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H H Galligan

Public Grades K-4
713th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 906 Massachusetts Elementary Schools
Better than 21% of Massachusetts elementary schools
Summary

H H Galligan is an elementary school located in Taunton, Massachusetts, serving students from kindergarten to 4th grade. With 279 students, the school is part of the Taunton school district, which is ranked 283 out of 348 districts in Massachusetts and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

H H Galligan consistently underperforms compared to the Taunton district and the state of Massachusetts in MCAS Next Generation assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 25.26% of H H Galligan students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 30.12% in Taunton and 41.53% statewide. Similarly, in Mathematics, 27.37% of H H Galligan students were proficient or better, compared to 23.18% in Taunton and 40.74% statewide. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of Massachusetts elementary schools, with a ranking of 713 out of 906 schools in the 2024-2025 school year.

Despite the low academic performance, H H Galligan has relatively high per-student spending, ranging from $15,263 to $16,987 in recent years, which is comparable to or higher than the nearby schools in the Taunton district, such as East Taunton Elementary, Edmund Hatch Bennett, Joseph C Chamberlain, and James L. Mulcahey Elementary School, which generally outperform H H Galligan in academic assessments and have higher school rankings.

286
Students ?
11.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,320
Per pupil spending ?
82.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 15 Sheridan Street
       Taunton, MA  02780

(508) 821-1295

District: Taunton


Students who attend H H Galligan usually attend:

Middle:    John F Parker Middle
High:    Taunton High
Racial breakdown:

White:
35.7%
African American:
30.4%
Hispanic:
24.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 19th percentile in 2015 → 21st in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)
!English Language Arts scores 16 pts below the Massachusetts average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school26%
District avg27%
Massachusetts avg41%
713th of 906
Massachusetts public elementary schools ?
Bottom 21%▲ up 2 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
6th of 6Elementary Schools in the Taunton
283rd of 348Taunton among Massachusetts districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202521.6713 of 90621.3%★☆☆☆☆
202419.0752 of 91617.9%★☆☆☆☆
202322.5719 of 92822.5%★☆☆☆☆
202212.9830 of 93210.9%★☆☆☆☆
202115.9780 of 93616.7%★☆☆☆☆
201947.9521 of 94244.7%★★☆☆☆
201847.5523 of 93444.0%★★☆☆☆
201748.4505 of 93846.2%★★☆☆☆
201629.8702 of 93224.7%★☆☆☆☆
201523.8736 of 91419.5%★☆☆☆☆
201450.2515 of 92644.4%★★☆☆☆
201350.4510 of 92845.0%★★☆☆☆
201264.9363 of 93061.0%★★★☆☆
201158.5422 of 92454.3%★★★☆☆
201073.5252 of 92072.6%★★★★☆
200961.2381 of 90958.1%★★★☆☆
200875.7218 of 90876.0%★★★★☆
200765.2334 of 91163.3%★★★☆☆
200685.8102 of 91188.8%★★★★☆
200536.4591 of 88733.4%★★☆☆☆
200453.5452 of 88248.8%★★☆☆☆
200355.7436 of 88450.7%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202523.3151 of 16910.7%★☆☆☆☆
202431.5124 of 16725.7%★☆☆☆☆
202328.9128 of 16723.4%★☆☆☆☆
202222.1152 of 17312.1%★☆☆☆☆
202132.1121 of 16627.1%★☆☆☆☆
201967.534 of 17280.2%★★★★☆
201852.468 of 17460.9%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202533.0592 of 86931.9%★★☆☆☆
202419.0738 of 88616.7%★☆☆☆☆
202318.9737 of 88716.9%★☆☆☆☆
202213.7801 of 90111.1%★☆☆☆☆
202122.2702 of 89821.8%★☆☆☆☆
201945.9526 of 90241.7%★★☆☆☆
201849.1476 of 89346.7%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202559.5128 of 45872.1%★★★★☆
202441.0254 of 44643.0%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202539.7450 of 73638.9%★★☆☆☆
202439.6476 of 76037.4%★★☆☆☆
202336.2515 of 75732.0%★★☆☆☆
202216.1722 of 7726.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202121.1627 of 70511.1%★☆☆☆☆
201977.683 of 70088.1%★★★★☆
201859.7228 of 68566.7%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202516.7766 of 88413.3%★☆☆☆☆
202421.5718 of 89119.4%★☆☆☆☆
202333.6617 of 89631.1%★★☆☆☆
202214.4808 of 90811.0%★☆☆☆☆
202116.2768 of 90415.0%★☆☆☆☆
201948.2488 of 90746.2%★★☆☆☆
201848.3483 of 89846.2%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202419.3653 of 73110.7%★☆☆☆☆
202215.5848 of 9056.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.2815 of 8948.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201968.5199 of 89677.8%★★★★☆
201858.4323 of 88663.5%★★★☆☆

Tested In Person

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202117.4765 of 92517.3%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMassachusetts percentileRating
202520.6625 of 73715.2%★☆☆☆☆
202415.0688 of 7538.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202325.3620 of 76218.6%★☆☆☆☆
20225.9745 of 7642.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.9719 of 7656.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201946.1453 of 78041.9%★★☆☆☆
201839.0513 of 77233.5%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Hispanic (2025)72nd percentile+51 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)39th percentile+18 vs school
Female (2025)32nd percentile+11 vs school
Tested In Person (2021)17th percentile~ school
White (2025)15th percentile-6 vs school
Male (2025)13th percentile-8 vs school
Special Education (2024)11th percentile-7 vs school
African American (2025)11th percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs Massachusetts (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics27%-13 vs state
English Language Arts25%-16 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about H H Galligan

Students at H H Galligan are 36% White, 30% African American, 24% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Students who attend H H Galligan usually go on to attend:

Middle : John F Parker Middle
High : Taunton High

H H Galligan ranks in the bottom 21.3% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 286 students attended H H Galligan.

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Latest Massachusetts data All new data »
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesMar 5, 2026
2024–25 MCAS Next Generation test scoresSep 29, 2025
2023–24 school spending dataMay 8, 2025
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 1, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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