An equity score of 28/100 ranks Plympton #274 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,245 per pupil, Plympton ranks #349 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Plympton operates 1 public schools serving 241 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Plymouth County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,245 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 34.3% local, 63.7% state, and 2.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 28/100, ranked #274 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 17.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.8% White, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Dennett Elementary, enrolling 249 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 6.8% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (237 to 253 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 1.0 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $5,239,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 49.1% went to instruction, 34.8% to support services, and 1.7% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Dennett Elementary accounts for 100.0% of all Plympton student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Plympton a distant remainder — means Plympton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Plympton chronic absenteeism rate is 17.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Plympton is typically wider than the Plympton-aggregate figure suggests.