Summary:
ZIP code 02718 covers East Taunton, Massachusetts, and contains two public schools, both in the Taunton district: East Taunton Elementary, serving grades PK–4 with 564 students, and Joseph H Martin, a middle school serving grades 5–7 with 647 students. Together they enroll 1,211 students and cover only the PK–7 portion of the local pipeline, so families here transition elsewhere for high school. Free and reduced-lunch figures are not reported for either school, and the available per-student spending data is from 2020–2021.
The two schools have different strengths. East Taunton Elementary posts the stronger ELA and math results — 36.32% proficient in ELA and 39.29% in math — well above the Taunton district averages, though both remain slightly below state averages. It also has the smaller classes (12.5 students per teacher versus 14.1) and slightly higher per-student spending ($15,959 versus $15,645). Joseph H Martin's standout is science at 44.27% proficient, above both the district (21.06%) and the state (40.98%). Martin is also the improving school, rising from 1 star and the 29th percentile in 2023–2024 to 2 stars and the 39th percentile in 2025–2026.
Both schools beat the Taunton district in every subject reported for 2025–2026 — a district ranked in the 17th percentile with 1 star — while each earned 2 stars individually. Two trends are worth watching. East Taunton's ELA fell from 44.24% to 36.32% year over year, slipping from above the state average to below it, even as its math improved. Martin's weakest result is 7th-grade math at 22.80%, above the district's 20.88% but far below the state's 37.48%. Overall, East Taunton is the stronger ELA/math performer, while Martin is the science strength and the school on the upswing.
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