School district · Massachusetts
Taunton
Taunton in Massachusetts: 13 public schools with 8,311 students and 15.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $21,132 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 8,311
- Students per teacher
- 15.0
- MA 11.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $21,132
- MA $26.5K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 556
- Counselors (FTE)
- 29.5
- Students per counselor
- 282
- MA 334 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 7.3
- Librarians (FTE): 5.8
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Massachusetts: 42%30%proficient
+2.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 76% of school districts in Massachusetts
Median 44% · 351 school districts compared
3,692 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Massachusetts: 41%23%proficient
+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 84% of school districts in Massachusetts
Median 40% · 351 school districts compared
3,706 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 8.4% · $14M
- State
- 68% · $113.5M
- Local
- 24% · $39.8M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $13,006
- Support services
- $8,126
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $6.2M
- Long-term debt
- $2M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edward F. Leddy PreschoolFree meals for all | Pre-K | 245 | 22.3 | — | — |
East Taunton ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 564 | 12.5 | 44% | 37% |
Edmund Hatch BennettFree meals for all | K–4 | 313 | 13.3 | 32% | 31% |
Elizabeth PoleFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 635 | 13.5 | 30% | 25% |
H H GalliganFree meals for all | K–4 | 286 | 11.6 | 25% | 27% |
James L. Mulcahey Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 898 | 15.0 | 28% | 24% |
Joseph C ChamberlainFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 496 | 13.6 | 34% | 34% |
Benjamin Friedman MiddleFree meals for all | 5–7 | 701 | 15.4 | 40% | 23% |
John F Parker MiddleFree meals for all | 5–7 | 517 | 14.9 | 22% | 23% |
Joseph H MartinFree meals for all | 5–7 | 647 | 14.1 | 29% | 29% |
Taunton Alternative High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 11–12 | 74 | 15.6 | — | — |
Taunton HighFree meals for all | 8–12 | 2,877 | 16.6 | 28% | 11% |
Taunton Public Virtual Academy (TPVA)Fully virtual | 8–12 | 58 | 14.5 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 215 Harris Street, Taunton, MA 02780
- Phone
- (508)821-1201
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.