James L. Mulcahey Elementary School

James L. Mulcahey Elementary School is a high-enrollment K-5 school in Taunton, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Taunton. The school works with 898 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 136% above the state mean of about 381.

Taunton runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,311 students. James L. Mulcahey Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, James L. Mulcahey Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% Black, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Bristol County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, James L. Mulcahey Elementary School has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

In the area at large, Bristol County reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,625 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bristol County runs 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), of which James L. Mulcahey Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is H H Galligan, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 84%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 898 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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