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Taunton High School

Serves grades 8 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
50 Williams Street
Taunton, MA 02780
Phone
(508) 821-1101
District
TAUNTON
County
BRISTOL COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2720
Classroom Teachers
164

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

3

(10 is best)

Better than 29.1% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Taunton High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
25%
39%
27%
42%
23%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
37%
52%
41%
57%
33%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
14
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 8 662 24.3%
Grade 9 528 19.4%
Grade 10 548 20.1%
Grade 11 490 18.0%
Grade 12 483 17.8%
Total 2720 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 62.4% 61.2% 58.3%
Black 21.2% 22.2% 9.8%
Hispanic 14.3% 14.9% 24.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.2% 1.1% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.6% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 59,076 6,981,974
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,237.1 889
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.3% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.7% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.8% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 14.7% 17.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 23,159 2,740,995
Single Parent Households With Children 11.9% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 83.5% 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.5% 45.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.6% 30.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.1% 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.8% 11.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 12.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.3% 10.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.7% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 10.1% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,510 $76,422,360 41.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,533 $12,319,188 6.7%
Staff $927 $7,449,372 4.1%
General Administration $141 $1,133,076 0.6%
School Administration $598 $4,805,528 2.6%
Operation $940 $7,553,840 4.1%
Transportation $879 $7,063,644 3.9%
Other $298 $2,394,728 1.3%
Total Support $5,316 $42,719,376 23.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $7,978 $64,111,208 35.0%
Total Expenditures $22,803 $183,244,908 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,021 $10,957,524,359 51.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,684 $1,534,703,819 7.2%
Staff $914 $833,015,705 3.9%
General Administration $276 $251,849,785 1.2%
School Administration $979 $892,630,457 4.2%
Operation $1,659 $1,511,998,563 7.1%
Transportation $848 $773,223,628 3.6%
Other $478 $436,154,533 2.1%
Total Support $6,839 $6,233,540,894 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,416 $4,024,919,077 19.0%
Total Expenditures $23,275 $21,215,885,470 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%