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Lowell High

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2026 Official Accountability Report - Lowell High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Lowell (01600000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
Lowell High (01600505)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI), Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI)

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

In need of focused/targeted support

Among the lowest performing 10% of schools

Low student group performance: Asian -Hispanic or Latino

Low participation rate: Students with Disabilities

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
31% - Moderate progress toward targets	10

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	20%	39%
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		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	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	6	12	40.0	2	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	20.0	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	2	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	8	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	0	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	8	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		5.3	10.0	-	2.5	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		53%		-	24%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		39%

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	2	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	1	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	20.0	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	8	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		3.0	10.0	-	1.1	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		30%		-	11%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		20%

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	23%	57%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	44%
	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	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-
	Achievement total	6	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	4	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	3	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	3	4	-
	Additional indicators total	3	8	10.0
Weighted total		6.1	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		57%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		57%

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	1	4	-
	Growth total	3	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	8	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		2.5	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		23%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		23%

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	487.8	488.0	0.2	491.3	732	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	469.4	464.6	-4.8	474.5	133	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	482.4	483.1	0.7	486.7	585	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	469.7	475.4	5.7	473.2	284	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Low Income	483.0	482.5	-0.5	487.9	521	1	Path Forward: No Change
Students with Disabilities	470.2	470.4	0.2	473.4	122	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	497.8	496.4	-1.4	502.9	199	0	Path Forward: Declined
Black or African American	483.8	491.2	7.4	488.9	89	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	478.2	479.4	1.2	481.9	285	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	490.8	491.0	0.2	495.9	139	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	485.3	486.0	0.7	489.4	713	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	465.7	466.8	1.1	470.8	133	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	481.1	482.3	1.2	485.3	567	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	471.7	476.9	5.2	476.8	274	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	481.0	482.1	1.1	482.9	503	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	471.7	471.3	-0.4	475.8	121	1	Path Forward: No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	495.9	495.4	-0.5	497.7	195	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Black or African American	481.3	485.4	4.1	486.4	88	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	476.5	477.8	1.3	478.4	277	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	486.6	489.0	2.4	490.6	133	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	478.7	480.4	1.7	481.3	642	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	460.3	457.5	-2.8	464.2	130	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	474.2	476.5	2.3	477.2	504	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	464.8	470.2	5.4	468.9	234	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Low Income	474.3	476.1	1.8	477.2	449	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	467.1	466.1	-1.0	470.1	112	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	486.7	488.4	1.7	489.3	182	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Black or African American	481.3	481.7	0.4	485.9	70	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	470.8	471.3	0.5	474.3	245	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	479.3	484.6	5.3	482.2	126	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	55.6	590	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	49.7	133	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	54.2	456	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	55.3	197	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	53.4	405	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	47.1	99	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	2	-	-
Asian	55.4	175	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	56.6	56	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	53.6	231	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	15	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	0	-	-
White	58.9	111	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	42.2	592	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	41.3	133	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	41.3	458	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	43.3	201	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	40.8	407	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	33.7	101	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	2	-	-
Asian	41.5	173	2	Typical Growth - Low
Black or African American	49.4	59	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	38.0	233	1	Low Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	16	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	47.5	108	2	Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	81.9	83.1	1.2	86.4	834	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	79.3	80.3	1.0	84.4	699	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	68.7	69.7	1.0	74.3	264	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	80.5	80.6	0.1	85.8	674	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	73.3	64.5	-8.8	82.4	121	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	95.6	90.7	-4.9	95.0	247	0	Declined
Black or African American	87.5	85.7	-1.8	93.4	91	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	73.0	77.6	4.6	79.4	340	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	30	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	77.2	80.2	3.0	81.1	126	2	Improved Below Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	82.2	85.6	3.4	84.9	785	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	79.4	83.6	4.2	83.0	671	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	69.3	76.8	7.5	76.3	233	3	Met Target
Low Income	79.2	84.3	5.1	83.5	645	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	63.8	78.3	14.5	70.8	120	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	92.9	97.3	4.4	95.0	225	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	86.7	91.7	5.0	91.6	72	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	72.5	78.7	6.2	76.6	296	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	79.5	80.1	0.6	82.3	171	2	Improved Below Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	2.9	2.7	-0.2	2.6	3,434	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	3.5	3.1	-0.4	3.1	2,632	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	7.6	4.6	-3.0	6.8	926	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	3.7	3.0	-0.7	3.3	2,345	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	2.6	3.8	1.2	2.3	504	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	1.6	1.1	-0.5	1.4	967	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	3.1	2.2	-0.9	2.7	318	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	4.0	3.6	-0.4	3.6	1,405	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	122	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
White	2.9	3.2	0.3	2.6	617	0	Declined

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	23.4	19.8	-3.6	28.9	711	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	23.4	19.8	-3.6	28.9	711	0	Declined
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	33.1	36.0	2.9	30.1	3,411	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	37.1	33.1	-4.0	30.2	133	2	Improved Below Target
High Needs	37.0	39.8	2.8	33.4	2,689	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	32.5	38.8	6.3	28.1	1,264	0	Declined
Low Income	38.2	41.4	3.2	34.2	2,408	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	48.1	46.5	-1.6	44.3	510	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Asian	20.1	23.9	3.8	15.7	960	0	Declined
Black or African American	18.1	23.2	5.1	14.4	357	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	43.2	45.8	2.6	39.3	1,394	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	118	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
White	35.2	39.4	4.2	31.6	573	0	Declined

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	43.0	47.5	4.5	47.8	1,656	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	33.7	39.6	5.9	38.8	1,255	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	17.1	28.0	10.9	24.7	564	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	33.5	40.6	7.1	38.8	1,122	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	9.8	16.5	6.7	15.3	212	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	64.5	62.6	-1.9	69.5	497	0	Declined
Black or African American	44.0	43.6	-0.4	50.7	181	1	No Change
Hispanic or Latino	28.6	34.2	5.6	35.1	657	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	54	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	40.6	54.5	13.9	45.4	266	4	Exceeded 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	797	775	97	Yes	1	795	759	95	Yes	1	796	763	96	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	645	623	643	608	644	613	1,932	1,844	95	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	322	312	318	305	319	309	959	926	97	Yes	1
Low Income	574	556	572	540	573	544	1,719	1,640	95	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	135	124	137	127	137	127	409	378	94	No	2
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	-	-	-	-
Asian	209	206	209	203	209	206	627	615	98	Yes	1
Black or African American	96	94	96	93	96	93	288	280	97	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	323	310	321	304	322	305	966	919	95	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	18	17	19	17	19	18	56	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
White	148	145	147	139	147	138	442	422	95	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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