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2025 Official Accountability Report - Joseph Metcalf School
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Holyoke (01370000)		TITLE I STATUS
Title I School
SCHOOL
Joseph Metcalf School (01370003)		GRADES SERVED
06,07,08
REGION
Strategic Transformation		FEDERAL DESIGNATION
Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI)

Accountability Information

Overall classificationRequiring assistance or intervention
Reason for classification
In need of focused/targeted support
Among the lowest performing 10% of schools

Low student group performance: Students with Disabilities -Low Income -Hispanic or Latino -English Learners and Former English Learners -High Needs
Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
64% - Substantial progress toward targets1

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage-64%
Weight0%100%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		64%
Substantial progress toward targets

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All Students
(Non-high school grades)		 Lowest Performing Students
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement44-24-
Mathematics achievement24-24-
Science achievement44----
Achievement total101267.54867.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-24-
Mathematics growth24-14-
Growth total4822.53822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate------
Extended engagement rate------
Annual dropout rate------
High school completion total------
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total------
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-44-
Advanced coursework completion------
Additional indicators total4410.04410.0
Weighted total8.110.3-3.87.6-
Percentage of possible points 79%-50%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage64%

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator All Students
(Non-high school grades)		 Lowest Performing Students
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight % Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement------
Mathematics achievement------
Science achievement------
Achievement total------
GrowthEnglish language arts growth------
Mathematics growth------
Growth total------
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate------
Extended engagement rate------
Annual dropout rate------
High school completion total------
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total------
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism------
Advanced coursework completion------
Additional indicators total------
Weighted total------
Percentage of possible points ----
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage-

Student group percentile

This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same student group in schools serving similar grades
2

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage-79%
Weight0%100%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		79%
Meeting or exceeding targets

2025 Points awarded

2025 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement44-
Mathematics achievement24-
Science achievement44-
Achievement total101267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth24-
Mathematics growth24-
Growth total4822.5
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate---
Extended engagement rate---
Annual dropout rate---
High school completion total---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-
Advanced coursework completion---
Additional indicators total4410.0
Weighted total8.110.3-
Percentage of possible points 79%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage79%

2024 Points awarded

2024 Progress toward improvement targets
Indicator High Needs Student Group
(Non-high school grades)
Points earned Total possible points Weight %
AchievementEnglish language arts achievement---
Mathematics achievement---
Science achievement---
Achievement total---
GrowthEnglish language arts growth---
Mathematics growth---
Growth total---
High school completionFour-year cohort graduation rate---
Extended engagement rate---
Annual dropout rate---
High school completion total---
Progress toward attaining English language proficiencyEnglish language proficiency total---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism---
Advanced coursework completion---
Additional indicators total---
Weighted total---
Percentage of possible points --
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage-

Detailed data for each indicator

English language arts achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 462.8 468.7 5.9 465.1 2014Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 444.8 448.9 4.1 449.9 302Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs 461.6 467.3 5.7 464.5 1854Path Forward: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 455.6 458.3 2.7 458.1 403Path Forward: Met Target
Low Income 461.8 467.5 5.7 464.2 1804Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 453.1 452.6 -0.5 456.4 721Path Forward: No Change
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 2--
Black or African American---- 8--
Hispanic or Latino 460.9 467.7 6.8 463.4 1634Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 5--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 23--

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 467.3 467.6 0.3 469.8 2022Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Lowest Performing 452.2 452.8 0.6 457.3 302Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs 466.6 467.1 0.5 469.3 1862Path Forward: Improved Below Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 462.8 460.8 -2.0 466.3 420Path Forward: Declined
Low Income 466.7 467.2 0.5 469.5 1812Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities 460.0 457.5 -2.5 463.4 730Path Forward: Declined
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 2--
Black or African American---- 8--
Hispanic or Latino 465.8 466.3 0.5 468.4 1652Path Forward: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 5--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 22--

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 464.2 470.8 6.6 467.8 654Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing---- 15--
High Needs 464.2 470.3 6.1 468.0 594Path Forward: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 15--
Low Income 464.1 470.2 6.1 468.1 574Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 460.8 465.1 4.3 464.6 233Path Forward: Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 2--
Black or African American-------
Hispanic or Latino 463.3 469.6 6.3 466.9 564Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 1--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 6--

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 49.7 1932Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 43.7 302Typical Growth - Low
High Needs 49.7 1782Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners 45.3 362Typical Growth - Low
Low Income 49.5 1742Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 41.9 672Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian- 2--
Black or African American- 7--
Hispanic or Latino 51.3 1583Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 4--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White- 22--

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 42.5 1962Typical Growth - Low
Lowest Performing 35.2 291Low Growth
High Needs 42.3 1812Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners 37.3 391Low Growth
Low Income 42.5 1772Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities 38.5 701Low Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian- 2--
Black or African American- 7--
Hispanic or Latino 42.2 1622Typical Growth - Low
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino- 4--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White- 21--

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 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 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 46.3 33.2 -13.1 44.8 2354Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 65.6 56.7 -8.9 61.0 304Exceeded Target
High Needs 47.4 33.9 -13.5 45.0 2184Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 52.7 35.1 -17.6 49.2 574Exceeded Target
Low Income 48.0 34.1 -13.9 44.8 2114Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 53.8 47.0 -6.8 50.2 834Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 2--
Black or African American---- 15--
Hispanic or Latino 49.4 39.2 -10.2 45.2 1894Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 5--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White---- 24--

Assessment participation - All students
Group English language arts Mathematics Science
Enrolled Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate Enrolled Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate Enrolled Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate
All Students 226 22298Yes 1 227 22398Yes 1 75 7499Yes 1

Assessment participation - Student Group
Group English language arts Mathematics Science Overall
Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Enrolled Assessed Total Enrolled Total Assessed % Met Target? Years in Rate
High Needs 209 205 210 206 68 67 487 47898Yes1
English Learners and Former English Learners 52 50 53 53 21 21 126 12498Yes1
Low Income 203 199 204 200 66 65 473 46498Yes1
Students with Disabilities 78 76 79 76 25 24 182 17697Yes1
American Indian or Alaska Native-----------
Asian 2 2 2 2 2 2 6----
Black or African American 14 14 14 14 3 3 31----
Hispanic or Latino 181 178 182 180 63 62 426 42099Yes1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 5 5 5 5 1 1 11----
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-----------
White 24 23 24 22 6 6 54 5195Yes2


About this report

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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