Plymouth
2 high schools and 8 elementary schools in our rankings · serves Plymouth
Ranks #118 of 328 Massachusetts school districts — top 36%.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–10 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Plymouth is a coastal town on Massachusetts Bay roughly 40 miles south of Boston, known for its large land area and its role as the site of the 1620 landing of the Pilgrims. The Plymouth Public Schools serve the town through two high schools, Plymouth North and Plymouth South, reflecting the community's sizable population spread across a wide geographic footprint. The town includes significant conservation and waterfront areas, including Myles Standish State Forest, one of the largest state forests in Massachusetts. Plymouth's mix of historic downtown, harbor, and suburban neighborhoods gives it a character that blends small-town heritage with growing residential development.
How it compares
- Strongest area: ELA MCAS, in the top 37% of districts. 45% of students in grades 3–10 met or exceeded expectations in 2026, vs 41% statewide in the same grades.
- Area to watch: SAT scores rank in the bottom 20% of districts.
- Top school: Cold Spring, #189 of 895 Massachusetts elementary schools.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 25.2% in 2022 to 15.7% in 2025.
- Trend: Math MCAS is down 7 points since 2023 (42.3111% to 35.3055%).
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Plymouth
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
High school results
Averages of the district's ranked high schools. "MA avg" is the average of all Massachusetts districts with high school data.
Students & classrooms
48.1% female · 51.9% male · 0.1% nonbinary
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 630 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
10.6 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3.8% missed 20% or more of school days
About Plymouth
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Town figures are FY2026 averages for single-family homes from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. Assessed values usually run below recent sale prices. "MA median" is the median of the state's 351 towns.
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