NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MA

Best-Resourced Schools in Taunton, MA

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11 public K-12 schools in Taunton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
8,377
Students
38.5/100
Avg Resource Index
15.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Taunton has more public-school enrollment than 75% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Taunton sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

The listed grade span is structurally narrow

Taunton's 11 listed schools do not form a conventional mix of elementary, middle, and high-school campuses. The missing or thin grade bands make all-school city averages less representative of a typical K–12 pathway; district boundaries and nearby-city options may matter more for the grades not well represented here.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Taunton Alternative High School and Taunton High shows the range hidden by Taunton's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 25%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
39th percentile
Teacher staffing
49th percentile

Taunton High accounts for 34.3% of all Taunton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Taunton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Taunton school enrollment varies 39× across entities

Taunton school enrollment ranges from 74 students (lowest) to 2,877 students (highest), a spread of 2,803 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Taunton student-teacher ratio is 15.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Taunton is typically wider than the Taunton-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Taunton Alternative High School 54
2. H H Galligan 44
3. Joseph C Chamberlain 43
4. Edmund Hatch Bennett 39
5. John F Parker Middle 37
6. Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical 36
7. Edward F. Leddy Preschool 36
8. James L. Mulcahey Elementary School 35
9. Benjamin Friedman Middle 35
10. Elizabeth Pole 35
11. Taunton High 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Taunton

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 H H Galligan 71.6/100
  2. 2 John F Parker Middle 69.4/100
  3. 3 Elizabeth Pole 68.1/100
  4. 4 James L. Mulcahey Elementary School 67.7/100
  5. 5 Taunton Alternative High School 65.1/100

What do families ask about schools in Taunton?

Which Taunton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Taunton Alternative High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Taunton schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Taunton, MA? ▼

Taunton has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,377 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.