Summary:
The city of Hingham, Massachusetts is served by the Hingham school district, which includes six public schools — four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — teaching students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Total enrollment is 3,616 students, with 1,752 in elementary grades, 798 at the middle school, and 1,066 at the high school. The district is highly ranked, placing 22nd of 351 Massachusetts districts, in the 94th percentile, and earning 5 stars.
Plymouth River is the clearest standout: it has ranked 21st of 899 in 2025–2026 and between the 98th and 99th percentile with 5 stars for three straight years, while posting the top elementary scores in ELA (77.08%), math (73.96%), and science (86.44%) and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 11.1. Hingham Middle School has earned 5 stars every year and ranks 22nd of 478 (95th percentile), with strong ELA (78.77%) and civics (69.08%). Hingham High ranks 36th of 353 (90th percentile, 5 stars) with a 97.3% graduation rate and a 1.1% dropout rate.
Every reported MCAS score in the district beats the state average, often by 30 points or more. Elementary science is a particular strength: Plymouth River, Wm L Foster Elementary (85.48%), and South Elementary (82.50%) all exceed the district average of 77.68%. Watch items include relative declines at East Elementary School and Foster, which both slipped from 5 stars to 4, and South’s ELA falling to 62.50%, below the district average. Spending and student-teacher ratios do not line up simply with outcomes, and free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all schools, so economic context cannot be assessed.
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