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Dennett Elementary

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Dennett Elementary ranks 203 rd of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

203^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 899 Massachusetts Elementary Schools

Better than 77% of Massachusetts elementary schools

Summary

Dennett Elementary is a public K–6 school in Plympton, Massachusetts, serving 249 students as the only school in the Plympton district. It is one of the smaller elementary schools in its immediate area, and small grade cohorts can make year-to-year subject results more variable.

On the 2025–2026 MCAS Next Generation tests, 57.23% of Dennett students met or exceeded expectations in English language arts, 56.60% in math, and 54.55% in science — all above the state averages of 40.03%, 41.11%, and 40.98%, by margins of roughly 13.6 to 17.2 percentage points. That places the school 203rd of 899 Massachusetts schools (77th percentile, 4 stars), essentially tied with Halifax Elementary (200/899) and ahead of West Elementary, Kingston Intermediate, Bryantville Elementary, Hobomock Elementary, Cold Spring, Hedge, and Carver Elementary School. Dennett's math proficiency is the highest among nearby comparable schools, while its ELA result trails only Halifax. Science is above the state but behind West, Halifax, and Bryantville. The Plympton district ranks 75th of 351 statewide (79th percentile, 4 stars).

Grade-level results show the same pattern: third-grade ELA proficiency is 75.68%, far above the state's 42.79%, and sixth-grade math is 60.87%. Sixth-grade ELA (47.83%) is the weakest relative spot, though still above the state's 40.26%. Science has been volatile — 39.29% in 2022–2023, 63.33% in 2023–2024, 65.22% in 2024–2025, and 54.55% in 2025–2026 — since science is tested only in grade 5 at this level. Dennett achieves these results without unusually small classes or top spending: its 14.2 student/teacher ratio is higher than Halifax's, and per-student spending of $16,659 is mid-pack. School-level effectiveness is notably high for students with disabilities (84th percentile in 2025–2026, up from 64th) and for low socio-economic status students (89th percentile in 2024–2025). Note that free/reduced-lunch data are not reported for Dennett or nearby schools, and spending figures are only available through 2020–2021.

249

Students ?

14.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,297

Per pupil spending ?

18.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

80 Crescent Street
Plympton, MA 02367

(781) 585-3659

District: Plympton

Students who attend Dennett Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Silver Lake Regional Middle School
High:	Silver Lake Regional High

Racial breakdown:

White:

94.8%

Hispanic:

4.0%

Two or more races:

0.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 65th percentile in 2016 → 77th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Massachusetts average (57% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 23% of Massachusetts elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school57%

District avg57%

Massachusetts avg41%

203^rd of 899

Massachusetts public elementary schools ?

Top 23%▲ up 13 pts since 2016

From top 35% (2016) to top 23% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

75^th of 351Plympton among Massachusetts districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	77.1	203 of 899	77.4%	★★★★☆
2025	73.3	242 of 906	73.3%	★★★★☆
2024	75.7	239 of 916	73.9%	★★★★☆
2023	67.2	303 of 928	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	71.0	271 of 932	70.9%	★★★★☆
2021	73.9	237 of 936	74.7%	★★★★☆
2019	78.9	190 of 942	79.8%	★★★★☆
2018	63.5	359 of 934	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	68.0	290 of 938	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2016	64.8	328 of 932	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2015	74.2	227 of 914	75.2%	★★★★☆
2014	73.4	246 of 926	73.4%	★★★★☆
2013	64.0	366 of 928	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2012	72.2	274 of 930	70.5%	★★★★☆
2011	63.0	372 of 924	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2010	59.1	396 of 920	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	55.3	445 of 909	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2008	56.7	417 of 908	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	66.7	315 of 911	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2006	75.9	215 of 911	76.4%	★★★★☆
2005	73.6	255 of 887	71.3%	★★★★☆
2004	74.8	229 of 882	74.0%	★★★★☆
2003	83.7	127 of 884	85.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	67.3	277 of 869	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	69.4	260 of 869	70.1%	★★★★☆
2024	74.9	216 of 886	75.6%	★★★★☆
2023	78.1	187 of 887	78.9%	★★★★☆
2022	75.3	210 of 901	76.7%	★★★★☆
2021	80.0	169 of 898	81.2%	★★★★☆
2019	85.6	89 of 902	90.1%	★★★★★
2018	67.6	292 of 893	67.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2025	79.5	84 of 736	88.6%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	82.3	138 of 879	84.3%	★★★★☆
2025	71.6	251 of 884	71.6%	★★★★☆
2024	68.5	279 of 891	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.8	411 of 896	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.5	340 of 908	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	61.8	348 of 904	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.5	326 of 907	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.4	429 of 898	52.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	75.1	111 of 709	84.3%	★★★★☆
2025	53.2	260 of 717	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	71.1	198 of 905	78.1%	★★★★☆
2019	83.4	76 of 896	91.5%	★★★★★
2018	66.0	218 of 886	75.4%	★★★★☆

Tested In Person

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2021	73.5	246 of 925	73.4%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Massachusetts percentile	Rating
2026	68.9	201 of 734	72.6%	★★★★☆
2025	63.2	264 of 737	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.3	250 of 753	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.2	348 of 762	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.8	322 of 764	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	64.7	253 of 765	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	69.8	215 of 780	72.4%	★★★★☆
2018	54.6	380 of 772	50.8%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)89th percentile+15 vs school

Special Education (2026)84th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2026)84th percentile+7 vs school

Tested In Person (2021)73rd percentile~ school

White (2026)73rd percentile-5 vs school

Female (2026)68th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Massachusetts (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts57%+17 vs state

Mathematics57%+15 vs state

Science55%+14 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts (2026)					MCAS Next Generation Mathematics (2026)					MCAS Next Generation Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2015)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation English Language Arts All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Mathematics All Grades	MCAS Next Generation Science 5th Grade	MCAS Next Generation Science All Grades	Total
Dennett Elementary	Public	K-6	80 Crescent Street	Plympton	02367	Plymouth County	Plympton	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 585-3659	249	17	14.2	18.1%	236 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	77.1	203^rd of 899 public elementary schools	77.4%		73.3	242^nd of 906 public elementary schools	73.3%	39	75.7	53.5	54.6	47.8	57.2	56.8	53.5	54.6	60.9	56.6	54.6	54.6	$11,297
Halifax Elementary	Public	K-6	464 Plymouth Street	Halifax	02338	Plymouth County	Halifax	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 293-2581	531	39	13.5	26.3%	485 (91.3%)	10 (1.9%)	25 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.9%)	77.6	200^th of 899 public elementary schools	77.8%		76.9	218^th of 906 public elementary schools	75.9%	18	59.7	61.2	65.4	55.6	60.7	46.5	51.5	63.3	50.7	53.3	59.0	59.0	$10,095
Kingston Intermediate	Public	3-6	65 Second Brook Street	Kingston	02364	Plymouth County	Kingston	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 585-0472	645	43	15.0	16.9%	569 (88.2%)	24 (3.7%)	31 (4.8%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.0%)	59.7	359^th of 899 public elementary schools	60.1%		60.6	355^th of 906 public elementary schools	60.8%	4	53.0	40.8	40.8	43.8	44.8	44.0	43.5	52.3	51.4	47.7	46.0	46.0	$00
Kingston Elementary	Public	K-2	150 Main Street	Kingston	02364	Plymouth County	Kingston	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 585-3821	523	31	16.8	17.8%	439 (83.9%)	30 (5.7%)	39 (7.5%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.3%)								(n/a)													$00
West Elementary	Public	K-5	170 Plympton Rd	Plymouth	02360	Plymouth County	Plymouth	No	No	No	No	(508) 830-4350	349	33	10.4	32.1%	281 (80.5%)	11 (3.2%)	29 (8.3%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.7%)	69.2	275^th of 899 public elementary schools	69.4%		68.6	294^th of 906 public elementary schools	67.5%	19	51.9	44.4	61.8		52.0	51.9	38.0	60.0		48.9	65.5	65.5	$21,630
Bryantville Elementary	Public	K-6	29 Gurney Drive	Pembroke	02359	Plymouth County	Pembroke	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 293-5411	421	30	14.0	24.5%	374 (88.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.6%)	58.7	366^th of 899 public elementary schools	59.3%		64.8	330^th of 906 public elementary schools	63.6%	36	51.9	34.4	32.7	18.9	34.5	59.3	53.9	52.6	52.8	54.6	56.1	56.1	$17,619
Chandler Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	93 Chandler Street	Duxbury	02332	Plymouth County	Duxbury	No	No	No	Yes	(781) 934-7680	665	52	12.7	5.6%	605 (91.0%)	2 (0.3%)	24 (3.6%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.1%)								(n/a)													$20,617
Hobomock Elementary	Public	K-6	81 Learning Lane	Pembroke	02359	Plymouth County	Pembroke	No	No	No	No	(781) 294-0911	385	32	11.9	11.6%	351 (91.2%)	3 (0.8%)	13 (3.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	54.6	406^th of 899 public elementary schools	54.8%		47.2	484^th of 906 public elementary schools	46.6%	78	37.1	41.7	34.7	49.0	40.5	37.1	58.3	40.8	59.2	48.6	38.3	38.3	$19,947
Hedge	Public	K-5	258 Standish Avenue	Plymouth	02360	Plymouth County	Plymouth	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 830-4340	210	22	9.3	68.6%	94 (44.8%)	10 (4.8%)	92 (43.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.2%)	44.3	499^th of 899 public elementary schools	44.5%		38.5	565^th of 906 public elementary schools	37.6%	66	46.0	25.0	24.0		33.3	29.7	46.4	48.0		40.0	52.0	52.0	$22,230
Carver Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	85 Main Street	Carver	02330	Plymouth County	Carver	No	No	No	Yes	(508) 866-6220	788	56	14.0	25.5%	691 (87.7%)	15 (1.9%)	41 (5.2%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.6%)	41.2	525^th of 899 public elementary schools	41.6%		41.9	531^st of 906 public elementary schools	41.4%	6	32.8	33.8	29.2		32.2	31.2	49.7	41.7		41.3	38.5	38.5	$18,422

Frequently Asked Questions about Dennett Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Dennett Elementary?

Students at Dennett Elementary are 95% White, 4% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Dennett Elementary attend?

Students who attend Dennett Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Silver Lake Regional Middle School
High : Silver Lake Regional High

Is Dennett Elementary a good school?

Dennett Elementary ranks 203^rd of 899 Massachusetts elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Dennett Elementary in?

Plympton

How many students attend Dennett Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 249 students attended Dennett Elementary.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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