John H Duval

Located at 60 Regal Street, in Whitman, Massachusetts, John H Duval is a moderately sized elementary campus that instructs 430 students (grades K through 5), operated by Whitman-Hanson.

Whitman-Hanson runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,457 students. John H Duval is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, John H Duval shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Plymouth County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, John H Duval has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, census data for Plymouth County shows median household earnings sit near $114,201, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Plymouth County's 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), John H Duval is one campus in the mix.

Whitman Hanson Regional is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 444 students in 2018 compared to 430 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 86% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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