Plympton

Plympton is a single-school district in Massachusetts: it operates one elementary school, Dennett Elementary, serving grades K–6 with 249 students, and no middle or high school campuses. Because the district and the school are the same entity, the Plympton district ratings simply mirror the school's. Dennett holds a 4-star rating for the third straight year and ranked 203rd of 899 Massachusetts schools in 2025-2026 — about the top quarter of the state — with its percentile improving to 77 from 73 and 74 in the two prior years.

Academically, the school beats the state in every reported subject and grade. All-grade proficiency was 57.23 in English language arts, 56.60 in math and 54.55 in science, against state rates of 40.03, 41.11 and 40.98 — margins of roughly 14 to 17 points. Math is the strongest trend: it climbed 5.32 points year over year while the state barely moved, widening the gap. Science is the caution flag, falling 10.67 points from 65.22 the year before. A year ago science was the school's best subject; now the three subjects sit within about 2.7 points of one another.

Grade-level results vary widely, which is typical of small schools. Third-grade ELA was the standout at 75.68 — nearly 33 points above the state — while 6th-grade ELA was the weakest at 47.83, still above state. Sixth-grade math was the highest single score in the data at 60.87. Science is reported only for 5th grade (54.55). With roughly 35–45 students per tested grade, swings of 5–10 points can come from just a few students, so treat one-year moves as signals to verify. Free/reduced-lunch data is not available, so the economic context of the student body cannot be described from this data.