Plymouth Public Schools
Encyclopedia
Plymouth Public Schools is a school district
that serves Plymouth, Massachusetts
. It operates 12 schools, making it one of the largest town school districts in the state.
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
that serves Plymouth, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. It operates 12 schools, making it one of the largest town school districts in the state.
Elementary schools
- South Elementary School - 695 Students
- Indian Brook Elementary School - 689 Students
- Nathaniel Morton Elementary School - 574 Students
- Federal Furnace School - 505 Students
- Manomet Elementary School - 388 Students
- West Elementary School - 385 Students
- Cold Spring Elementary School - 258 Students
- Hedge Elementary School
Middle schools
Grades 5-8- Plymouth Community Intermediate School - 1,409 Students
- Plymouth South Middle School - 882 Students - established in 1998. The colors are Green and Gold and the mascot is the JaguarJaguarThe jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...
. The current principal is John Seiver. The school has 3 floors, with the 5&6 grade being on the 1st and 6&7&8 being on the 2nd and 3rd. The school is rivals with PCIS, Carver Middle, and Sacred Heart. Some sports activities at Plymouth South Middle School include cross country, girls soccer, boys soccer, volleyball, track, cheerleading, basketball, and many more.
High schools
Grades 9–12- Plymouth North High SchoolPlymouth North High SchoolPlymouth North High School, known informally as Plymouth North or PNHS, is a public high school located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Its students are residents of the town of Plymouth. The school is one of two high schools in Plymouth, the other being Plymouth South High School...
- 1,092 students - co-educationalCoeducationMixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
, public high schoolHigh schoolHigh school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located south of Plymouth Center and adjacent to Jordan HospitalJordan HospitalJordan Hospital is a hospital located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Founded in 1901, it is today the largest hospital in the Southern region of the South Shore. Jordan is an acute care, 150-bed, not-for-profit community hospital serving 12 towns in Plymouth and Barnstable counties...
and the Plymouth County Courthouse. - Plymouth South High SchoolPlymouth South High SchoolPlymouth South High School, also known as Plymouth South, PSHS, or, informally, P.South, is a public high school located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Its students are residents of the town of Plymouth. The school is one of two high schools in Plymouth, the other being Plymouth North High School...
- 927 students - co-educational, public high school located near the Long PondLong Pond (Plymouth, Massachusetts)Long Pond is a cold water pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, east of Myles Standish State Forest, Halfway Pond and Round Pond, west of Route 3 at Exit 3 and The Pinehills, northwest of Bloody Pond, and north of West Wind Shores. The pond has an average depth of and a maximum depth of . It is fed by...
neighborhood. - Plymouth South Technical School - 626 students - co-educational, public high school that offers a technical education for students wishing to pursue a career in that field. Located on the same property as Plymouth South High School.