| Taunton High School | |
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50 Williams Street , 02780 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°54′05″N 71°04′18″W / 41.9015°N 71.0716°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Open enrollment[1] |
| Opened | 1849 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Taunton Public Schools |
| Superintendent | John Cabral |
| Headmaster | John Harrison |
| Teaching staff | 171.10 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,760 (2022–23)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.13[2] |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Black & Orange |
| Athletics | MIAA - Division 1 |
| Athletics conference | Hockomock League |
| Nickname | Tigers |
| Newspaper | The Tauntonian |
| Yearbook | Journal |
| Website | THS |
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Taunton High School (often abbreviated THS) is located within a large, three-floor, interconnected, multi-block complex in the eastern section of Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. It is an urban public high school with an estimated average student enrollment of 3,000 students. It offers many student-oriented services, specialty academic programs, extra-curricular clubs, various after-school programs and a wide array of scholastic sports. Taunton High School is one of the largest high schools in New England, and is the 4th largest in Massachusetts, behind Brockton, Lowell, and New Bedford.
The main section of the building is divided into five different "houses" in which different classes are held, along with an associate headmaster's office in each, and the main headmaster's office in the middle. One of the houses in the main building complex once contained a public middle school, John F. Parker Middle School, until 2009 where, during a total renovation of the entire school, a fifth, exterior wing was added to the front of the school to house the displaced middle school students. Adjacent to school is the fine arts house, Robert H. Park Auditorium, which currently holds seating capacities up to 1,500 people, and beneath that the music rooms, dressing rooms, and storage. The school also shares a two-leveled gymnasium with Parker Middle School, where most of the indoor sports teams perform and a "pep rally" is held in the fall. The school's field house is one of the largest gymnasiums in New England, capable of holding both indoor track meets and basketball tournaments.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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- ^ "Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - 2020-21 SAT Performance Report - All Students Statewide Report".
- ^ "Enrollment Data (2013-14) - Taunton High (02930505)". mass.edu. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ "2011-12 SAT Performance Report - Taunton (02930000)". mass.edu. Retrieved 22 March 2015.