Stoughton

Stoughton is a suburban Massachusetts district serving roughly 3,658 students across seven schools — five elementary, one middle, and one high school — and is rated 184th of 351 districts statewide (48th percentile, 2 stars). Elementary grades enroll 1,739 students, O'Donnell Middle School has 801, and Stoughton High has 1,118, making the high school the largest single campus at 30.6% of enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are tight throughout, from 10.7 at the high school to 13.6 at Joseph H Gibbons.

Elementary schools hold the district's strongest results. Joseph R Dawe Junior Elementary is the clearest standout: 70th percentile, 3 stars, and wide margins above the state in all three core subjects — ELA 55.17, math 47.70, and science 56.25, against state figures of 40.03, 41.11, and 40.98. Richard L. Wilkins Elementary School (3 stars, 62nd percentile) posts the district's top math score at 51.01, but its science is only 30.56. South Elementary (3 stars, 59th percentile) is more balanced, above state in all three subjects. Helen Hansen Elementary spends the most per student — $18,586 in 2020–21 — yet is 2-star with math and science below state, while Joseph H Gibbons climbed from the 31st to the 50th percentile but remains 2-star.

Secondary results are more mixed. O'Donnell Middle School improved from the 44th to the 48th percentile, with science near state and civics above it, but ELA is far below at 28.76. Stoughton High graduates 90.3% of students and is above state in 10th-grade science (46.72 vs 40.50), but its percentile fell from 61st to 46th as ELA and math slipped below state.