📍 15 Hickory Street, Gloucester, Essex County, 01930
Plum Cove School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gloucester, Essex County. The school has 203 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gloucester school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Plum Cove School enrolls 203 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 6.9% Two or more races and 6.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 175 | 86% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 6.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 6.4% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Plum Cove School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-60, state senate district 20, state house district 87.
Plum Cove School is one of 8 schools in Gloucester, based in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The district serves 2,838 students district-wide and employs 266 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 203 students, Plum Cove School is smaller than the district average of about 355 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large