📍 170 Plympton Rd, Plymouth, Plymouth County, 02360
West Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Plymouth, Plymouth County. The school has 320 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Plymouth school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
West Elementary enrolls 320 students across grades K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino and 7.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 252 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 7.8% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 7.8% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 7 | 2.2% |
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.
West Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 39, state house district 183.
West Elementary is one of 13 schools in Plymouth, based in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The district serves 6,956 students district-wide and employs 637 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 320 students, West Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 535 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large