Taunton High
Taunton · MA · Taunton · Public · K-12 combined
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Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical → Fl Chamberlain School → Bristol County Agricultural High → Anchor Academy → Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School → Bridgewater-Raynham Regional → Therapeutic Day School → Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical →📋 At a glance
- 📚 16 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 19 physics · 23 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 90th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 74th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Taunton High compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 10% nationally with 16 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical, Fl Chamberlain School, Bristol County Agricultural High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2174th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
75th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,877 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $23,884 per student in district revenue, the 282 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $6,735,288/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical Taunton |
Public | 1.6 | 1,335 | +0.2% |
| Fl Chamberlain School Middleboro |
Private | 5.1 | 57 | -12.3% |
| Bristol County Agricultural High Dighton |
Public | 5.1 | 631 | +26.5% |
| Anchor Academy Middleboro |
Private | 5.2 | 40 | — |
| Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School North Dighton |
Public | 7.3 | 592 | -14.5% |
| Bridgewater-Raynham Regional Bridgewater |
Public | 7.4 | 1,469 | +8.4% |
| Therapeutic Day School Bridgewater |
Public | 7.5 | 10 | — |
| Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical South Easton |
Public | 7.5 | 1,618 | +4.4% |