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James L. Mulcahey Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-4

688^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Summary

James L. Mulcahey Elementary School in Taunton, MA, is a PK–4 school serving 898 students at 28 Clifford Street, making it the largest elementary in its local comparison group. In 2025–26 it ranked 688th of 899 Massachusetts elementaries (23rd percentile, 1 star), its best ranking in the decade shown, within the Taunton district (291st of 351 statewide). Math is a relative strength: 27.62% proficiency versus 23.37% district, while ELA (27.94%) is flat against the district (28.51%). Nearby, East Taunton Elementary posted 36.32% ELA/39.29% math and Elizabeth Pole posted 23.28% ELA/27.23% math. Mulcahey spends $14,930 per student, the lowest among Taunton elementaries, with the highest student–teacher ratio at 14.9.

Grade 4 math (34.13%) is the strongest result, 7.10 points above the district, while grade 3 math (20.27%) is the weakest, 13.86 points below grade 4 and 21.9 under the state. ELA grades 3 and 4 are nearly identical (27.70% vs. 28.14%), so the gap is math-specific. Scores rose sharply from 2022–23 (15.02% both subjects) to 2025–26 (27.94% ELA, 27.62% math), but ELA has plateaued while math kept climbing. Out-of-district neighbors Berkley Community School and Laliberte Elementary School achieve much higher proficiency with similar or lower spending, and Dighton Elementary posts 42.04% ELA and 48.75% math.

Overall, Mulcahey has spent most of the last decade in the bottom quartile and never earned above 1 star in the years shown; the current 23rd percentile restores it to its 2016–17 level after a slide to 4th percentile in 2018–19. Improvement since 2023–24 is real but uneven, with reading stalled at about 28% and the clearest weakness in grade-3 math. The school is comparatively under-resourced—largest enrollment, lowest per-pupil spending, highest student–teacher ratio among Taunton elementaries—yet it beats the district in math and outperforms Elizabeth Pole, which spends more per student. Because it serves only PK–4, MCAS results come from grades 3 and 4 only. Nearby Joseph C Chamberlain ranks 29th percentile and Edmund Hatch Bennett ranks 27th, both above Mulcahey’s 23rd.

898

Students ?

14.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,372

Per pupil spending ?

65.3%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students in Massachusetts receive free school meals.

96%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2025-26)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

28 Clifford Street
Taunton, MA 02780

(508) 821-1255

District: Taunton

Students who attend James L. Mulcahey Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Joseph H Martin
High:	Taunton High

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.0%

African American:

30.2%

Hispanic:

15.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 19th percentile in 2016 → 23rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Massachusetts average (28% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school28%

District avg26%

Massachusetts avg41%

688^th of 899

Massachusetts public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▲ up 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 19% (2016) to bottom 23% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Taunton

291^st of 351Taunton 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	24.2	688 of 899	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.0	708 of 906	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	834 of 916	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.0	876 of 928	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.6	811 of 932	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.4	776 of 936	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.8	908 of 942	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.2	868 of 934	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	24.9	739 of 938	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	22.2	757 of 932	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	29.9	689 of 914	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	57.7	441 of 926	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2013	52.4	492 of 928	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2012	47.9	540 of 930	41.9%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	52.4	71 of 188	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	57.9	55 of 169	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	31.1	126 of 167	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.1	121 of 167	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.0	144 of 173	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.3	102 of 166	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	11.9	169 of 172	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.8	162 of 174	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2022	20.6	596 of 672	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.2	587 of 632	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.4	472 of 665	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.1	533 of 656	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	34.1	206 of 291	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.9	172 of 264	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	23.4	253 of 267	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	34.6	173 of 240	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	25.1	668 of 869	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.7	652 of 869	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.0	808 of 886	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.3	840 of 887	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	789 of 901	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.4	743 of 898	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	859 of 902	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.2	793 of 893	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	60.9	129 of 475	72.8%	★★★★☆
2025	58.9	132 of 458	71.2%	★★★★☆
2024	25.0	377 of 446	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	412 of 420	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.7	304 of 401	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.4	262 of 379	30.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	36.4	490 of 742	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	38.3	470 of 736	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	19.7	684 of 760	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.8	685 of 757	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.1	654 of 772	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.5	544 of 705	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.5	687 of 700	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.3	638 of 685	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	25.5	670 of 879	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.6	729 of 884	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.2	809 of 891	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.7	841 of 896	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.3	781 of 908	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.4	757 of 904	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.8	881 of 907	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.8	865 of 898	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	13.9	36 of 48	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.2	36 of 40	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	24.3	575 of 709	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.4	679 of 717	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	679 of 731	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	629 of 703	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	800 of 905	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.0	764 of 894	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.9	882 of 896	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.6	846 of 886	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Tested In Person

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	19.3	746 of 925	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Tested Remotely

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	21.7	319 of 399	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	13.0	675 of 734	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.5	700 of 737	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.5	733 of 753	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.7	748 of 762	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	699 of 764	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.3	706 of 765	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.5	761 of 780	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.2	747 of 772	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

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 (2026)73rd percentile+49 vs school

African American (2026)62nd percentile+39 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)34th percentile+10 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)29th percentile+6 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)25th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2026)24th percentile~ school

Female (2026)23rd percentile~ school

Tested Remotely (2021)20th percentile+3 vs school

Tested In Person (2021)19th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)19th percentile-5 vs school

Disabled (2022)11th percentile~ school

White (2026)8th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts28%-12 vs state

Mathematics28%-13 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)			MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)			Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Total
James L. Mulcahey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	28 Clifford Street	Taunton	02780	Bristol County	Taunton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 821-1255	898	60	14.9	65.3%	404 (45.0%)	271 (30.2%)	139 (15.5%)	7 (0.8%)	5 (0.6%)	5 (0.6%)	67 (7.5%)	24.2	688^th of 899 public elementary schools	23.5%		22	708^th of 906 public elementary schools	21.9%	20	27.7	28.1	27.9	20.3	34.1	27.6	96%	0%	$17,372
H H Galligan	Public	K-4	15 Sheridan Street	Taunton	02780	Bristol County	Taunton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 821-1295	286	25	11.6	77.6%	102 (35.7%)	87 (30.4%)	69 (24.1%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (8.0%)	35.1	578^th of 899 public elementary schools	35.7%		21.6	713^th of 906 public elementary schools	21.3%	135	33.3	37.5	35.2	26.7	41.7	33.3	91%	2%	$20,010
Edmund Hatch Bennett	Public	PK, KG-4	47 North Walker Street	Taunton	02780	Bristol County	Taunton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 821-1245	313	24	13.2	47.0%	184 (58.8%)	64 (20.4%)	44 (14.1%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.4%)	26.3	659^th of 899 public elementary schools	26.7%		29.7	638^th of 906 public elementary schools	29.6%	21	31.6	31.3	31.4	30.4	24.0	27.4	93%	7%	$19,044
Joseph C Chamberlain	Public	PK, KG-4	480 Norton Avenue	Taunton	02780	Bristol County	Taunton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 821-3216	496	37	13.5	51.4%	311 (62.7%)	84 (16.9%)	61 (12.3%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.3%)	29.1	636^th of 899 public elementary schools	29.3%		33.1	610^th of 906 public elementary schools	32.7%	26	33.7	26.2	30.1	34.1	31.0	32.6	95%	0%	$19,036
Elizabeth Pole	Public	PK, KG-4	215 Harris Street	Taunton	02780	Bristol County	Taunton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 821-1260	635	47	13.4	70.1%	276 (43.5%)	200 (31.5%)	101 (15.9%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	47 (7.4%)	20	727^th of 899 public elementary schools	19.1%		22	709^th of 906 public elementary schools	21.7%	18	26.5	20.8	23.3	31.7	23.7	27.2	94%	1%	$17,824
East Taunton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	58R Stevens Street	East Taunton	02718	Bristol County	Taunton	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 821-1330	564	45	12.5	52.0%	340 (60.3%)	123 (21.8%)	57 (10.1%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.6%)	41.5	523^rd of 899 public elementary schools	41.8%		46.3	494^th of 906 public elementary schools	45.5%	29	36.5	36.1	36.3	37.5	40.8	39.3	94%	5%	$19,528
Merrill Elementary School	Public	K-1	687 Pleasant Street	Raynham	02767	Bristol County	Bridgewater-Raynham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 824-2490	310	19	16.6	26.5%	198 (63.9%)	44 (14.2%)	39 (12.6%)	13 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.2%)								(n/a)							99%	1%	$17,786
Laliberte Elementary School	Public	2-4	777 Pleasant Street	Raynham	02767	Bristol County	Bridgewater-Raynham	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 824-2731	543	30	18.0	28.2%	370 (68.1%)	76 (14.0%)	46 (8.5%)	17 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (6.1%)	55.1	401^st of 899 public elementary schools	55.4%		57.6	377^th of 906 public elementary schools	58.4%	24	44.6	36.3	40.4	47.0	51.4	49.2			$15,102
Dighton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1250 Somerset Avenue	Dighton	02715	Bristol County	Dighton-Rehoboth	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 669-4245	468	34	13.6	22.4%	396 (84.6%)	13 (2.8%)	34 (7.3%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	56.5	390^th of 899 public elementary schools	56.6%		44.1	514^th of 906 public elementary schools	43.3%	124	48.1	36.3	42.0	45.0	52.5	48.8	97%	3%	$19,844
Berkley Community School	Public	PK, KG-4	59 South Main Street	Berkley	02779	Bristol County	Berkley	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 822-9550	459	32	14.1	27.7%	397 (86.5%)	8 (1.7%)	25 (5.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.9%)	55.1	399^th of 899 public elementary schools	55.6%		70.7	275^th of 906 public elementary schools	69.6%	124	42.5	43.5	43.0	39.1	54.1	46.5	99%	1%	$17,229

Frequently Asked Questions about James L. Mulcahey Elementary School

How many students attend James L. Mulcahey Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 898 students attended James L. Mulcahey Elementary School.

Is James L. Mulcahey Elementary School a good school?

James L. Mulcahey Elementary School ranks in the bottom 23.5% of Massachusetts elementary schools.

What district is James L. Mulcahey Elementary School in?

Taunton

What schools do graduates of James L. Mulcahey Elementary School attend?

Students who attend James L. Mulcahey Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Joseph H Martin
High : Taunton High

What is the racial makeup of James L. Mulcahey Elementary School?

Students at James L. Mulcahey Elementary School are 45% White, 30% African American, 15% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races.

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