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South Middle School

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2026 Official Accountability Report - South Middle School

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Braintree (00400000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
South Middle School (00400310)

GRADES SERVED
05,06,07,08

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
49% - Moderate progress toward targets	79

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	47%	50%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	49%
	Moderate progress toward targets

2026 Points awarded

2026 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	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	9	12	67.5	2	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	1	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	22.5	3	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	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		7.5	10.3	-	2.0	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		73%		-	26%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		50%

2025 Points awarded

2025 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	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	10	12	67.5	0	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	22.5	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	1	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	1	4	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		8.2	10.3	-	1.1	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		80%		-	15%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		47%

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	57%	13%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	31%
	Moderate progress toward targets

2026 Points awarded

2026 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	3	4	-
	Growth total	5	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	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		1.3	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		13%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		13%

2025 Points awarded

2025 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	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-
	Achievement total	7	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	5	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	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		5.9	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		57%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		57%

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	504.6	503.3	-1.3	507.3	637	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Lowest Performing	478.4	474.1	-4.3	483.4	104	0	Recovery Path: Declined
High Needs	494.4	491.0	-3.4	497.2	268	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	498.1	492.9	-5.2	500.5	85	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	495.5	494.9	-0.6	497.2	146	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	483.1	480.2	-2.9	485.7	137	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	515.0	513.0	-2.0	517.6	191	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	491.5	494.9	3.4	493.4	32	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	495.5	497.7	2.2	497.5	21	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
White	502.0	500.2	-1.8	504.5	366	0	Recovery Path: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	506.0	505.8	-0.2	508.1	635	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Lowest Performing	481.7	482.4	0.7	486.8	104	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	497.9	497.3	-0.6	500.5	267	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	506.7	502.1	-4.6	510.3	85	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	498.5	498.7	0.2	500.9	146	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	487.9	487.6	-0.3	491.2	136	1	Path Forward: No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	518.7	516.3	-2.4	522.4	191	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	492.8	497.8	5.0	495.6	32	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	496.2	501.0	4.8	498.3	21	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
White	502.7	502.5	-0.2	505.1	364	1	Recovery Path: No Change

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	509.5	507.0	-2.5	512.2	308	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	37	-	-
High Needs	499.1	494.4	-4.7	502.5	129	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	506.9	496.2	-10.7	510.5	46	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	498.5	496.3	-2.2	500.6	78	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	490.6	483.2	-7.4	495.1	64	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	519.6	517.0	-2.6	523.6	106	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	508.2	501.8	-6.4	511.2	166	0	Path Forward: Declined

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	50.4	608	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	39.9	104	1	Low Growth
High Needs	47.0	241	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	56.4	79	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	51.2	128	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	39.5	117	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	58.7	182	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	-	19	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	42.6	29	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	51.2	20	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	3	-	-
White	46.9	354	2	Typical Growth - Low

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	49.8	612	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	49.1	104	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	50.3	245	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	52.5	83	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	50.5	134	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	46.7	115	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	52.3	185	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	-	20	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	54.7	29	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	50.9	21	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	3	-	-
White	48.5	353	2	Typical Growth - Low

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	9.5	8.7	-0.8	8.2	657	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	11.7	13.5	1.8	8.2	104	0	Declined
High Needs	15.4	14.7	-0.7	12.8	278	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	10.2	7.6	-2.6	7.2	92	3	Met Target
Low Income	20.0	18.8	-1.2	16.3	160	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	14.8	17.6	2.8	11.5	136	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	2.8	2.1	-0.7	1.0	195	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	24	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	34.9	30.0	-4.9	31.2	40	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	18.2	9.5	-8.7	16.9	21	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
White	8.6	8.6	0.0	7.2	373	1	No Change

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	647	644	100	Yes	1	647	642	99	Yes	1	315	312	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	276	275	276	274	134	133	686	682	99	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	88	88	88	88	48	48	224	224	100	Yes	1
Low Income	153	152	153	152	81	81	387	385	99	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	141	140	141	139	67	66	349	345	99	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
Asian	193	193	193	193	108	108	494	494	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	24	24	24	24	8	8	56	56	100	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	35	34	35	34	18	17	88	85	97	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	21	21	21	21	10	10	52	52	100	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	3	3	3	2	2	8	-	-	-	-
White	370	368	370	366	168	166	908	900	99	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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