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Amherst Regional Middle School

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2026 Official Accountability Report - Amherst Regional Middle School

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Amherst-Pelham (06050000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
Amherst Regional Middle School (06050405)

GRADES SERVED
07,08

REGION
West/Central

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
-

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

In need of focused/targeted support

Low participation rate: Black or African American -White -Students with Disabilities -Low Income -Hispanic or Latino -English Learners and Former English Learners -Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino -High Needs -All Students

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
44% - Moderate progress toward targets	53

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	85%	17%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	44%
	Moderate 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	-	1	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	0	12	67.5	1	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	1	4	-
	Growth total	4	8	22.5	3	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	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		1.3	10.3	-	1.6	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		13%		-	21%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		17%

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	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	12	12	67.5	6	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	22.5	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	-	-	-	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		9.9	10.3	-	5.6	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		96%		-	74%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		85%

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	79%	11%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	38%
	Moderate 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	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	0	12	67.5
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	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		1.1	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		11%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		11%

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	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-
	Achievement total	10	12	67.5
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	-	-	-
	Extended engagement rate	-	-	-
	Annual dropout rate	-	-	-
	High school completion total	-	-	-
Progress toward attaining English language proficiency	English language proficiency total	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0
Weighted total		8.1	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		79%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		79%

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	500.8	498.2	-2.6	503.1	329	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	465.9	465.9	0.0	471.0	28	1	Path Forward: No Change
High Needs	482.6	476.8	-5.8	485.5	152	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	466.7	465.3	-1.4	469.2	40	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	477.7	478.1	0.4	480.1	95	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	478.4	470.1	-8.3	481.7	88	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	505.0	495.3	-9.7	508.1	27	0	Path Forward: Declined
Black or African American	488.0	487.6	-0.4	491.3	37	1	Path Forward: No Change
Hispanic or Latino	480.0	480.5	0.5	482.5	63	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	509.3	495.3	-14.0	511.6	25	0	Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	508.1	507.5	-0.6	510.5	176	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	501.3	497.5	-3.8	503.8	324	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	468.7	467.0	-1.7	473.8	28	0	Path Forward: Declined
High Needs	485.4	479.1	-6.3	488.1	148	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	476.8	473.8	-3.0	480.3	41	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	480.4	477.4	-3.0	483.2	92	0	Path Forward: Declined
Students with Disabilities	480.4	472.6	-7.8	483.8	86	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	511.5	511.0	-0.5	515.5	27	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	485.3	480.6	-4.7	488.6	37	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	486.0	479.5	-6.5	488.6	64	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	509.7	493.4	-16.3	512.2	26	0	Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	505.7	506.3	0.6	508.5	169	3	Path Forward: Met Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	503.6	499.8	-3.8	507.2	145	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	27	-	-
High Needs	488.9	483.9	-5.0	492.7	67	0	Path Forward: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	22	-	-
Low Income	486.1	482.4	-3.7	488.7	39	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	485.6	480.5	-5.1	489.4	37	0	Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	484.6	482.2	-2.4	488.2	25	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	510.2	509.0	-1.2	513.9	74	3	Path Forward: Met Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	48.7	290	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	43.0	28	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	40.5	124	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	39.6	33	1	Low Growth
Low Income	41.0	82	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	38.7	73	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	0	-	-
Asian	49.4	22	2	Typical Growth - Low
Black or African American	50.6	30	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	42.0	58	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	38.7	23	1	Low Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	52.1	157	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	42.5	290	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	35.8	28	1	Low Growth
High Needs	38.2	123	1	Low Growth
English Learners and Former English Learners	39.9	36	1	Low Growth
Low Income	37.2	80	1	Low Growth
Students with Disabilities	36.3	72	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	0	-	-
Asian	54.7	23	3	Typical Growth - High
Black or African American	40.3	31	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	36.9	58	1	Low Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	39.1	24	1	Low Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	43.8	154	2	Typical Growth - Low

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-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 - Non-high school
Group	2025 Rate (%)	2026 Rate (%)	Change	Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	17.3	14.2	-3.1	15.8	386	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	23.5	21.4	-2.1	18.9	28	2	Improved Below Target
High Needs	28.3	19.2	-9.1	25.9	193	4	Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	26.5	11.3	-15.2	23.0	53	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	34.4	22.4	-12.0	31.2	125	4	Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	32.1	22.8	-9.3	28.5	114	4	Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	11.4	3.3	-8.1	8.1	30	4	Exceeded Target
Black or African American	20.9	4.7	-16.2	17.3	43	4	Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino	31.9	21.4	-10.5	27.7	84	4	Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	11.5	17.2	5.7	10.0	29	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	13.3	14.6	1.3	11.5	199	0	Declined

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	371	336	91	No	1	370	332	90	No	1	181	148	85	No	2

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	181	157	180	154	92	70	453	381	84	No	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	50	40	50	43	29	23	129	106	88	No	2
Low Income	115	99	114	96	56	41	285	236	83	No	1
Students with Disabilities	107	90	106	90	55	38	268	218	81	No	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	-
Asian	29	27	29	28	18	17	76	72	95	Yes	1
Black or African American	43	39	43	39	20	18	106	96	91	No	1
Hispanic or Latino	79	65	78	67	37	27	194	159	82	No	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	29	25	29	26	14	11	72	62	87	No	2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	190	179	190	171	91	74	471	424	92	No	2

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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