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J F Kennedy Middle School

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Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - J F Kennedy Middle School

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Natick (01980000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
J F Kennedy Middle School (01980305)

GRADES SERVED
05,06,07,08

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
64% - Substantial progress toward targets	91

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	64%	65%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	64%
	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	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	8	12	60.0	4	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	6	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	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		6.8	9.6	-	4.5	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		71%		-	59%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		65%

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	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	9	12	60.0	4	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	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	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		7.4	9.6	-	3.8	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		77%		-	50%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		64%

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	52%	30%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	39%
	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	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	2	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	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		3.1	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		30%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		30%

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	3	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-
	Science achievement	1	4	-
	Achievement total	6	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	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		5.4	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		52%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		52%

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	508.0	507.5	-0.5	509.4	858	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	479.2	480.8	1.6	484.3	159	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	488.9	487.7	-1.2	490.2	282	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	484.9	483.6	-1.3	487.3	96	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	487.5	488.3	0.8	489.7	141	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	483.6	482.1	-1.5	486.0	163	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	515.0	513.2	-1.8	517.1	98	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	494.4	494.4	0.0	497.0	100	1	Path Forward: No Change
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	512.4	517.6	5.2	513.8	53	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	508.8	508.2	-0.6	510.3	586	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	509.4	511.4	2.0	510.9	855	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	484.8	486.5	1.7	488.3	159	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
High Needs	492.6	494.1	1.5	495.1	280	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	493.5	494.0	0.5	496.3	96	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	489.4	493.4	4.0	491.8	141	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	486.5	488.2	1.7	489.7	161	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	522.5	524.3	1.8	525.5	98	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	493.9	497.9	4.0	496.8	100	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	515.8	520.8	5.0	517.3	53	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	509.3	511.2	1.9	511.0	583	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	506.3	503.4	-2.9	508.5	414	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	55	-	-
High Needs	491.3	485.9	-5.4	494.8	143	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	488.1	483.0	-5.1	492.3	56	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	487.6	485.1	-2.5	489.9	76	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	489.0	478.9	-10.1	493.2	78	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	512.1	511.5	-0.6	514.3	56	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	492.1	490.7	-1.4	496.7	61	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	510.4	521.5	11.1	512.6	23	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	507.3	503.5	-3.8	509.5	265	0	Path Forward: Declined

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	55.4	841	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	55.5	159	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	54.1	272	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	59.5	89	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	55.8	136	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	52.0	159	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	51.3	97	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	-	20	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	56.9	96	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	62.3	53	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	55.3	574	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	57.9	841	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	53.3	159	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	55.5	273	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	58.8	93	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	57.0	137	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	54.5	158	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	60.8	97	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American	-	20	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	60.7	98	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	60.9	53	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	56.9	572	3	Typical Growth - High

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	68.8	80.6	11.8	74.0	36	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	68.8	80.6	11.8	74.0	36	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	6.2	3.4	-2.8	5.1	879	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	9.1	5.7	-3.4	5.8	159	4	Exceeded Target
High Needs	13.5	7.1	-6.4	11.4	295	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	11.8	9.3	-2.5	8.8	107	3	Met Target
Low Income	21.5	9.7	-11.8	17.2	154	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	13.4	7.1	-6.3	10.9	168	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	100	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	14.9	8.3	-6.6	10.7	108	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	4.9	1.9	-3.0	3.8	53	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	5.4	3.2	-2.2	4.2	594	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	871	871	100	Yes	1	869	868	100	Yes	1	419	419	100	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	294	294	293	292	147	147	734	733	100	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	106	106	106	106	59	59	271	271	100	Yes	1
Low Income	151	151	151	151	78	78	380	380	100	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	168	168	167	166	78	78	413	412	100	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
Asian	99	99	99	99	57	57	255	255	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	22	22	22	22	8	8	52	52	100	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	107	107	107	107	63	63	277	277	100	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	53	53	53	53	23	23	129	129	100	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	589	589	587	586	267	267	1,443	1,442	100	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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