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Taunton

A public school district in Taunton, Massachusetts, with 13 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

8,311
Students enrolled
555.9
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,055
All staff, full-time equivalent
$18,383
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 8,311 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,109th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 13th of 395 in Massachusetts. Larger than 93% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $18,383 in fiscal year 2023
More than 66% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Taunton spent $18,383 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,644 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Taunton spent $18,383 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,644 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$18,383$147.2 million8,005
FY2022$17,503$135.8 million7,757
FY2021$16,314$126.2 million7,735
FY2020$15,367$123.5 million8,036
FY2019$14,877$119.1 million8,003
FY2018$14,156$114.6 million8,096
FY2017$13,874$112.5 million8,112
FY2016$12,705$103.6 million8,156
FY2015$12,431$98.3 million7,910
FY2014$12,086$95.1 million7,870
FY2013$11,174$85.8 million7,681
FY2012$11,482$89.4 million7,788
FY2011$10,946$86.6 million7,912
FY2010$11,053$87.5 million7,920
FY2009$11,965$94.1 million7,865
FY2008$11,520$92.1 million7,998
FY2007$11,287$92.0 million8,155
FY2006$10,762$88.6 million8,237
FY2005$9,644$80.7 million8,370

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Taunton by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$23.7 million14.9%
State$99.1 million62.5%
Local$35.7 million22.5%
Total$158.4 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

13 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Taunton
SchoolStudents
Benjamin Friedman Middle701
East Taunton Elementary564
Edmund Hatch Bennett313
Edward F. Leddy Preschool245
Elizabeth Pole635
H H Galligan286
James L. Mulcahey Elementary School898
John F Parker Middle517
Joseph C Chamberlain496
Joseph H Martin647
Taunton Alternative High School74
Taunton High2,877
Taunton Public Virtual Academy (TPVA)58

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
2511520

Elsewhere

Sources

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