Regular local school district · Bristol County
Taunton School District, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Taunton School District runs 13 public schools with 8,311 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.0 students per teacher is 3.0 higher than the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Taunton".
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 8,311
- Teachers (FTE)
- 555
- Students per teacher
- 15.0
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 215 Harris Street, Taunton, MA 02780
- Phone
- (508)821-1201
- County
- Bristol County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2511520
- State district ID
- MA-0293
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,054
- School counselors (FTE)
- 29.0About 287 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 40.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.0
Massachusetts12.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (7,735), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $184.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.7 million
- State revenue
- $85.1 million
- Local revenue
- $87.9 million
- Total spending
- $166.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,545
- Salaries
- $75.9 million45.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $29.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 46.1%
- Local: 47.6%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,545
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Taunton School District
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 6 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benjamin Friedman MiddleCEP school | Middle | 5 to 7 | 701 | 15.6 |
| East Taunton ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 564 | 12.8 |
| Edmund Hatch BennettCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 313 | 13.6 |
| Edward F. Leddy PreschoolCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 245 | 22.3 |
| Elizabeth PoleCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 635 | 13.5 |
| H H GalliganCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 286 | 11.9 |
| James L. Mulcahey Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 898 | 15.0 |
| John F Parker MiddleCEP school | Middle | 5 to 7 | 517 | 15.2 |
| Joseph C ChamberlainCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 496 | 13.8 |
| Joseph H MartinCEP school | Middle | 5 to 7 | 647 | 14.4 |
| Taunton Alternative High SchoolCEP school | High | 11 to 12 | 74 | 18.5 |
| Taunton HighCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 2,877 | 16.6 |
| Taunton Public Virtual Academy (TPVA) | High | 8 to 12 | 58 | 14.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Bristol County
- New Bedford School District 12,505 students
- Fall River School District 11,089 students
- Attleboro School District 6,239 students
- Westford School District 4,575 students
- North Attleborough School District 3,877 students
- Easton School District 3,360 students
- Dartmouth School District 3,297 students
- Mansfield School District 3,283 students
- Dighton-Rehoboth School District 2,541 students
- Norton School District 2,346 students
- Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical School District 2,151 students
- Seekonk School District 2,032 students
- Swansea School District 1,991 students
- Fairhaven School District 1,727 students
- Somerset School District 1,620 students
More in Massachusetts
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.