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B M C Durfee High

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2026

Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - B M C Durfee High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Fall River (00950000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
B M C Durfee High (00950505)

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
38% - Moderate progress toward targets	14

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	33%	40%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	38%
	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	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-	3	4	-
	Achievement total	4	12	40.0	5	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	20.0	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	2	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		3.7	10.0	-	4.5	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		37%		-	44%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		40%

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	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	1	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	4	12	40.0	2	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	20.0	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	1	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	1	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	6	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		3.8	10.0	-	2.9	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		38%		-	28%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		33%

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	29%	37%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	34%
	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	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-
	Achievement total	4	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	2	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-
	High school completion total	2	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	4	4	-
	Additional indicators total	6	8	10.0
Weighted total		4.0	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		37%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		37%

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	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	1	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	3	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-
	High school completion total	0	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-
	Additional indicators total	5	8	10.0
Weighted total		3.1	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		29%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		29%

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	489.3	488.2	-1.1	491.4	555	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	467.6	465.7	-1.9	472.7	86	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	485.7	484.0	-1.7	490.0	447	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	468.8	470.3	1.5	472.3	181	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	486.8	484.8	-2.0	491.7	402	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	473.2	474.2	1.0	476.4	90	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
Black or African American	491.2	482.2	-9.0	496.3	107	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	482.3	480.9	-1.4	486.0	183	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	494.7	488.9	-5.8	498.2	49	0	Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	491.7	496.9	5.2	496.8	193	3	Path Forward: Met Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	480.0	481.5	1.5	484.1	549	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	463.4	466.2	2.8	468.5	86	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	476.7	479.0	2.3	480.9	443	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	468.5	474.5	6.0	473.6	180	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Low Income	477.5	479.4	1.9	481.3	399	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	468.3	472.8	4.5	472.4	88	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
Black or African American	484.3	478.6	-5.7	489.4	107	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	474.5	476.2	1.7	478.3	182	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	481.6	481.4	-0.2	485.7	48	1	Path Forward: No Change
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	481.0	487.1	6.1	485.0	189	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	478.8	478.9	0.1	482.4	472	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	455.6	459.9	4.3	459.5	86	3	Path Forward: Met Target
High Needs	475.1	476.0	0.9	477.1	369	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	462.0	469.0	7.0	466.4	120	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Low Income	475.8	476.6	0.8	479.2	333	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	466.4	467.2	0.8	469.4	80	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Black or African American	481.5	479.6	-1.9	484.4	75	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	471.5	472.2	0.7	474.4	149	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	484.9	475.6	-9.3	488.0	45	0	Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	481.0	484.0	3.0	483.4	182	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	58.8	439	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	53.1	86	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	58.9	340	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	55.7	99	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	58.8	305	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	50.8	78	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	19	-	-
Black or African American	57.7	63	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	57.5	135	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	59.0	46	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	60.1	175	4	Exceeded Typical Growth

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	47.9	436	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	44.6	86	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	48.3	341	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	49.8	104	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	47.9	306	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	47.0	75	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	19	-	-
Black or African American	52.8	67	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	47.0	133	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	49.4	45	2	Typical Growth - Low
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	46.6	171	2	Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	79.9	83.6	3.7	84.4	658	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	77.3	81.2	3.9	82.4	552	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	68.8	75.9	7.1	74.4	187	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	77.3	81.3	4.0	82.6	530	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	55.0	75.5	20.5	64.1	110	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
Black or African American	84.1	83.7	-0.4	90.0	86	1	No Change
Hispanic or Latino	72.8	82.6	9.8	79.2	201	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	86.5	84.0	-2.5	91.0	50	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	80.6	83.1	2.5	84.5	295	2	Improved Below Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	85.8	84.8	-1.0	88.5	546	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	84.6	82.6	-2.0	88.2	466	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	84.9	77.3	-7.6	91.9	128	0	Declined
Low Income	84.5	82.6	-1.9	88.8	454	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	73.7	65.0	-8.7	80.7	100	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	29	-	-
Black or African American	92.6	89.9	-2.7	95.0	69	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	88.1	79.9	-8.2	92.2	169	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	79.4	89.2	9.8	82.1	37	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	82.8	84.7	1.9	85.6	242	2	Improved Below Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	2.7	3.6	0.9	2.4	2,611	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	3.2	4.2	1.0	2.8	2,075	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	4.8	6.1	1.3	4.3	668	0	Declined
Low Income	3.3	4.2	0.9	2.9	1,887	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	3.5	4.1	0.6	3.1	489	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	89	-	-
Black or African American	2.6	1.4	-1.2	2.3	370	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	2.4	4.4	2.0	2.1	857	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	4.4	3.3	-1.1	3.9	212	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	2.7	4.1	1.4	2.4	1,076	0	Declined

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	18.6	24.8	6.2	20.1	580	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	18.6	24.8	6.2	20.1	580	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	36.8	37.7	0.9	33.8	2,762	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	34.7	38.4	3.7	27.8	86	0	Declined
High Needs	39.8	39.2	-0.6	36.2	2,325	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	34.3	31.9	-2.4	29.9	914	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	40.3	40.5	0.2	36.3	2,131	1	No Change
Students with Disabilities	46.1	40.5	-5.6	42.3	476	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	87	-	-
Black or African American	25.1	22.6	-2.5	21.4	518	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	41.5	41.6	0.1	37.6	946	1	No Change
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	41.2	48.7	7.5	38.2	224	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	37.8	40.3	2.5	34.2	983	0	Declined

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	65.5	70.2	4.7	70.3	1,297	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	59.3	66.9	7.6	64.4	1,072	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	43.6	55.2	11.6	51.2	417	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	59.7	67.0	7.3	65.0	992	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	36.3	57.0	20.7	41.8	207	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	46	-	-
Black or African American	58.5	65.8	7.3	65.2	237	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	58.7	68.0	9.3	65.2	422	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	67.6	75.5	7.9	72.4	98	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	71.1	71.7	0.6	75.9	494	2	Improved Below 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	600	586	98	Yes	1	598	582	97	Yes	1	602	590	98	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	490	478	488	475	492	481	1,470	1,434	98	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	203	200	201	200	203	200	607	600	99	Yes	1
Low Income	442	430	440	427	444	435	1,326	1,292	97	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	97	93	98	94	98	94	293	281	96	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	-	-	-	-
Asian	22	22	23	23	23	23	68	68	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	121	119	122	121	122	121	365	361	99	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	199	193	195	191	199	195	593	579	98	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	54	50	54	50	54	50	162	150	95	Yes	2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	202	200	202	195	202	199	606	594	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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