13 public K-12 schools in Plymouth from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Plymouth has more public-school enrollment than 61% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Plymouth's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.
8 of Plymouth's 13 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.
The 34-point gap between Pccs Middle Virtual Academy and Ivywood Classical Academy shows the range hidden by Plymouth's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Plymouth school enrollment ranges from 51 students (lowest) to 827 students (highest), a spread of 776 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Plymouth is typically wider than the Plymouth-aggregate figure suggests.
23% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pccs Middle Virtual Academy | 56 |
| 2. | Pccs Elementary Virtual Academy | 41 |
| 3. | Farrand Elementary School | 39 |
| 4. | Smith Elementary School | 39 |
| 5. | Starkweather Academy Fiegel | 34 |
| 6. | West Middle School | 32 |
| 7. | Isbister Elementary School | 32 |
| 8. | East Middle School | 31 |
| 9. | Bird Elementary School | 30 |
| 10. | New School High | 30 |
| 11. | Pioneer Middle School | 29 |
| 12. | Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy | 26 |
| 13. | Ivywood Classical Academy | 22 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Pccs Middle Virtual Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Plymouth schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Plymouth has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,698 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.8:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
