Plymouth River

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Hingham, Massachusetts, Plymouth River caters to 352 students from grades K through 5, run under Hingham.

Plymouth River is one of 6 schools operated by Hingham, a district that educates 3,616 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Plymouth River logs that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Plymouth County indicate median household earnings sit near $114,201, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Plymouth County's 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), Plymouth River is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is South Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 25%: 468 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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