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Ashland Middle

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Accountability Report

2026 Official Accountability Report - Ashland Middle

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Ashland (00140000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
Ashland Middle (00140405)

GRADES SERVED
06,07,08

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
60% - Substantial progress toward targets	81

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	62%	59%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	60%
	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	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Science achievement	1	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	4	12	67.5	6	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	4	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	7	8	22.5	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	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.6	10.3	-	5.6	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		45%		-	74%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		59%

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	3	4	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	6	12	67.5	6	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	22.5	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	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	0	4	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		5.4	10.3	-	5.4	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		52%		-	71%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		62%

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	26%	29%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	28%
	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	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	2	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		3.0	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		29%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		29%

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	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	2	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		2.7	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		26%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		26%

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	504.6	502.9	-1.7	507.7	658	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	469.6	474.7	5.1	474.5	101	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
High Needs	487.3	484.7	-2.6	491.1	273	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	478.8	480.5	1.7	483.3	113	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	486.7	483.8	-2.9	490.5	168	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	479.1	476.9	-2.2	482.1	139	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Asian	519.0	521.1	2.1	521.1	124	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	498.9	495.0	-3.9	501.1	25	3	Path Forward: Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	486.5	484.8	-1.7	489.5	136	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	510.0	502.9	-7.1	511.4	23	0	Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	507.0	504.3	-2.7	510.1	348	3	Recovery Path: Met Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	507.1	507.3	0.2	509.3	657	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Lowest Performing	474.4	478.8	4.4	478.8	101	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
High Needs	489.2	489.8	0.6	492.3	270	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	485.1	488.7	3.6	489.6	110	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	487.7	487.3	-0.4	490.0	166	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Students with Disabilities	482.7	482.8	0.1	485.1	138	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	529.8	528.9	-0.9	532.8	122	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	499.5	493.0	-6.5	502.5	25	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	485.4	487.9	2.5	487.9	134	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	518.5	512.4	-6.1	520.0	25	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
White	508.0	508.2	0.2	510.0	348	3	Recovery Path: 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	502.9	502.8	-0.1	505.5	224	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	45	-	-
High Needs	485.2	482.1	-3.1	488.4	77	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	478.1	474.8	-3.3	482.8	32	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income	485.6	480.3	-5.3	487.9	48	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	478.7	478.4	-0.3	481.2	45	1	Recovery Path: No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	521.5	521.7	0.2	522.8	43	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	484.8	477.9	-6.9	489.4	46	0	Path Forward: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	9	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	503.9	506.3	2.4	505.9	116	3	Recovery Path: Met Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	58.8	632	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	56.2	101	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	55.4	250	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	57.9	102	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	54.7	152	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	54.5	130	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	1	-	-
Asian	66.6	122	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American	54.7	22	3	Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino	55.2	122	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	55.7	22	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	57.9	342	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	61.3	634	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Lowest Performing	57.2	101	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	59.6	250	3	Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners	64.2	101	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Low Income	57.9	153	3	Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities	54.2	129	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	2	-	-
Asian	66.3	120	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American	47.6	22	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	60.7	124	4	Exceeded Typical Growth
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	52.4	24	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	1	-	-
White	61.4	341	4	Exceeded Typical Growth

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	14.3	13.5	-0.8	13.2	689	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	29.4	27.5	-1.9	26.1	102	2	Improved Below Target
High Needs	25.3	23.0	-2.3	23.2	287	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	22.1	25.6	3.5	19.1	121	0	Declined
Low Income	30.5	27.0	-3.5	26.2	189	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	29.3	27.0	-2.3	26.8	137	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Asian	4.5	8.8	4.3	2.4	125	0	Declined
Black or African American	19.2	19.2	0.0	16.2	26	1	No Change
Hispanic or Latino	28.1	24.5	-3.6	23.9	151	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	24.1	7.7	-16.4	23.0	26	4	Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
White	10.3	10.1	-0.2	9.1	357	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	678	670	99	Yes	1	675	669	99	Yes	1	233	226	97	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	286	283	283	280	81	78	650	641	99	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	121	121	118	118	34	33	273	272	100	Yes	1
Low Income	180	177	177	175	52	49	409	401	98	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	143	141	142	140	47	45	332	326	98	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	1	2	2	0	0	4	-	-	-	-
Asian	124	124	124	122	45	43	293	289	99	Yes	1
Black or African American	26	26	26	26	10	10	62	62	100	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	144	143	142	141	49	47	335	331	99	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	26	23	25	25	9	9	60	57	95	Yes	1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	2	2	2	0	0	4	-	-	-	-
White	353	350	353	350	119	116	825	816	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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