Summary:
ZIP code 02360 in Plymouth, Massachusetts is home to four high schools serving roughly 3,000 students: two traditional Plymouth district high schools for grades 9–12, Plymouth North High and Plymouth South High, plus two charter schools — Rising Tide Charter Public School, which serves grades 5–12, and Map Academy Charter School, which serves grades 9–12.
Rising Tide Charter Public School is the clear leader, ranking 82nd percentile with 4 stars and posting 10th-grade proficiency of 76.27% in ELA and 78.95% in math, far above the state's 45.48% and 43.73%. It also graduates 92.9% of students with a 3.6% dropout rate. Among the Plymouth district schools, Plymouth North High (51st percentile, 3 stars) beats Plymouth South High (36th percentile, 2 stars) in every subject, yet Plymouth South High has the better completion profile: a 97.2% graduation rate and 2.4% dropout rate versus 91.7% and 6.9% at North. Map Academy Charter School is the low outlier at 2nd percentile with 0 stars, a 27.9% graduation rate, an 8.2% dropout rate, and science and biology proficiency reported at 0.00%.
Money and class size do not explain these gaps. Spending ranges from $17,072 to $21,849 per student — Plymouth North High spends the most yet trails Rising Tide Charter Public School — while student-teacher ratios cluster tightly between 10.1 and 11.1. Note that spending figures are from 2020–2021 and free/reduced lunch data is blank for all four schools, so these differences should be described rather than explained.
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