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Higginson-Lewis K-8 School

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2026 Official Accountability Report - Higginson-Lewis K-8 School

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Boston (00350000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
Higginson-Lewis K-8 School (00350377)

GRADES SERVED
03,04,05,06,07,08

REGION
Coastal

FEDERAL DESIGNATION
Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI)

Accountability Information

Overall classification

Requiring assistance or intervention

Reason for classification

In need of focused/targeted support

Among the lowest performing 10% of schools

Low student group performance: Black or African American -Low Income -High Needs

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
53% - Substantial progress toward targets	2

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	58%	50%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	53%
	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	-	4	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	0	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	0	12	60.0	8	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	3	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	4	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	0	4	10.0	-	-	-
Additional indicators	Chronic absenteeism	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		1.2	9.6	-	6.7	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		13%		-	88%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		50%

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	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-	4	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	4	12	60.0	6	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	2	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	2	4	-	3	4	-
	Growth total	4	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	4	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		4.0	9.6	-	5.6	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		42%		-	74%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		58%

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	32%	18%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	23%
	Limited or no 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	1	4	-
	Achievement total	1	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	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		1.8	10.3	-
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 (Non-high school grades)
Indicator		Points earned	Total possible points	Weight %
Achievement	English language arts achievement	1	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	2	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-
	Achievement total	3	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		3.3	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		32%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		32%

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	475.6	472.4	-3.2	478.4	222	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	452.5	458.2	5.7	457.6	25	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs	474.5	471.9	-2.6	477.4	216	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	472.7	470.3	-2.4	476.2	122	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Low Income	474.2	472.1	-2.1	477.1	206	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Students with Disabilities	469.6	464.1	-5.5	473.0	89	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	475.4	473.5	-1.9	477.7	77	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	475.3	471.8	-3.5	478.3	127	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
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	471.2	470.1	-1.1	473.3	220	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Lowest Performing	451.8	459.1	7.3	456.2	25	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
High Needs	470.7	469.8	-0.9	473.0	214	0	Recovery Path: Declined
English Learners and Former English Learners	471.1	471.3	0.2	474.2	121	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	470.4	470.0	-0.4	472.7	204	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Students with Disabilities	469.4	465.2	-4.2	472.0	89	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	471.4	471.4	0.0	474.1	77	1	Recovery Path: No Change
Hispanic or Latino	471.0	469.7	-1.3	473.6	125	0	Recovery Path: Declined
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	472.8	472.0	-0.8	477.1	75	0	Path Forward: Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
High Needs	471.8	471.7	-0.1	476.1	74	1	Path Forward: No Change
English Learners and Former English Learners	474.8	473.4	-1.4	479.0	39	0	Path Forward: Declined
Low Income	470.7	471.5	0.8	474.8	70	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	466.1	463.5	-2.6	468.5	28	0	Recovery Path: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	471.8	470.0	-1.8	475.9	26	0	Path Forward: Declined
Hispanic or Latino	469.4	473.9	4.5	473.3	43	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	2	-	-

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	43.8	161	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	50.2	25	3	Typical Growth - High
High Needs	43.6	155	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	46.2	79	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	43.1	149	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	34.0	60	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	0	-	-
Black or African American	42.1	60	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	44.8	88	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	5	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	-	8	-	-

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	43.5	162	2	Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing	43.6	25	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	43.2	156	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	49.0	81	2	Typical Growth - Low
Low Income	43.0	150	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	38.4	61	1	Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	0	-	-
Black or African American	43.4	61	2	Typical Growth - Low
Hispanic or Latino	44.5	89	2	Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	5	-	-
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	47.5	33.0	-14.5	52.7	88	0	Declined
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Needs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
English Learners and Former English Learners	47.5	33.0	-14.5	52.7	88	0	Declined
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	36.7	33.9	-2.8	34.5	254	4	Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	34.6	32.0	-2.6	29.7	25	2	Improved Below Target
High Needs	36.1	34.4	-1.7	33.6	247	2	Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	26.6	32.2	5.6	23.3	143	0	Declined
Low Income	37.5	35.3	-2.2	34.8	235	3	Met Target
Students with Disabilities	34.6	34.7	0.1	30.3	95	1	No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Black or African American	41.0	37.6	-3.4	37.4	93	3	Met Target
Hispanic or Latino	32.0	30.3	-1.7	28.2	142	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

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	246	244	99	Yes	1	245	243	99	Yes	1	84	84	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	238	236	237	235	83	83	558	554	99	Yes	1
English Learners and Former English Learners	137	135	137	135	46	46	320	316	99	Yes	1
Low Income	226	224	225	223	78	78	529	525	99	Yes	1
Students with Disabilities	93	92	93	92	30	30	216	214	99	Yes	1
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	3	3	3	3	0	0	6	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	91	90	91	91	30	30	212	211	100	Yes	1
Hispanic or Latino	136	136	136	134	48	48	320	318	99	Yes	1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	6	5	6	6	4	4	16	-	-	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	10	10	9	9	2	2	21	-	-	-	-

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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