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Newton South High

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2026 Official Accountability Report - Newton South High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Newton (02070000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
Newton South High (02070510)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

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
73% - Substantial progress toward targets	96

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	77%	70%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	73%
	Substantial 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	4	4	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Achievement total	12	12	40.0	6	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	5	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	4	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	3	4	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	8	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		8.9	10.0	-	5.2	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		89%		-	51%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		70%

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	-	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Achievement total	12	12	40.0	6	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	7	8	20.0	6	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	4	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		9.8	10.0	-	5.8	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		98%		-	56%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		77%

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	68%	62%
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		High Needs Student Group (High school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	0	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-
	Achievement total	6	12	47.5
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	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	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	0	4	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0
Weighted total		6.6	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		62%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		62%

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	3	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-
	Achievement total	6	12	47.5
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	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	3	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	4	4	-
	Additional indicators total	7	8	10.0
Weighted total		7.3	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		68%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		68%

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	516.9	515.8	-1.1	517.9	444	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	495.1	491.2	-3.9	498.7	87	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	497.8	496.0	-1.8	499.7	132	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	495.2	494.4	-0.8	498.1	33	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	502.1	494.2	-7.9	505.7	58	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	491.3	489.8	-1.5	493.2	68	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	522.5	521.4	-1.1	525.9	105	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	509.7	501.9	-7.8	512.4	56	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	519.1	516.8	-2.3	520.1	26	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	517.1	518.1	1.0	518.4	234	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	524.6	521.5	-3.1	525.7	441	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	495.7	494.7	-1.0	499.0	87	3	Path Forward: Met Target
High Needs	507.5	503.1	-4.4	510.2	129	3	Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	520.1	508.5	-11.6	525.2	34	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	508.2	501.6	-6.6	512.7	56	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	497.7	493.1	-4.6	500.2	66	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	535.2	533.7	-1.5	538.6	103	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	23	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	513.8	502.1	-11.7	518.0	56	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	522.9	520.3	-2.6	524.0	26	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	523.6	523.5	-0.1	524.7	233	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	524.8	517.2	-7.6	525.8	418	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	500.8	491.8	-9.0	503.4	86	3	Path Forward: Met Target
High Needs	510.4	501.6	-8.8	512.7	114	3	Path Forward: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	521.2	504.8	-16.4	525.5	26	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income	508.6	501.4	-7.2	510.6	49	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	503.0	494.5	-8.5	505.5	61	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	534.4	529.5	-4.9	536.5	100	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	19	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	518.0	494.8	-23.2	521.2	49	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	525.2	515.7	-9.5	526.2	23	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	523.1	518.6	-4.5	524.4	227	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	53.5	378	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	49.3	87	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	50.6	107	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	61.1	21	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Low Income	46.1	49	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	47.4	54	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	55.5	93	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	-	20	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	43.4	42	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	59.4	22	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	54.1	201	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	58.7	382	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	54.9	87	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	52.4	111	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	55.0	25	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	54.5	50	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	48.9	59	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	58.9	92	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	-	21	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	50.6	44	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	53.5	23	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	61.5	202	4	Exceeded Typical Growth

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	98.6	98.7	0.1	95.0	467	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	97.0	96.9	-0.1	95.0	159	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	95.5	95.5	0.0	95.0	22	3	Met Target
Low Income	99.0	96.3	-2.7	95.0	82	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	94.9	96.6	1.7	95.0	87	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	98.9	97.5	-1.4	95.0	122	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	100.0	97.4	-2.6	95.0	38	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	93.1	100.0	6.9	94.2	31	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	98.8	99.2	0.4	95.0	259	4	Exceeded Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	99.6	99.5	-0.1	95.0	427	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	99.4	99.4	0.0	95.0	167	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	22	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	98.8	99.0	0.2	95.0	97	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	78	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	99.2	98.9	-0.3	95.0	95	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	100.0	100.0	0.0	95.0	41	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	97.1	100.0	2.9	95.0	29	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	100.0	99.6	-0.4	95.0	244	4	Exceeded Target

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.0	1,893	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	0.2	0.5	0.3	1.0	551	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.0	55	0	Declined
Low Income	0.5	1.4	0.9	1.0	219	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	0.3	0.6	0.3	1.0	313	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	478	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	72	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	170	3	Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	0.0	0.9	0.9	1.0	117	3	Met Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.0	1,053	3	Met Target

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	71.4	76.3	4.9	77.4	38	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	71.4	76.3	4.9	77.4	38	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 - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	12.3	11.1	-1.2	11.2	1,880	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	10.5	13.8	3.3	6.5	87	0	Declined
High Needs	22.2	20.0	-2.2	19.1	519	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	19.0	21.7	2.7	14.5	157	0	Declined
Low Income	23.0	25.0	2.0	18.8	248	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	25.1	17.6	-7.5	21.2	233	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	7.9	9.1	1.2	6.0	481	3	Met Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	84	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	17.8	16.8	-1.0	13.8	185	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	14.5	13.8	-0.7	13.4	109	3	Met Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	12.4	9.5	-2.9	11.0	1,019	4	Exceeded Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	80.4	78.2	-2.2	82.5	951	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	55.2	52.5	-2.7	61.2	276	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	66.0	72.1	6.1	71.2	68	3	Met Target
Low Income	52.0	59.5	7.5	57.8	121	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	42.4	33.3	-9.1	50.1	150	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	90.0	87.1	-2.9	92.6	248	3	Met Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	32	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	59.1	58.8	-0.3	65.5	85	1	No Change
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	77.6	67.9	-9.7	79.7	56	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	81.4	80.7	-0.7	83.9	528	1	No Change

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	463	456	98	Yes	1	462	454	98	Yes	1	467	458	98	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	144	143	144	138	146	140	434	421	97	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	40	39	40	39	40	37	120	115	96	Yes	1
Low Income	61	61	60	58	61	61	182	180	99	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	73	72	73	69	75	71	221	212	96	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	109	108	108	106	109	108	326	322	99	Yes	1
Black or African American	23	23	23	23	23	23	69	69	100	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	60	56	60	59	61	59	181	174	96	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	26	26	26	26	26	26	78	78	100	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	245	243	245	240	248	242	738	725	98	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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