Summary
Stoughton High is a public 9–12 school at 232 Pearl Street in Stoughton, Massachusetts, serving 1,118 students — a mid-sized suburban high school south of Boston, similar in scale to nearby Sharon High and Oliver Ames High but far smaller than Brockton High.
Academically, Stoughton High sits in the middle of the pack: it ranked 189th of 353 Massachusetts high schools in 2025-2026 (46th percentile), closely mirroring the Stoughton district. Results fell sharply that year — 10th-grade English proficiency dropped about 13 points to 39.62% and math about 11 points to 37.8%, both roughly 6 points below the state, while science held at 46.72%, about 6 points above it. Science has now beaten the state for four straight years. Locally, Stoughton trails Sharon High (92nd percentile), Canton High (82nd) and Oliver Ames High (77th), but leads Randolph High, Avon Middle High School and Brockton High. Canton High, under three miles away with nearly identical enrollment and per-pupil funding ($17,513 vs $17,518), graduates 96.1% of students versus Stoughton's 90.3%.
Two things stand out for families. Stoughton's student-teacher ratio of 10.7:1 is better than Canton, Sharon and Oliver Ames, and Easton spends about $2,650 less per pupil while ranking higher — so staffing and spending alone don't explain the difference. The school also serves its highest-need students comparatively well: special education students rank in the 62nd–65th percentile and low-income students in the 57th–70th, both above the school's own 46th percentile. Graduation has held steady in the low 90s, but the dropout rate has nearly doubled since 2021-2022, reaching 6.3% and edging just above the district's. Because the school rebounded from a similar dip in 2022-2023, 2025-2026 may prove a trough rather than a trend.
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