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Norwood High

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2026 Official Accountability Report - Norwood High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Norwood (02200000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
Norwood High (02200505)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Moderate progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
25% - Moderate progress toward targets	42

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	24%	26%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	25%
	Moderate progress toward targets

2026 Points awarded

2026 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		All Students (High school grades)			Lowest Performing Students (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %	Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	2	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	2	12	40.0	0	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	1	4	-
	Mathematics growth	1	4	-	1	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	20.0	2	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	11	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.4	10.0	-	0.9	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		44%		-	9%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		26%

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		All Students (High school grades)			Lowest Performing Students (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	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	40.0	0	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	1	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	20.0	3	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	12	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	8	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.1	10.0	-	0.7	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		41%		-	7%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		24%

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

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	27%	47%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	39%
	Moderate progress toward targets

2026 Points awarded

2026 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High Needs Student Group (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	1	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	1	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-
	Achievement total	4	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	1	4	-
	Growth total	3	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	3	4	-
	High school completion total	11	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0
Weighted total		5.0	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		47%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		47%

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator		High Needs Student Group (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	47.5
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	2	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	3	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	9	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0
Weighted total		2.9	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		27%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		27%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	494.2	495.0	0.8	496.0	237	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	469.1	463.6	-5.5	474.2	47	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	479.8	479.8	0.0	482.4	131	1	Path Forward: No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners	476.1	472.8	-3.3	479.0	34	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	480.8	481.1	0.3	483.3	103	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	473.3	468.5	-4.8	474.9	61	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Black or African American	478.7	478.7	0.0	482.7	32	1	Path Forward: No Change
Hispanic or Latino	482.8	481.8	-1.0	485.5	52	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	500.7	504.6	3.9	502.9	132	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	494.9	491.6	-3.3	496.6	232	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	468.6	467.3	-1.3	473.7	47	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	480.5	480.0	-0.5	484.3	127	1	Path Forward: No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners	479.0	475.7	-3.3	484.1	33	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	480.6	481.4	0.8	482.6	100	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	472.9	470.0	-2.9	475.6	59	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Black or African American	481.8	477.7	-4.1	484.9	32	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	485.9	480.2	-5.7	488.5	51	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	500.3	499.3	-1.0	502.1	128	0	Recovery Path: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	489.7	488.7	-1.0	493.4	210	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	461.1	457.9	-3.2	464.3	46	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	473.4	475.8	2.4	476.8	111	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	471.8	474.3	2.5	476.1	27	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	473.5	478.3	4.8	477.2	85	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	466.2	462.1	-4.1	469.4	55	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Black or African American	474.7	474.6	-0.1	478.2	26	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Hispanic or Latino	480.2	477.6	-2.6	482.9	43	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	495.4	495.0	-0.4	497.7	123	1	Recovery Path: No Change

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	53.0	209	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	38.5	47	1	Low Growth
High Needs	47.3	113	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	52.6	26	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	49.3	88	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	37.7	59	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	7	-	-
Black or African American	43.2	27	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	50.7	43	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	0	-	-
White	56.8	122	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	36.4	204	1	Low Growth
Lowest Performing	37.0	47	1	Low Growth
High Needs	39.1	109	1	Low Growth
English Learners and Former English Learners	39.8	25	1	Low Growth
Low Income	37.7	85	1	Low Growth
Students with Disabilities	38.2	55	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	7	-	-
Black or African American	33.9	26	1	Low Growth
Hispanic or Latino	36.5	42	1	Low Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	37.2	118	1	Low Growth

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	96.7	98.0	1.3	95.0	247	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	94.1	97.3	3.2	95.0	150	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	81.8	97.1	15.3	83.8	35	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	94.1	96.7	2.6	95.0	120	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	95.7	94.9	-0.8	95.0	59	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Black or African American	97.0	96.8	-0.2	95.0	31	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	94.0	94.3	0.3	95.0	53	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
White	97.2	99.3	2.1	95.0	139	4	Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	97.0	97.6	0.6	95.0	246	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	95.2	95.6	0.4	95.0	135	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
Low Income	96.0	95.8	-0.2	95.0	119	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	93.1	97.8	4.7	95.0	46	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Black or African American	97.4	97.0	-0.4	95.0	33	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	96.1	94.0	-2.1	95.0	50	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	96.8	98.6	1.8	95.0	141	4	Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.0	963	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	525	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	106	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.0	383	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	217	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	40	-	-
Black or African American	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.0	128	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	0.5	0.0	-0.5	1.0	218	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	27	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
White	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.0	543	3	Met Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	27.6	42.7	15.1	29.1	75	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	27.6	42.7	15.1	29.1	75	4	Exceeded 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	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	26.8	26.6	-0.2	25.5	947	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	50.0	36.2	-13.8	45.2	47	4	Exceeded Target
High Needs	40.2	39.6	-0.6	37.9	505	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	39.1	34.9	-4.2	35.3	146	3	Met Target
Low Income	42.0	43.0	1.0	37.4	402	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	45.4	47.0	1.6	41.8	198	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	40	-	-
Black or African American	35.8	34.4	-1.4	32.8	131	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	43.0	42.6	-0.4	39.2	223	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	28	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	19.0	18.7	-0.3	17.6	520	2	Improved Below Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	68.4	65.6	-2.8	71.7	445	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	46.7	43.4	-3.3	52.0	221	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	24.0	39.7	15.7	35.2	68	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	45.1	43.2	-1.9	51.8	169	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	44.4	27.2	-17.2	52.7	81	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Black or African American	47.7	50.0	2.3	53.2	58	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	44.9	47.5	2.6	55.2	99	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	80.2	72.5	-7.7	83.7	258	0	Declined

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	243	243	100	Yes	1	237	237	100	Yes	1	240	238	99	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	136	136	131	131	133	131	400	398	100	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	35	35	34	34	35	35	104	104	100	Yes	1
Low Income	108	108	104	104	105	104	317	316	100	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	64	64	62	62	62	61	188	187	99	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	10	10	10	10	10	10	30	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	35	35	34	34	35	34	104	103	99	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	55	55	54	54	53	53	162	162	100	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	10	10	10	10	10	10	30	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
White	132	132	128	128	131	130	391	390	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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