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McCarthy Middle School

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2026 Official Accountability Report - McCarthy Middle School

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Chelmsford (00560000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
McCarthy Middle School (00560310)

GRADES SERVED
07,08

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Substantial progress toward targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
53% - Substantial progress toward targets	71

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	51%	53%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	53%
	Substantial 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	0	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	7	12	60.0	4	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	20.0	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	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		5.7	9.6	-	3.6	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		59%		-	47%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		53%

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	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	1	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	6	12	67.5	4	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	1	4	-
	Growth total	5	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	3	4	-	1	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0	1	4	10.0
Weighted total		5.5	10.3	-	3.7	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		53%		-	49%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		51%

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	32%	49%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	42%
	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	3	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-
	Achievement total	6	12	67.5
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	-	-	-
	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		5.0	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		49%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		49%

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	0	4	-
	Science achievement	1	4	-
	Achievement total	3	12	67.5
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	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		3.3	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		32%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		32%

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	504.1	502.2	-1.9	506.4	765	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	472.0	474.1	2.1	477.1	92	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	488.2	484.9	-3.3	491.1	278	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	486.0	483.7	-2.3	488.5	66	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	489.5	485.2	-4.3	491.9	144	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	479.2	477.2	-2.0	482.5	168	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	515.8	517.9	2.1	518.9	163	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	500.4	485.7	-14.7	503.7	24	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	488.7	488.5	-0.2	491.2	62	1	Path Forward: No Change
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	504.2	504.8	0.6	506.5	30	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	502.4	499.3	-3.1	504.8	484	0	Path Forward: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	500.3	503.9	3.6	502.8	782	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	473.2	476.2	3.0	478.3	92	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	486.2	488.8	2.6	488.9	280	3	Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	489.8	490.1	0.3	493.3	68	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	485.1	488.0	2.9	487.9	143	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	479.2	481.8	2.6	482.6	167	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	518.7	521.7	3.0	522.7	164	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	493.0	487.7	-5.3	496.3	23	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	480.7	490.2	9.5	483.3	64	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	505.1	510.2	5.1	507.6	32	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	496.9	500.2	3.3	499.7	497	3	Path Forward: Met Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	503.4	506.6	3.2	507.0	384	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	92	-	-
High Needs	489.3	492.9	3.6	493.1	137	3	Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	485.0	485.8	0.8	489.1	34	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	490.6	492.5	1.9	494.6	71	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	481.8	488.1	6.3	485.6	81	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	514.6	517.5	2.9	518.2	91	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	484.9	491.4	6.5	488.5	25	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	502.0	504.1	2.1	505.7	239	3	Path Forward: Met Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	49.0	743	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	49.3	92	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	46.0	265	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	51.5	60	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	45.4	139	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	45.0	158	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	2	-	-
Asian	57.9	160	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	40.9	22	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	40.0	61	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	60.3	29	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	46.7	469	2	Typical Growth - Low

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	48.5	763	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	42.2	92	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	44.3	270	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	54.1	63	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	43.4	139	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	41.6	159	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	2	-	-
Asian	53.1	162	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	49.6	21	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	45.7	63	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	56.4	30	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	46.7	485	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	50.0	68.2	18.2	54.0	22	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	50.0	68.2	18.2	54.0	22	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 - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	9.5	8.0	-1.5	8.0	813	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	8.5	13.0	4.5	5.2	92	0	Declined
High Needs	14.8	15.9	1.1	12.4	301	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	5.8	10.0	4.2	2.3	80	0	Declined
Low Income	21.3	18.6	-2.7	18.1	161	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	14.8	16.2	1.4	11.2	173	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	4.2	4.7	0.5	1.0	172	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	2.7	6.5	3.8	1.0	31	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	19.1	15.1	-4.0	14.9	73	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	8.8	6.3	-2.5	7.3	32	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	10.5	8.3	-2.2	8.7	503	3	Met Target

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	798	776	97	Yes	1	798	795	100	Yes	1	392	390	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	291	285	291	288	143	141	725	714	98	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	73	70	73	73	37	37	183	180	98	Yes	1
Low Income	151	149	151	149	75	74	377	372	99	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	172	169	172	169	85	83	429	421	98	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	2	2	2	0	0	4	-	-	-	-
Asian	166	164	166	166	91	91	423	421	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	28	28	29	28	16	16	73	72	99	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	68	66	68	68	26	26	162	160	99	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	32	30	32	32	17	17	81	79	98	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	502	486	501	499	242	240	1,245	1,225	98	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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