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2025 Official Accountability Report - Bigelow Middle
Organization Information
DISTRICT NAME
Newton (02070000)		TITLE I STATUS
Title I School
SCHOOL
Bigelow Middle (02070305)		GRADES SERVED
06,07,08
REGION
Coastal		FEDERAL DESIGNATION
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Accountability Information

Overall classificationNot requiring assistance or intervention
Reason for classification
Meeting or exceeding targets
Progress toward improvement targetsAccountability percentile
83% - Meeting or exceeding targets82

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage63%96%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		83%
Meeting or exceeding 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 achievement44-44-
Mathematics achievement44-44-
Science achievement44----
Achievement total121260.08867.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-34-
Mathematics growth44-44-
Growth total7820.07822.5
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 total4410.0---
Additional indicatorsChronic absenteeism44-24-
Advanced coursework completion------
Additional indicators total4410.02410.0
Weighted total9.49.6-7.27.6-
Percentage of possible points 98%-95%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage96%

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 achievement44-44-
Mathematics achievement04-14-
Science achievement44----
Achievement total81267.55867.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-44-
Mathematics growth24-24-
Growth total5822.56822.5
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 absenteeism04-04-
Advanced coursework completion------
Additional indicators total0410.00410.0
Weighted total6.510.3-4.77.6-
Percentage of possible points 63%-62%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage63%

Student group percentile

This group's overall performance relative to the performance of the same student group in schools serving similar grades
84

Overall progress toward improvement targets

 20242025
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage11%89%
Weight40%60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage
(2024 x 40%) + (2025 x 60%)		58%
Substantial progress toward 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 achievement34-
Mathematics achievement44-
Science achievement44-
Achievement total111267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-
Mathematics growth34-
Growth total6822.5
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 total9.210.3-
Percentage of possible points 89%-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage89%

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 achievement04-
Mathematics achievement04-
Science achievement04-
Achievement total01267.5
GrowthEnglish language arts growth34-
Mathematics growth24-
Growth total5822.5
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 absenteeism04-
Advanced coursework completion---
Additional indicators total0410.0
Weighted total1.110.3-
Percentage of possible points 11%-
2024 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage11%

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 510.4 511.0 0.6 511.8 4254Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 479.0 485.0 6.0 484.1 574Path Forward: Exceeded Target
High Needs 490.9 492.4 1.5 492.6 1723Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 485.4 486.3 0.9 488.8 722Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income 486.5 488.2 1.7 488.6 893Path Forward: Met Target
Students with Disabilities 485.4 489.8 4.4 487.8 724Path Forward: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 519.2 520.9 1.7 521.3 704Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Black or African American 485.3 492.8 7.5 487.5 204Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino 497.0 496.6 -0.4 500.9 761Recovery Path: No Change
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 510.1 515.4 5.3 513.3 454Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 513.9 513.6 -0.3 515.4 2144Path Forward: Exceeded Target

Mathematics achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 504.8 508.7 3.9 507.3 4244Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 475.9 482.6 6.7 481.7 574Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
High Needs 489.1 495.3 6.2 491.3 1714Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 489.4 496.0 6.6 491.6 724Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Low Income 482.6 490.2 7.6 485.0 884Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 485.9 491.8 5.9 487.7 714Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 519.1 523.7 4.6 521.4 704Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Black or African American 485.4 490.7 5.3 488.4 204Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino 492.0 493.6 1.6 494.9 762Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 504.7 513.6 8.9 508.6 444Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 505.9 509.9 4.0 508.3 2144Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group 2024 Achievement 2025 Achievement Change 2025 Target N Points Reason
All Students 505.0 508.4 3.4 507.2 1254Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing---- 25--
High Needs 484.8 496.9 12.1 488.3 434Path Forward: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners---- 16--
Low Income 480.8 495.5 14.7 485.2 224Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities---- 18--
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian---- 19--
Black or African American---- 6--
Hispanic or Latino---- 21--
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino---- 14--
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 509.1 508.0 -1.1 510.7 653Recovery Path: Met Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 59.9 3943Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing 53.3 573Typical Growth - High
High Needs 53.1 1503Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners 58.2 553Typical Growth - High
Low Income 50.5 753Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities 53.9 673Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian 62.3 644Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American- 19--
Hispanic or Latino 58.5 653Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 64.2 434Exceeded Typical Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 59.7 2033Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group 2025 Mean SGP N Points Reason
All Students 61.9 4074Exceeded Typical Growth
Lowest Performing 61.6 574Exceeded Typical Growth
High Needs 59.0 1643Typical Growth - High
English Learners and Former English Learners 59.3 683Typical Growth - High
Low Income 55.1 843Typical Growth - High
Students with Disabilities 60.1 684Exceeded Typical Growth
American Indian or Alaska Native----
Asian 66.7 684Exceeded Typical Growth
Black or African American 57.8 203Typical Growth - High
Hispanic or Latino 56.8 693Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 66.5 424Exceeded Typical Growth
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander----
White 61.5 2084Exceeded Typical Growth

Progress toward attaining English language proficiency - Non-high school
Group 2024 Rate (%) 2025 Rate (%) Change Target N Points Reason
All Students 29.2 46.4 17.2 34.4 284Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing-------
High Needs-------
English Learners and Former English Learners 29.2 46.4 17.2 34.4 284Exceeded Target
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 16.6 10.8 -5.8 15.5 4374Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing 13.6 12.3 -1.3 10.3 572Improved Below Target
High Needs 23.2 18.6 -4.6 21.1 1774Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners 18.4 14.1 -4.3 15.4 784Exceeded Target
Low Income 30.4 23.2 -7.2 26.1 954Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities 23.1 22.5 -0.6 20.6 712Improved Below Target
American Indian or Alaska Native-------
Asian 8.6 4.2 -4.4 6.5 724Exceeded Target
Black or African American 28.6 15.0 -13.6 25.6 204Exceeded Target
Hispanic or Latino 14.9 12.3 -2.6 10.7 812Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 13.9 17.8 3.9 12.8 450Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-------
White 19.0 10.5 -8.5 17.8 2194Exceeded Target

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 434 433100Yes 1 434 433100Yes 1 127 127100Yes 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 179 179 179 179 45 45 403 403100Yes1
English Learners and Former English Learners 78 78 78 78 17 17 173 173100Yes1
Low Income 95 95 95 95 24 24 214 214100Yes1
Students with Disabilities 74 74 74 74 19 19 167 167100Yes1
American Indian or Alaska Native-----------
Asian 72 72 72 72 19 19 163 163100Yes1
Black or African American 20 20 20 20 6 6 46 46100Yes1
Hispanic or Latino 81 80 82 81 23 23 186 18499Yes1
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino 45 45 44 44 14 14 103 103100Yes1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander-----------
White 216 216 216 216 65 65 497 497100Yes1


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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