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John F Kennedy Middle School

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2026 Official Accountability Report - John F Kennedy Middle School

Organization Information

DISTRICT NAME
Northampton (02100000)

TITLE I STATUS
Title I School

SCHOOL
John F Kennedy Middle School (02100410)

GRADES SERVED
06,07,08

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: Students with Disabilities -Low Income -Hispanic or Latino -Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino -High Needs -All Students

Progress toward improvement targets	Accountability percentile
55% - Substantial progress toward targets	49

OVERALL RESULTS
STUDENT GROUP RESULTS
DETAILED DATA FOR EACH INDICATOR

Overall progress toward improvement targets

	2025	2026
Annual criterion-referenced target percentage	33%	69%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	55%
	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	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-	2	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	11	12	67.5	4	8	67.5
Growth	English language arts growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Mathematics growth	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Growth total	6	8	22.5	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	3	4	-	2	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0	2	4	10.0
Weighted total		9.1	10.3	-	3.8	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		88%		-	50%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		69%

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	-	0	4	-
	Science achievement	0	4	-	-	-	-
	Achievement total	4	12	67.5	2	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	-	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	4	4	10.0	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		4.0	10.3	-	2.0	7.6	-
Percentage of possible points		39%		-	26%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		33%

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	9%	84%
Weight	40%	60%
Cumulative Criterion-referenced target percentage (2025 x 40%) + (2026 x 60%)	54%
	Substantial 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	3	4	-
	Mathematics achievement	4	4	-
	Science achievement	4	4	-
	Achievement total	11	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	3	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	3	4	10.0
Weighted total		8.6	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		84%		-
2026 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		84%

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	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	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	0	4	-
	Advanced coursework completion	-	-	-
	Additional indicators total	0	4	10.0
Weighted total		0.9	10.3	-
Percentage of possible points		9%		-
2025 Annual criterion-referenced target percentage		9%

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	494.7	498.0	3.3	497.6	516	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Lowest Performing	463.2	467.5	4.3	468.3	68	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	477.6	480.2	2.6	479.9	216	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	474.0	475.7	1.7	477.9	44	2	Recovery Path: Improved Below Target
Low Income	475.4	477.8	2.4	477.8	157	3	Recovery Path: Met Target
Students with Disabilities	469.7	475.0	5.3	471.5	129	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	473.1	478.5	5.4	476.9	87	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	501.4	499.6	-1.8	503.7	32	0	Path Forward: Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	500.3	503.6	3.3	503.7	371	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	490.5	494.0	3.5	493.1	517	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	466.0	467.1	1.1	471.1	68	2	Path Forward: Improved Below Target
High Needs	475.8	479.5	3.7	478.5	215	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	472.2	472.0	-0.2	475.7	45	1	Path Forward: No Change
Low Income	474.6	479.1	4.5	476.0	155	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	469.0	473.5	4.5	472.4	127	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	473.6	478.1	4.5	476.9	86	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	496.7	496.6	-0.1	499.2	31	1	Path Forward: No Change
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	494.8	498.3	3.5	496.8	374	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target

Science achievement - MCAS average composite scaled score - Non-high school
Group	2025 Achievement	2026 Achievement	Change	2026 Target	N	Points	Reason
All Students	492.1	499.7	7.6	495.7	154	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
Lowest Performing	-	-	-	-	30	-	-
High Needs	476.1	486.0	9.9	479.9	62	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	-	-	-	-	13	-	-
Low Income	474.0	483.0	9.0	476.3	45	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Students with Disabilities	470.6	483.9	13.3	472.9	37	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	469.5	483.1	13.6	473.7	23	4	Recovery Path: Exceeded Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	497.7	504.0	6.3	501.4	108	4	Path Forward: Exceeded Target

English language arts growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	52.7	481	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	46.3	68	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	48.6	195	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	55.8	37	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	44.5	142	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	50.5	118	3	Typical Growth - High
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	11	-	-
Black or African American	-	11	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	51.9	82	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	52.3	30	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	53.2	347	3	Typical Growth - High

Mathematics growth - Non-high school
Group	2026 Mean SGP	N	Points	Reason
All Students	51.1	483	3	Typical Growth - High
Lowest Performing	45.6	68	2	Typical Growth - Low
High Needs	47.5	198	2	Typical Growth - Low
English Learners and Former English Learners	50.3	42	3	Typical Growth - High
Low Income	47.6	143	2	Typical Growth - Low
Students with Disabilities	48.1	117	2	Typical Growth - Low
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	12	-	-
Black or African American	-	11	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	51.5	83	3	Typical Growth - High
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	53.3	29	3	Typical Growth - High
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-
White	51.3	348	3	Typical Growth - High

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	18.4	17.3	-1.1	16.9	583	3	Met Target
Lowest Performing	24.7	22.1	-2.6	20.1	68	2	Improved Below Target
High Needs	30.4	28.4	-2.0	28.0	261	3	Met Target
English Learners and Former English Learners	28.3	24.0	-4.3	24.8	50	4	Exceeded Target
Low Income	37.9	35.4	-2.5	34.7	192	2	Improved Below Target
Students with Disabilities	32.2	28.5	-3.7	28.6	158	3	Met Target
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	-	-	-	-	14	-	-
Black or African American	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	38.0	34.5	-3.5	33.8	110	2	Improved Below Target
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	12.8	16.2	3.4	11.3	37	0	Declined
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	13.3	12.3	-1.0	11.5	406	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	562	525	94	No	2	563	531	94	No	1	181	160	92	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	245	223	247	227	82	67	574	517	92	No	2
English Learners and Former English Learners	49	44	49	48	14	14	112	106	95	Yes	1
Low Income	179	163	181	166	63	50	423	379	92	No	2
Students with Disabilities	150	132	149	130	48	37	347	299	88	No	2
American Indian or Alaska Native	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asian	14	14	14	14	6	6	34	-	-	-	-
Black or African American	14	13	14	13	6	6	34	-	-	-	-
Hispanic or Latino	101	91	103	95	33	27	237	213	92	No	2
Multi-Race, Not Hispanic or Latino	37	32	37	31	16	12	90	75	89	No	2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
White	396	375	395	378	120	109	911	862	95	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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