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Needham High

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2026 Official Accountability Report - Needham High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Needham (01990000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
Needham High (01990505)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Not requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

Meeting or exceeding targets

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
87% - Meeting or exceeding targets	98

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	76%	95%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	87%
	Meeting or exceeding 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	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Achievement total	12	12	47.5	11	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	22.5	8	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	12	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		10.3	10.7	-	9.6	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		96%		-	93%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		95%

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	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	11	12	47.5	6	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Growth total	7	8	22.5	8	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	11	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	7	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		9.7	10.7	-	6.3	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		91%		-	61%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		76%

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	66%	87%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	79%
	Meeting or exceeding 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	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-
	Achievement total	10	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	4	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	7	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	12	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-
	Additional indicators total	6	8	10.0
Weighted total		9.3	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		87%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		87%

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	3	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	6	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	4	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-
	Growth total	7	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	4	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	3	4	-
	High school completion total	11	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	1	4	-
	Additional indicators total	5	8	10.0
Weighted total		7.1	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		66%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		66%

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	520.3	523.2	2.9	521.3	413	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	499.2	504.0	4.8	502.8	95	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs	501.8	506.7	4.9	503.7	76	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Low Income	502.6	515.3	12.7	506.2	24	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	498.2	503.0	4.8	500.1	56	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	524.3	528.2	3.9	527.7	46	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	513.3	513.8	0.5	516.0	34	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	25	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	520.8	524.0	3.2	522.1	295	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	521.4	523.4	2.0	523.2	412	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	499.1	504.5	5.4	502.4	95	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs	502.8	505.3	2.5	505.5	77	3	Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Low Income	503.4	509.3	5.9	507.9	24	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	498.0	502.7	4.7	500.5	57	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	533.1	529.6	-3.5	536.5	46	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	514.2	513.4	-0.8	518.4	33	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	24	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	520.7	523.7	3.0	521.8	296	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	511.7	513.4	1.7	513.6	405	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	490.4	493.1	2.7	493.0	95	3	Path Forward: Met Target
High Needs	494.2	497.0	2.8	496.5	75	3	Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Low Income	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
Students with Disabilities	491.0	495.4	4.4	492.2	56	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	519.0	517.7	-1.3	521.1	46	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	504.4	504.6	0.2	507.6	33	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	25	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	511.4	513.4	2.0	513.2	290	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	57.6	378	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	63.8	95	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
High Needs	66.0	66	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	7	-	-
Low Income	71.3	22	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Students with Disabilities	63.7	48	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	58.8	44	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	-	12	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	60.5	30	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	24	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	56.2	268	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	56.0	381	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	64.0	95	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
High Needs	58.3	68	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	7	-	-
Low Income	59.7	23	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	58.9	49	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	55.1	44	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	-	12	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	61.2	30	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	23	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	55.1	272	3	Typical Growth - High

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	99.3	99.0	-0.3	95.0	411	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	98.4	96.7	-1.7	95.0	123	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Low Income	100.0	93.8	-6.2	95.0	48	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	97.1	96.6	-0.5	95.0	89	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	34	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	96.8	97.1	0.3	95.0	34	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	99.4	99.1	-0.3	95.0	316	4	Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	100.0	99.8	-0.2	95.0	417	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	100.0	99.2	-0.8	95.0	125	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Low Income	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	66	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	100.0	98.6	-1.4	95.0	70	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	39	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	31	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	24	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	100.0	99.7	-0.3	95.0	313	4	Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	0.2	0.1	-0.1	1.0	1,633	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	0.8	0.6	-0.2	1.0	344	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Low Income	0.9	1.1	0.2	1.0	94	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	0.3	0.4	0.1	1.0	257	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	154	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	42	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	0.8	1.5	0.7	1.0	136	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	80	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.0	1,220	4	Exceeded Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	7.2	6.1	-1.1	6.1	1,627	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	8.8	3.2	-5.6	4.8	95	4	Exceeded Target
High Needs	19.8	15.8	-4.0	16.7	366	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	45	-	-
Low Income	27.2	22.1	-5.1	23.0	122	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	20.1	15.8	-4.3	16.2	253	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	5.2	5.7	0.5	3.3	174	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	55	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	13.7	14.1	0.4	9.7	135	1	No Change
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	80	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	6.4	5.1	-1.3	5.0	1,182	4	Exceeded Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	94.6	95.8	1.2	95.0	785	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	80.3	83.7	3.4	86.3	178	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	21	-	-
Low Income	76.2	82.8	6.6	82.0	58	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	77.9	81.6	3.7	85.6	125	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	98.4	97.3	-1.1	95.0	75	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	25	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	85.1	87.9	2.8	91.5	66	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	33	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	95.5	96.8	1.3	95.0	585	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	419	415	99	Yes	1	419	414	99	Yes	1	419	418	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	79	77	79	78	79	79	237	234	99	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	8	8	8	8	8	8	24	-	-	-	-
Low Income	24	24	24	24	24	24	72	72	100	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	59	57	59	58	59	59	177	174	98	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	46	46	46	46	46	46	138	138	100	Yes	1
Black or African American	13	13	13	13	13	13	39	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	34	34	34	33	34	33	102	100	98	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	25	25	25	24	25	25	75	74	99	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	301	297	301	298	301	301	903	896	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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