Hedge

Hedge is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in Plymouth, Massachusetts, one of the schools within Plymouth, hosting 210 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 45% smaller than typical.

Plymouth runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,956 students. Hedge is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Hedge logs that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 44% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Plymouth County put the typical household earns roughly $114,201 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Plymouth County runs 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), of which Hedge is one.

Cold Spring is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hedge has climbed 36%, going from 154 students in 2018 to 210 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 7.1:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.