Summary:
ZIP code 02043 covers Hingham, Massachusetts, a single-district town with 6 public schools serving about 3,616 students: four elementary schools (K–5, with one PK–5), one middle school (grades 6–8), and one high school (grades 9–12). Every school in the ZIP ranks in the top tier of Massachusetts, and the student pipeline is stable — middle and high school enrollments per grade are essentially identical, indicating the district keeps nearly all of its students through graduation.
Plymouth River is the flagship: three straight years in roughly the top 1–2% of state elementary schools, the only school above its district figure in all three core subjects in 2025‑26, the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.1) and the smallest enrollment (352). Hingham Middle School is the most consistent, with three consecutive 5-star years, the highest ELA score in the ZIP (78.77), and big year-over-year gains in 8th grade science and civics. Hingham High posts a 97.3% graduation rate, a 1.1% dropout rate, and grade-10 proficiency 20–35 points above the state, with math jumping sharply while ELA softened. Notably, it does this on the lowest per-student spending in the file.
The schools to watch are the remaining elementaries. Wm L Foster Elementary had the largest rank slide in the ZIP (40 → 124 of 899, 86th percentile, 4 stars), with 3rd grade math at 46.38 — the weakest single figure in the district, though still above the state average. East Elementary School, which has the highest spending ($18,553), fell to 4 stars and slipped below the district in all three subjects. South Elementary holds 5 stars but has the lowest ELA (62.5) and highest student-teacher ratio (14.4). Across the Hingham district, science is the standout strength and math the relative soft spot; free/reduced-lunch data is suppressed for all six schools, so equity comparisons aren't possible here.
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