Wm L Foster Elementary

Wm L Foster Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in Hingham, Massachusetts, part of Hingham. Current enrollment sits at 402 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in Hingham (3,616 students total), Wm L Foster Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wm L Foster Elementary reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, Plymouth County reports that the typical household earns roughly $114,201 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Plymouth County's 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), Wm L Foster Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Elementary School, roughly 2.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 446 students in 2018 compared to 402 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.