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2026 Official Accountability Report - New Bedford High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
New Bedford (02010000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
New Bedford High (02010505)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI)

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

In need of broad/comprehensive support

Underperforming school

Low student group performance: Black or African American -White -Students with Disabilities -Low Income -Hispanic or Latino -English Learners and Former English Learners -High Needs

Low participation rate: White -Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino -All Students

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
32% - Moderate progress toward targets	2

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	30%	33%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	32%
	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	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	2	12	40.0	2	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	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	10	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	1	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	6	8	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.1	10.0	-	2.5	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		41%		-	24%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		33%

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	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	40.0	2	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	1	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	3	8	20.0	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	9	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	3	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	1	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	5	8	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		3.2	10.0	-	2.9	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		32%		-	28%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		30%

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	25%	41%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	35%
	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	0	4	-
	Achievement total	2	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	2	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	4	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	4	4	-
	High school completion total	10	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		4.4	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		41%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		41%

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	2	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	2	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	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-
	Additional indicators total	4	8	10.0
Weighted total		2.7	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		25%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		25%

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	481.9	478.7	-3.2	485.4	603	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	465.4	458.9	-6.5	470.5	100	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	478.5	475.5	-3.0	482.8	515	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	462.0	464.5	2.5	465.5	186	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Low Income	478.4	475.5	-2.9	483.3	490	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	469.3	466.4	-2.9	472.5	153	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	479.2	477.7	-1.5	484.3	92	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	476.1	473.3	-2.8	479.8	300	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	484.7	489.5	4.8	488.2	27	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	491.5	486.4	-5.1	496.6	178	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	476.9	478.4	1.5	481.0	588	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	463.4	464.8	1.4	468.5	100	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	473.6	475.9	2.3	477.8	501	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	464.1	471.1	7.0	469.2	180	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Low Income	473.5	475.7	2.2	477.3	476	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	467.3	468.7	1.4	471.4	150	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	473.4	479.3	5.9	478.5	92	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	472.4	475.4	3.0	476.2	290	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	478.1	485.0	6.9	482.2	25	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	485.2	481.2	-4.0	489.2	175	0	Path Forward: Declined

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - High school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	476.1	472.1	-4.0	479.1	515	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	457.2	454.2	-3.0	461.1	98	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	471.7	468.9	-2.8	474.1	431	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	461.4	460.9	-0.5	465.1	143	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Low Income	471.6	468.8	-2.8	474.2	410	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	465.0	464.1	-0.9	467.6	129	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	473.3	473.4	0.1	476.5	73	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	472.3	467.2	-5.1	476.0	252	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	475.2	477.4	2.2	479.7	26	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	482.7	477.8	-4.9	485.3	158	0	Recovery Path: Declined

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	42.5	485	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	44.8	100	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	42.6	406	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	47.9	108	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	42.4	387	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	38.3	129	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	2	-	-
Black or African American	39.6	62	1	Low Growth
Hispanic or Latino	43.3	230	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	50.7	23	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	41.1	165	2	Typical Growth - Low

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	39.7	478	1	Low Growth
Lowest Performing	42.0	100	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	40.2	400	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	38.6	108	1	Low Growth
Low Income	40.2	381	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	39.5	125	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	42.2	62	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	40.4	225	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	47.6	21	2	Typical Growth - Low
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	36.4	164	1	Low Growth

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	82.4	84.8	2.4	86.9	743	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	81.4	83.4	2.0	86.5	680	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	75.5	73.4	-2.1	81.1	256	0	Declined
Low Income	81.5	83.2	1.7	86.8	656	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	68.2	79.1	10.9	77.3	139	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Black or African American	80.8	88.7	7.9	86.7	124	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	80.6	81.7	1.1	87.0	366	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	79.3	90.7	11.4	83.8	43	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	86.6	86.1	-0.5	90.5	202	1	No Change

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	82.5	86.2	3.7	85.2	652	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	81.1	85.5	4.4	84.7	608	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	72.2	78.1	5.9	79.2	192	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	81.7	85.5	3.8	86.0	599	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	77.9	81.8	3.9	84.9	132	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Black or African American	88.0	86.9	-1.1	92.9	99	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	77.6	83.9	6.3	81.7	273	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	84.8	82.8	-2.0	87.5	29	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	86.1	89.9	3.8	88.9	238	4	Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	1.6	0.8	-0.8	1.4	2,857	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	1.8	0.9	-0.9	1.6	2,411	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	2.9	1.4	-1.5	2.6	762	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	1.8	0.8	-1.0	1.6	2,249	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	2.5	1.1	-1.4	2.2	559	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Black or African American	0.4	0.6	0.2	1.0	477	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	2.1	0.9	-1.2	1.8	1,380	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	1.9	0.0	-1.9	1.7	155	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
White	1.2	1.0	-0.2	1.0	819	3	Met Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	15.1	13.4	-1.7	16.6	581	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	15.1	13.4	-1.7	16.6	581	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	42.1	38.1	-4.0	39.1	2,809	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	40.9	39.0	-1.9	34.0	100	2	Improved Below Target
High Needs	44.6	40.5	-4.1	41.0	2,388	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	45.1	37.7	-7.4	40.7	887	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	45.3	41.2	-4.1	41.3	2,250	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	42.8	39.6	-3.2	39.0	553	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Black or African American	32.4	28.9	-3.5	28.7	561	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	47.8	43.1	-4.7	43.9	1,291	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	40.1	43.4	3.3	37.1	143	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	39.3	35.9	-3.4	35.7	783	3	Met Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	45.0	46.6	1.6	49.8	1,334	2	Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	39.9	40.7	0.8	45.0	1,109	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	23.7	31.7	8.0	31.3	429	3	Met Target
Low Income	41.4	41.2	-0.2	46.7	1,033	1	No Change
Students with Disabilities	23.5	21.4	-2.1	29.0	234	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
Black or African American	43.8	48.4	4.6	50.5	281	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	37.9	40.4	2.5	44.4	611	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	53.3	44.8	-8.5	58.1	67	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	54.9	55.2	0.3	59.7	364	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	660	639	97	Yes	1	655	622	95	Yes	1	655	610	93	No	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	565	548	560	532	560	522	1,685	1,602	95	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	209	204	208	200	207	196	624	600	96	Yes	1
Low Income	539	522	534	507	534	497	1,607	1,526	95	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	163	158	159	153	160	150	482	461	96	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	-	-	-	-
Asian	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	109	108	108	107	108	105	325	320	98	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	323	315	320	303	319	295	962	913	95	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	30	28	30	26	30	28	90	82	91	No	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
White	192	182	191	180	192	176	575	538	94	No	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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