Public schools in Plymouth, MA

Plymouth has 15 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,874 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Plymouth runs 13 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Plymouth's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in PlymouthDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Plymouth137,205$23,123
Rising Tide Charter Public School1634$22,339
Map Academy1252$22,575

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Plymouth, 3,088 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Plymouth North High1,16911.1not reportedPlymouth
Plymouth South High1,00110.1not reportedPlymouth
Rising Tide Charter Public School61710.6not reportedRising Tide Charter Public School
Map Academy Charter School30111.0All free (CEP)Map Academy

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Plymouth, 1,521 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Plymouth Commun Intermediate92011.0All free (CEP)Plymouth
Plymouth South Middle60111.5not reportedPlymouth

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

8 elementary schools in Plymouth, 3,040 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
South Elementary61412.1not reportedPlymouth
Indian Brook52011.9not reportedPlymouth
Nathaniel Morton Elementary51112.3All free (CEP)Plymouth
Federal Furnace School35910.0All free (CEP)Plymouth
West Elementary34910.5All free (CEP)Plymouth
Manomet Elementary26312.5All free (CEP)Plymouth
Cold Spring2149.8All free (CEP)Plymouth
Hedge2109.4All free (CEP)Plymouth

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Plymouth, 225 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Plymouth Early Childhood Center22516.6not reportedPlymouth

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Plymouth's public schools compare with Massachusetts's

The median Plymouth school has 11.0 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Massachusetts median of 11.8. 27% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 44% across the state. Its median school enrolls 511 students (state 417).

Plymouth against Massachusetts, schools open in 2024-25 with students
PlymouthMassachusetts
Median students per teacher11.011.8
Median school size (students)511417
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)27%44%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)53%63%
Charter schools13%4.0%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 15 Plymouth schools and the 1,793 Massachusetts schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Plymouth

  1. PlymouthRuns 13 of Plymouth's 15 public schools and spent $23,123 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$23,123
  2. Plymouth North High, the largest high school in Plymouth1,169 students in 2024-25, 11.1 per teacher.1,169
  3. Compare Plymouth with Rising Tide Charter Public SchoolPlymouth's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MassachusettsMassachusetts's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Plymouth addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Massachusetts

  1. Springfield71 schools
  2. Worcester48 schools
  3. Dorchester29 schools
  4. Lawrence29 schools
  5. Lowell29 schools
  6. Lynn28 schools
  7. New Bedford27 schools
  8. Brockton24 schools

Questions about schools in Plymouth

  1. How many public schools are in Plymouth, MA?
    15 public schools with an address in Plymouth were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,874 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Plymouth?
    Plymouth North High, with 1,169 students in 2024-25 (Plymouth).
  3. Which districts run Plymouth's schools?
    Plymouth (13 schools), Rising Tide Charter Public School (1 school), Map Academy (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .