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Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - Pittsfield High

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Pittsfield (02360000)

TITLE I STATUS
Non-Title I School

SCHOOL
Pittsfield High (02360505)

GRADES SERVED
09,10,11,12

REGION
West/Central

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

In need of focused/targeted support

Low student group performance: Students with Disabilities

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
18% - Limited or no progress toward targets	20

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	20%	17%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	18%
	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	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	40.0	0	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	0	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	3	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	8	8	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		2.3	10.0	-	1.1	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		23%		-	11%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		17%

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	3	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Achievement total	3	12	40.0	0	12	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	1	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	20.0	4	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-	-	-	-
	High school completion total	0	12	20.0	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	2	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		2.8	10.0	-	1.3	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		28%		-	13%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		20%

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	48%	18%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	30%
	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	3	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-
	High school completion total	0	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		1.9	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		18%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		18%

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	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-
	Achievement total	8	12	47.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-
	Growth total	5	8	22.5
High school completion	Four-year cohort graduation rate	0	4	-
	Extended engagement rate	0	4	-
	Annual dropout rate	0	4	-
	High school completion total	0	12	20.0
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	2	4	-
	Additional indicators total	2	8	10.0
Weighted total		5.1	10.7	-
Percentage of possible points		48%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		48%

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	499.6	489.0	-10.6	501.2	143	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	476.8	467.0	-9.8	481.9	20	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	493.1	478.3	-14.8	497.4	95	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	466.7	463.5	-3.2	470.2	21	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	494.1	479.0	-15.1	499.0	84	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	482.0	466.0	-16.0	485.2	28	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	497.4	491.5	-5.9	502.5	22	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	480.3	472.8	-7.5	484.0	33	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	504.4	495.7	-8.7	509.5	72	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	493.0	484.7	-8.3	495.2	141	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	469.9	468.3	-1.6	475.0	20	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	486.3	477.0	-9.3	490.5	92	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	472.4	471.7	-0.7	477.5	22	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	486.5	477.8	-8.7	490.3	81	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	477.5	468.5	-9.0	481.6	25	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	493.6	485.2	-8.4	498.7	22	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	476.1	471.9	-4.2	477.9	35	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	496.9	489.9	-7.0	500.9	70	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	491.6	485.7	-5.9	494.6	103	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	468.3	462.2	-6.1	472.2	20	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	485.3	478.4	-6.9	488.1	56	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Low Income	486.5	479.1	-7.4	488.8	47	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	470.7	469.6	-1.1	473.7	20	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	494.8	490.3	-4.5	498.6	60	0	Path Forward: Declined

English language arts growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	51.6	101	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	41.6	20	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	48.9	59	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	3	-	-
Low Income	50.2	50	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	38.6	21	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	1	-	-
Black or African American	-	18	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	16	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	10	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	53.6	56	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - High school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	56.6	104	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	45.3	20	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	52.1	60	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	3	-	-
Low Income	54.8	50	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	38.4	21	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	1	-	-
Black or African American	-	18	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	-	18	-	-
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	57.5	58	3	Typical Growth - High

Four-year cohort graduation rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	80.2	78.8	-1.4	84.7	193	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	73.2	72.3	-0.9	78.3	148	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Low Income	74.3	73.0	-1.3	79.6	137	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	57.4	50.0	-7.4	66.5	58	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	31	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	77.8	70.3	-7.5	84.2	37	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	81.8	82.0	0.2	85.7	111	2	Improved Below Target

Extended engagement rate - High school
Group	2023 Rate (%)	2024 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	89.9	84.7	-5.2	92.6	202	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	85.3	79.2	-6.1	88.9	149	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Low Income	84.6	78.7	-5.9	88.9	136	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	91.4	70.4	-21.0	95.0	54	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	93.9	86.1	-7.8	95.0	36	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	89.2	85.6	-3.6	92.0	132	0	Declined

Annual dropout rate - High school
Group	2024 Rate (%)	2025 Rate (%)	Change	Target (%)	N	Points	Reason
All Students	5.3	6.2	0.9	4.7	712	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	7.4	8.7	1.3	6.6	461	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	9.7	9.0	-0.7	8.7	89	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	7.0	8.0	1.0	6.3	414	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	11.5	13.0	1.5	10.3	146	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Black or African American	5.8	2.9	-2.9	5.2	103	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	9.0	9.7	0.7	8.1	165	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	56	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	4.0	5.7	1.7	3.6	371	0	Declined

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	22.0	25.7	3.7	28.0	74	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	22.0	25.7	3.7	28.0	74	3	Met 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	47.4	39.2	-8.2	44.4	702	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	46.2	40.0	-6.2	39.3	20	2	Improved Below Target
High Needs	58.7	50.7	-8.0	55.1	471	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	52.2	49.5	-2.7	47.8	105	2	Improved Below Target
Low Income	60.9	54.4	-6.5	56.9	425	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	60.8	57.8	-3.0	57.0	147	2	Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	17	-	-
Black or African American	31.2	33.0	1.8	27.5	106	0	Declined
Hispanic or Latino	66.3	57.5	-8.8	62.4	153	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	57	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	41.7	31.1	-10.6	38.1	366	4	Exceeded Target

Advanced coursework completion - High school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	66.7	75.8	9.1	71.5	351	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	52.0	65.2	13.2	57.1	224	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	36.8	57.9	21.1	44.4	57	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	52.4	67.2	14.8	57.7	198	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	22.7	31.7	9.0	28.2	60	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Black or African American	74.0	76.4	2.4	80.7	55	2	Improved Below Target
Hispanic or Latino	46.5	63.8	17.3	53.0	80	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	27	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	74.7	81.4	6.7	79.5	177	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	152	149	98	Yes	1	150	149	99	Yes	1	150	148	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	101	99	98	97	98	96	297	292	98	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	24	23	24	24	24	24	72	71	99	Yes	1
Low Income	88	86	85	84	85	83	258	253	98	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	28	28	26	26	26	26	80	80	100	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	3	3	3	3	3	3	9	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	25	25	25	25	25	24	75	74	99	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	36	34	36	36	36	36	108	106	98	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	13	13	11	11	11	11	35	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	75	74	75	74	75	74	225	222	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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