Merrimack Valley Education

2026 MCAS & Accountability Dashboard — Haverhill, Methuen & Lawrence, measured against Massachusetts

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Haverhill
ELA Proficient 3-8

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Methuen
ELA Proficient 3-8

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Lawrence
ELA Proficient 3-8

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State Avg
ELA Proficient 3-8

Haverhill

Methuen

Lawrence

Massachusetts

Every Subject, Every District — % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations

Year-over-Year Change — 2025 to 2026 (percentage points)

Change in the share meeting or exceeding. Bars below the line are declines.

Where Students Land — Grades 3-8 ELA Achievement Levels

Gap from the State Average, in Percentage Points

Average Composite Scaled Score vs the 500 Standard

DESE scales MCAS so that 500 is the boundary between "partially meeting" and "meeting" expectations.

ELA — % Meeting/Exceeding by Grade

Math — % Meeting/Exceeding by Grade

Average Scaled Score by Grade — ELA

Average Scaled Score by Grade — Math

Science & Civics

ELA Composite Scaled Score by Student Group — Grades 3-8

Math Composite Scaled Score by Student Group — Grades 3-8

High School (Grade 10) ELA by Student Group

Year-Over-Year Change in ELA Score, Grades 3-8 (2024 → 2025)

Student Growth Percentile — ELA, Grades 3-8

50 is typical growth statewide. SGP measures progress against academic peers, independent of how high or low the starting point was.

Student Growth Percentile — Math, Grades 3-8

Non-High School vs High School Growth — All Students

Chronic Absenteeism by Student Group, 2024-25

Share of students absent 10% or more of their enrolled days. Source: DESE Student Attendance Report (end of year).

Change from 2023-24 to 2024-25

Accountability Split — Elementary/Middle vs High School

Source: 2025 Official Accountability Report, which splits the same measure by grade span.

Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate by Student Group — Class of 2025

Groups with a cohort under 20 students are suppressed as unreliable.

Class of 2024 vs Class of 2025

Annual Dropout Rate by Student Group, 2024-25

Extended Engagement & Advanced Coursework Completion

Extended engagement counts students still enrolled or completing after five years. Source: 2025 Official Accountability Report.