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Henry Whittemore Elementary School

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Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - Henry Whittemore Elementary School

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Waltham (03080000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
Henry Whittemore Elementary School (03080065)

GRADES SERVED
K,01,02,03,04,05

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
72% - Substantial progress toward targets	37

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	80%	67%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	72%
	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	0	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	3	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	5	12	60.0	7	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	20.0	7	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	1	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	1	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	1	4	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.4	9.6	-	6.7	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		46%		-	88%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		67%

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	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	2	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	8	12	60.0	8	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	3	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		6.7	9.6	-	6.9	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		70%		-	91%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		80%

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	55%	52%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	54%
	Substantial 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	3	4	-
	Science achievement	3	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%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		52%

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	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	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	3	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0
Weighted total		5.7	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		55%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		55%

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	487.6	485.4	-2.2	490.4	156	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	463.3	468.5	5.2	468.6	23	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
High Needs	483.4	482.8	-0.6	486.0	142	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	482.1	481.7	-0.4	485.4	124	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Low Income	483.1	482.9	-0.2	485.7	126	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Students with Disabilities	469.2	469.6	0.4	472.2	31	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	483.2	481.9	-1.3	486.6	129	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	489.2	490.5	1.3	491.6	156	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing	457.6	474.0	16.4	462.8	23	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
High Needs	485.8	488.6	2.8	488.2	142	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	485.2	488.2	3.0	487.9	124	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Low Income	484.9	488.9	4.0	487.6	126	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	474.6	478.3	3.7	478.3	31	3	Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	8	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	485.1	488.3	3.2	488.1	129	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	479.8	484.1	4.3	484.3	49	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
High Needs	475.9	480.5	4.6	480.1	43	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	474.6	477.7	3.1	479.6	38	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	474.4	480.7	6.3	478.3	39	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	476.6	478.2	1.6	482.0	40	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	52.4	96	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	51.7	23	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	51.7	84	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	51.9	75	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	53.2	74	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	45.9	20	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	5	-	-
Black or African American	-	5	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	50.5	78	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	1	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	-	7	-	-

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	55.3	99	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	68.6	23	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
High Needs	56.6	87	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	57.2	78	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	58.7	77	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	63.0	20	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	5	-	-
Black or African American	-	5	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	55.9	81	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	1	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	-	7	-	-

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	60.9	58.6	-2.3	64.9	140	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	60.9	58.6	-2.3	64.9	140	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 - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	8.2	8.4	0.2	6.0	296	1	No Change
Lowest Performing	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	23	4	Exceeded Target
High Needs	8.8	10.2	1.4	6.3	246	0	Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	7.2	8.5	1.3	3.9	201	0	Declined
Low Income	9.5	11.0	1.5	6.8	219	0	Declined
Students with Disabilities	2.6	9.3	6.7	1.0	43	0	Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	8.7	9.4	0.7	4.9	224	0	Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	33	-	-

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	163	163	100	Yes	1	163	163	100	Yes	1	51	51	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	149	149	149	149	45	45	343	343	100	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	130	130	130	130	39	39	299	299	100	Yes	1
Low Income	132	132	132	132	41	41	305	305	100	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	32	32	32	32	10	10	74	74	100	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	6	6	6	6	3	3	15	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	10	10	10	10	5	5	25	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	133	133	133	133	40	40	306	306	100	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	4	4	4	4	0	0	8	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	10	10	10	10	3	3	23	-	-	-	-

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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