498.3 873Path Forward: Met Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 490.3 487.8 -2.5 494.0 3290Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing 464.1 460.8 -3.3 468.0 690Path Forward: Declined
High Needs 484.7 479.8 -4.9 488.1 2300Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 472.4 470.2 -2.2 476.2 820Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income 484.7 480.0 -4.7 488.3 2110Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities 470.4 466.0 -4.4 473.7 520Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 507.2 502.8 -4.4 511.1 350Recovery Path: Declined
Black or African American 493.3 491.6 -1.7 497.6 710Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino 480.4 477.7 -2.7 484.4 1240Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 13--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 493.4 490.5 -2.9 496.4 860Recovery Path: Declined

English language arts growth - High school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 55.3 3243Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing 45.1 702Typical Growth - Low
High Needs 52.5 2253Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners 52.5 683Typical Growth - High
Low Income 52.2 2063Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities 44.9 502Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian 70.1 324Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American 55.4 743Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino 51.2 1223Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 13--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 54.2 833Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 53.5 3233Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing 47.8 702Typical Growth - Low
High Needs 51.4 2253Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners 52.8 713Typical Growth - High
Low Income 50.5 2063Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities 39.4 501Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian 65.7 324Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American 56.9 733Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino 48.8 1222Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 13--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 51.7 833Typical Growth - High

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 86.1 85.7 -0.4 90.6 4691No Change
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 85.0 84.1 -0.9 90.1 4100Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 77.1 73.8 -3.3 82.7 1260Declined
Low Income 85.8 83.8 -2.0 91.1 3960Declined
Students with Disabilities 74.0 73.9 -0.1 83.1 921No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 90.9 96.1 5.2 95.0 514Exceeded Target
Black or African American 83.6 91.5 7.9 89.5 824Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino 85.6 81.3 -4.3 92.0 2140Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 21--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 88.1 83.2 -4.9 92.0 1010Declined

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group 2022 Rate (%) 2023 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 90.5 90.6 0.1 93.2 3602Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 89.4 89.6 0.2 93.0 3272Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 83.0 82.2 -0.8 90.0 1180Declined
Low Income 89.5 89.9 0.4 93.8 3182Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 83.1 87.7 4.6 90.1 732Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 94.1 93.9 -0.2 95.0 331No Change
Black or African American 94.7 91.8 -2.9 95.0 610Declined
Hispanic or Latino 87.5 89.8 2.3 91.6 1872Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 12--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 92.9 91.0 -1.9 95.0 670Declined

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group 2023 Rate (%) 2024 Rate (%) Change Target (%) N Points Reason
All Students 3.9 1.7 -2.2 3.5 1,7784Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 4.4 1.8 -2.6 4.0 1,3824Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 6.2 3.1 -3.1 5.6 4874Exceeded Target
Low Income 4.0 1.5 -2.5 3.6 1,2544Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 3.5 1.6 -1.9 3.1 3204Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 1.2 1.0 -0.2 1.1 1933Met Target
Black or African American 3.5 0.3 -3.2 3.1 3314Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino 5.0 2.8 -2.2 4.5 7484Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 75--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 3.9 1.4 -2.5 3.5 4314Exceeded Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 18.0 23.5 5.5 19.5 4434Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs-------
English Learners and Former English Learners 18.0 23.5 5.5 19.5 4434Exceeded 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-------

Chronic absenteeism - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 42.3 35.3 -7.0 39.3 1,8634Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 46.3 38.6 -7.7 39.4 704Exceeded Target
High Needs 48.1 40.9 -7.2 44.5 1,4914Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 46.5 39.8 -6.7 42.1 6734Exceeded Target
Low Income 49.2 42.0 -7.2 45.2 1,3794Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 54.6 46.4 -8.2 50.8 3194Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 19.3 13.1 -6.2 14.9 1754Exceeded Target
Black or African American 28.2 19.7 -8.5 24.5 3804Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino 51.1 44.8 -6.3 47.2 8214Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 76--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 47.0 39.9 -7.1 43.4 4114Exceeded Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 55.0 51.1 -3.9 59.8 9360Declined
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs 48.2 44.4 -3.8 53.3 7460Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners 37.9 38.2 0.3 45.5 2962Improved Below Target
Low Income 47.9 45.0 -2.9 53.2 7040Declined
Students with Disabilities 24.8 17.4 -7.4 30.3 1550Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 72.5 77.7 5.2 77.5 1033Met Target
Black or African American 59.9 59.8 -0.1 66.6 1791No Change
Hispanic or Latino 45.9 39.1 -6.8 52.4 3910Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 37--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 57.6 50.9 -6.7 62.4 2260Declined

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 449 43998Yes 1 450 43597Yes 1 451 449100Yes 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 343 334 343 329 344 342 1,030 1,00598Yes1
English Learners and Former English Learners 159 153 160 154 160 159 479 46697Yes1
Low Income 313 304 312 299 313 311 938 91497Yes1
Students with Disabilities 66 65 66 64 66 65 198 19498Yes1
American Indian or Alaska Native-----------
Asian 44 44 44 44 44 44 132 132100Yes1
Black or African American 114 113 115 113 115 115 344 34199Yes1
Hispanic or Latino 181 176 181 174 182 181 544 53198Yes1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 16 15 16 15 16 16 48----
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-----------
White 94 91 94 89 94 93 282 27397Yes1


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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