Summary:
Taunton, MA contains 12 schools — six elementary, three middle, and three high schools — serving roughly 8,066 students, within a Taunton district that is ranked 291 of 351 in Massachusetts (17th percentile, 1 star). Enrollment is top-heavy: Taunton High alone has 2,877 students, about 35.7% of everyone in the group, while Taunton Public Virtual Academy (TPVA) (58 students) and Taunton Alternative High School (74) are very small.
Several individual schools outperform their district despite the low district rating. East Taunton Elementary posted the highest all-grades math proficiency in the group at 39.29% (district 23.37%, state 41.11%) plus 36.32% in ELA. Joseph H Martin is the science standout at 44.27%, above the state's 40.98%, and improved from 1 star to 2 stars. Benjamin Friedman Middle is the top-ranked middle school (43rd percentile, 2 stars) with ELA at 33.43%, though its math (20.67%) and science (15.53%) lag. H H Galligan made the biggest jump — from the 18th to the 36th percentile — and has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 11.6.
Math is the district-wide weakness: 23.37% versus the state's 41.11%, and no listed school reaches the state mark. Taunton High is the largest concern — its graduation rate of 91.4% beats the district's 89.0%, but all-grades math is 11.4%, science 14.96%, and ELA 24.42%, with its rank percentile sliding from 33rd to 19th. Because TPVA and Taunton Alternative High School serve tiny cohorts, their percentages swing widely and should be read cautiously. Free/reduced-lunch data are unavailable for all schools, and spending figures date to 2020-2021.
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