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Methuen High

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2026 Official Accountability Report - Methuen High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Methuen (01810000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
Methuen High (01810505)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

In need of focused/targeted support

Among the lowest performing 10% of schools

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
19% - Limited or no progress toward targets	6

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	15%	22%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	19%
	Limited or no 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	0	4	-	1	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	40.0	1	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	1	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	3	8	20.0	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	2	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	5	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	1	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	8	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		2.5	10.0	-	2.0	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		25%		-	19%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		22%

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	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	1	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	3	8	20.0	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	2	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	2	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		1.8	10.0	-	1.3	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		18%		-	13%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		15%

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	22%	27%
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		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	3	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	7	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	4	4	-
	Additional indicators total	8	8	10.0
Weighted total		2.9	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		27%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		27%

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	2	4	-
	Achievement total	2	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	0	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	1	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-
	High school completion total	1	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		2.3	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		22%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		22%

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	490.8	482.7	-8.1	494.3	412	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	468.4	461.8	-6.6	473.5	77	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	483.8	475.9	-7.9	488.1	276	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	465.5	466.4	0.9	469.0	98	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	484.9	477.4	-7.5	489.8	232	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	468.5	467.3	-1.2	471.7	67	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Black or African American	491.2	482.0	-9.2	496.3	35	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	482.6	474.6	-8.0	486.3	225	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	498.3	495.5	-2.8	503.4	133	0	Path Forward: Declined

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	487.3	483.5	-3.8	491.4	412	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	467.8	467.7	-0.1	472.9	77	1	Path Forward: No Change
High Needs	481.0	477.8	-3.2	485.2	276	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	468.9	470.3	1.4	474.0	97	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	481.8	478.9	-2.9	485.6	233	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	467.3	471.0	3.7	471.4	68	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Black or African American	487.0	484.8	-2.2	492.1	35	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	480.4	475.7	-4.7	484.2	225	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	493.7	495.3	1.6	497.7	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	492.6	483.9	-8.7	495.8	366	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	467.1	464.0	-3.1	471.0	77	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	486.4	477.4	-9.0	488.7	238	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	466.2	466.0	-0.2	469.1	78	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Low Income	488.1	478.6	-9.5	490.0	199	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	470.0	469.8	-0.2	472.6	60	1	Recovery Path: No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Black or African American	487.6	483.6	-4.0	490.7	27	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	485.1	475.8	-9.3	488.6	194	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	500.2	495.1	-5.1	501.4	126	0	Recovery Path: Declined

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	41.1	349	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	41.1	77	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	40.4	220	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	46.2	58	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	39.9	186	1	Low Growth
Students with Disabilities	39.7	58	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	10	-	-
Black or African American	41.7	26	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	38.5	179	1	Low Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	6	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	44.4	128	2	Typical Growth - Low

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	37.5	354	1	Low Growth
Lowest Performing	40.4	77	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	38.5	225	1	Low Growth
English Learners and Former English Learners	38.3	61	1	Low Growth
Low Income	38.1	191	1	Low Growth
Students with Disabilities	41.6	60	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	10	-	-
Black or African American	42.5	26	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	34.2	183	1	Low Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	6	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	41.2	129	2	Typical Growth - Low

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	87.8	91.9	4.1	92.3	528	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	83.1	88.3	5.2	88.2	360	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	58.7	85.7	27.0	64.3	91	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	82.8	88.5	5.7	88.1	338	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	79.7	80.3	0.6	88.8	76	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
Black or African American	96.3	97.1	0.8	95.0	35	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	80.3	88.8	8.5	86.7	267	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	95.3	95.4	0.1	95.0	196	3	Met Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	93.9	88.4	-5.5	95.0	490	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	90.9	84.0	-6.9	94.5	337	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	74.3	61.3	-13.0	81.3	75	0	Declined
Low Income	91.2	83.8	-7.4	95.0	320	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	80.0	81.4	1.4	87.0	59	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Black or African American	96.0	96.3	0.3	95.0	27	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	89.7	81.1	-8.6	93.8	244	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	98.1	95.3	-2.8	95.0	191	3	Met Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	2.3	2.1	-0.2	2.0	1,840	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	3.5	1.6	-1.9	3.1	1,064	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	7.9	2.4	-5.5	7.1	296	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	3.3	1.4	-1.9	2.9	929	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	3.9	2.6	-1.3	3.5	227	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	71	-	-
Black or African American	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	126	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	3.7	2.2	-1.5	3.3	955	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	32	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	1.0	2.3	1.3	1.0	656	0	Declined

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	17.3	14.6	-2.7	18.8	254	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	17.3	14.6	-2.7	18.8	254	1	No Change
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	42.4	28.7	-13.7	39.4	1,817	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	48.1	24.7	-23.4	41.2	77	4	Exceeded Target
High Needs	45.0	32.7	-12.3	41.4	1,118	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	36.1	27.5	-8.6	31.7	403	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	46.3	34.3	-12.0	42.3	981	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	47.8	33.5	-14.3	44.0	224	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	65	-	-
Black or African American	22.3	9.4	-12.9	18.6	138	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	44.6	34.9	-9.7	40.7	985	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	31	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	45.3	24.1	-21.2	41.7	598	4	Exceeded Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	53.4	64.0	10.6	58.2	891	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	36.2	50.5	14.3	41.3	491	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	13.0	33.1	20.1	20.6	160	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	37.9	51.6	13.7	43.2	444	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	16.5	34.8	18.3	22.0	89	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	38	-	-
Black or African American	40.3	55.9	15.6	47.0	68	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	39.9	54.0	14.1	46.4	454	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	69.6	76.0	6.4	74.4	317	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	444	441	99	Yes	1	444	441	99	Yes	1	446	443	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	303	300	302	299	304	302	909	901	99	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	114	113	113	112	114	113	341	338	99	Yes	1
Low Income	258	256	257	255	259	257	774	768	99	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	72	70	71	70	72	71	215	211	98	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	13	13	13	13	13	13	39	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	40	40	39	39	40	40	119	119	100	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	250	248	251	249	252	250	753	747	99	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	7	7	7	7	7	7	21	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	134	133	134	133	134	133	402	399	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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