Plymouth South High School in Plymouth, MA

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490 LONG POND ROAD
Plymouth, MA 2360

County name: PLYMOUTH
School type: Regular School
Grade span: 9th grade - 12th grade
Status: Operational
Phone: (508) 224-7512 (make sure to verify first before calling)

Latitude: 41.881
Longitude: -070.618990

2007 Student Enrollment: 837
9th grade Enrollment : 266
10th grade Enrollment : 178
11th grade Enrollment : 202
12th grade Enrollment : 191

Male students (%): 50.1%

This school:	50.1%
State average from 3564 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 49.9%

Here:	49.9%
State average from 3564 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 94.6%

This school:	94.6%
State average from 3564 schools:	71.0%

African American students (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 3564 schools:	8.9%

Hispanic students (%): 1.8%

Here:	1.8%
State average from 3564 schools:	13.2%

Asian students (%): 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 3564 schools:	4.5%

Native American students (%): 0.10%

This school:	0.10%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.29%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 0.50%

Here:	0.50%
State average from 3564 schools:	0.19%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 3564 schools:	1.9%

First Language Not English # : 2
Limited English Proficient # : 1
Special Education # : 113
Low-Income # : 144
Free Lunch # : 101
Reduced Lunch # : 43

First Language Not English %: 0.2%

This school:	0.2%
State average from 1653 schools:	15.3%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.1%

This school:	0.1%
State average from 1385 schools:	7.6%

Special Education %: 13.5%

Here:	13.5%
State average from 1778 schools:	16.4%

Low-Income %: 17.2%

Plymouth South High School:	17.2%
State average from 1776 schools:	31.2%

Free Lunch %: 12.1%

Here:	12.1%
State average from 1774 schools:	25.4%

Reduced Lunch %: 5.1%

Here:	5.1%
State average from 1719 schools:	6.0%

2006 Student Enrollment: 837
9th grade Enrollment : 212
10th grade Enrollment : 210
11th grade Enrollment : 213
12th grade Enrollment : 168

Male students (%): 46.8%

This school:	46.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	51.7%

Female students (%): 53.2%

Here:	53.2%
State average from 1781 schools:	48.3%

White students (%): 95.0%

Here:	95.0%
State average from 1781 schools:	71.8%

African American students (%): 1.1%

Plymouth South High School:	1.1%
State average from 1781 schools:	9.0%

Hispanic students (%): 1.5%

Here:	1.5%
State average from 1781 schools:	12.7%

Asian students (%): 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1781 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.10%

Here:	0.10%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.31%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 1.20%

Plymouth South High School:	1.20%
State average from 1781 schools:	0.15%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	1.6%

First Language Not English # : 3
Special Education # : 80
Low-Income # : 149

First Language Not English %: 0.4%

Here:	0.4%
State average from 1633 schools:	14.8%

Special Education %: 10.0%

Plymouth South High School:	10.0%
State average from 1780 schools:	15.9%

Low-Income %: 18.6%

Here:	18.6%
State average from 1771 schools:	30.5%

2005 Student Enrollment: 837
9th grade Enrollment : 231
10th grade Enrollment : 244
11th grade Enrollment : 184
12th grade Enrollment : 192

White students (%): 95.9%

Here:	95.9%
State average from 1746 schools:	74.4%

African American students (%): 1.2%

Here:	1.2%
State average from 1746 schools:	9.5%

Hispanic students (%): 1.6%

Here:	1.6%
State average from 1746 schools:	11.2%

Asian students (%): 1.3%

Here:	1.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	4.5%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 45.7%

Plymouth South High School:	45.7%
State average from 1746 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 54.3%

Plymouth South High School:	54.3%
State average from 1746 schools:	48.3%

Special Education # : 87
Low-Income # : 93

Special Education %: 10.2%

This school:	10.2%
State average from 1745 schools:	15.4%

Low-Income %: 10.9%

Plymouth South High School:	10.9%
State average from 1735 schools:	29.2%

2004 Student Enrollment: 837
9th grade Enrollment : 280
10th grade Enrollment : 210
11th grade Enrollment : 218
12th grade Enrollment : 219

White students (%): 96.0%

Here:	96.0%
State average from 1729 schools:	75.1%

African American students (%): 0.8%

Here:	0.8%
State average from 1729 schools:	9.4%

Hispanic students (%): 1.5%

Plymouth South High School:	1.5%
State average from 1729 schools:	10.7%

Asian students (%): 1.5%

Here:	1.5%
State average from 1729 schools:	4.4%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

Here:	0.20%
State average from 1729 schools:	0.37%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.0%

This school:	49.0%
State average from 1729 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 51.0%

Here:	51.0%
State average from 1729 schools:	48.1%

First Language Not English # : 6
Special Education # : 83
Low-Income # : 123

First Language Not English %: 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1530 schools:	13.9%

Special Education %: 9.0%

Here:	9.0%
State average from 1725 schools:	15.0%

Low-Income %: 13.3%

Here:	13.3%
State average from 1698 schools:	28.9%

2003 Student Enrollment: 837
9th grade Enrollment : 230
10th grade Enrollment : 228
11th grade Enrollment : 223
12th grade Enrollment : 192

White students (%): 96.6%

This school:	96.6%
State average from 1634 schools:	75.8%

African American students (%): 0.7%

Here:	0.7%
State average from 1634 schools:	9.1%

Hispanic students (%): 1.1%

Here:	1.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	10.4%

Asian students (%): 1.4%

This school:	1.4%
State average from 1634 schools:	4.3%

Native American students (%): 0.20%

This school:	0.20%
State average from 1634 schools:	0.36%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.9%

This school:	49.9%
State average from 1634 schools:	51.8%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 50.1%

Here:	50.1%
State average from 1634 schools:	48.2%

First Language Not English # : 5
Low-Income # : 85

First Language Not English %: 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1462 schools:	14.6%

Low-Income %: 9.7%

Here:	9.7%
State average from 1608 schools:	27.9%

2002 Student Enrollment: 837
10th grade Enrollment : 270
11th grade Enrollment : 245
12th grade Enrollment : 198
Special grade Enrollment : 185

White students (%): 97.4%

Here:	97.4%
State average from 1682 schools:	76.8%

African American students (%): 0.6%

Here:	0.6%
State average from 1682 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 0.7%

This school:	0.7%
State average from 1682 schools:	9.9%

Asian students (%): 1.3%

Here:	1.3%
State average from 1682 schools:	4.2%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 49.0%

Here:	49.0%
State average from 1682 schools:	51.7%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 51.0%

This school:	51.0%
State average from 1682 schools:	48.3%

First Language Not English # : 8
Limited English Proficient # : 2
Low-Income # : 62

First Language Not English %: 0.9%

This school:	0.9%
State average from 1452 schools:	13.6%

Limited English Proficient %: 0.2%

Here:	0.2%
State average from 887 schools:	7.9%

Low-Income %: 6.9%

Plymouth South High School:	6.9%
State average from 1613 schools:	27.4%

2001 Student Enrollment: 837
10th grade Enrollment : 293
11th grade Enrollment : 208
12th grade Enrollment : 200
Special grade Enrollment : 173

White students (%): 97.4%

Plymouth South High School:	97.4%
State average from 1664 schools:	77.2%

African American students (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 1664 schools:	8.8%

Hispanic students (%): 0.8%

Here:	0.8%
State average from 1664 schools:	9.6%

Asian students (%): 0.8%

Here:	0.8%
State average from 1664 schools:	4.1%

Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander students (%): 48.6%

This school:	48.6%
State average from 1664 schools:	51.6%

Multi-Race Non-Hispanic students (%): 51.4%

Here:	51.4%
State average from 1664 schools:	48.4%

First Language Not English # : 16
Limited English Proficient # : 11
Low-Income # : 66

First Language Not English %: 1.8%

This school:	1.8%
State average from 1347 schools:	14.1%

Limited English Proficient %: 1.3%

Here:	1.3%
State average from 834 schools:	7.7%

Low-Income %: 7.6%

Here:	7.6%
State average from 1635 schools:	26.3%

2007 Attendance statistics:

Out-of-School Suspensions count : 165

Average number of Absences: 12.8

Plymouth South High School:	12.8
State average from 1782 schools:	8.8

Attendance Rate: 92.5%

This school:	92.5%
State average from 1782 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 19.7%

This school:	19.7%
State average from 1093 schools:	8.3%

2006 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 13.8
Out-of-School Suspensions count : 51

Average number of Absences: 26.0

Here:	26.0
State average from 325 schools:	29.0

Attendance Rate: 3.2%

This school:	3.2%
State average from 325 schools:	4.5%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 91.8%

Here:	91.8%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Out-of-School Suspensions Rate: 6.4%

Here:	6.4%
State average from 690 schools:	5.9%

2005 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 14.2

Average number of Absences: 40.0

Here:	40.0
State average from 322 schools:	31.1

Attendance Rate: 4.7%

Here:	4.7%
State average from 322 schools:	4.2%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 90.8%

Here:	90.8%
State average from 1746 schools:	94.8%

2004 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 14.6

Average number of Absences: 55.0

Here:	55.0
State average from 313 schools:	32.0

Attendance Rate: 5.9%

Here:	5.9%
State average from 314 schools:	4.6%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 91.3%

Here:	91.3%
State average from 1729 schools:	94.7%

2003 Attendance statistics:

In-School Suspensions count : 13.5

Average number of Absences: 46.0

This school:	46.0
State average from 282 schools:	30.1

Attendance Rate: 5.3%

Here:	5.3%
State average from 282 schools:	4.4%

In-School Suspensions Rate: 92.0%

Here:	92.0%
State average from 1635 schools:	94.4%

2007 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 83
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 74

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 91.9%

Here:	91.9%
State average from 1782 schools:	95.7%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 90.6%

Here:	90.6%
State average from 1781 schools:	95.3%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 10.0

Here:	10.0
State average from 1782 schools:	10.0

2006 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 83
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 73

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 95.7%

Here:	95.7%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.8%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 90.9%

Here:	90.9%
State average from 1781 schools:	94.1%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 9.7

This school:	9.7
State average from 1781 schools:	13.4

2005 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 84
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 72

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 88.1%

This school:	88.1%
State average from 1745 schools:	94.4%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 86.0%

Here:	86.0%
State average from 1733 schools:	93.9%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 10.1

Here:	10.1
State average from 1746 schools:	13.6

2004 Teacher statistics:

Total number of Teachers : 81
Total number of Teachers in Core Academic Areas : 69

Percentage of Teachers Licensed in Teaching Assignment: 96.3%

This school:	96.3%
State average from 1728 schools:	94.1%

Percentage of Core Academic Teachers Identified as Highly Qualified: 95.6%

Here:	95.6%
State average from 1724 schools:	94.4%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 11.4

Here:	11.4
State average from 1729 schools:	13.8

2007 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 249

Reading: 497.0

Here:	497.0
State average from 322 schools:	488.1

Writing: 481.0

This school:	481.0
State average from 322 schools:	483.3

Math: 500.0

Here:	500.0
State average from 322 schools:	496.6

2006 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Number of Test Takers : 202

Reading: 484.0

Here:	484.0
State average from 316 schools:	489.7

Writing: 475.0

This school:	475.0
State average from 316 schools:	484.0

Math: 480.0

Here:	480.0
State average from 316 schools:	498.9

2005 Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) statistics:

Reading: 497.0

Here:	497.0
State average from 299 schools:	500.8

Writing: 493.0

Here:	493.0
State average from 299 schools:	506.6

Math: 201.0

Here:	201.0
State average from 307 schools:	143.7

2007 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 160
Warning / Failing - English : 3
Needs Improvement - English : 29
Proficiency - English : 94
Proficiency and Above - English : 34

Students Tested - Math : 160
Warning / Failing - Math : 8
Needs Improvement - Math : 45
Proficiency - Math : 46
Proficiency and Above - Math : 61

Composite Performance Index - English: 93.1

Here:	93.1
State average from 336 schools:	88.3

Warning / Failing - English (%): 2.0%

Here:	2.0%
State average from 336 schools:	4.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 18.0%

Here:	18.0%
State average from 336 schools:	24.7%

Proficiency - English (%): 59.0%

Here:	59.0%
State average from 336 schools:	50.1%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 21.0%

Here:	21.0%
State average from 336 schools:	20.5%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 86.1

Here:	86.1
State average from 336 schools:	85.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 5.0%

This school:	5.0%
State average from 336 schools:	8.2%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 28.0%

This school:	28.0%
State average from 336 schools:	22.4%

Proficiency - Math (%): 29.0%

Plymouth South High School:	29.0%
State average from 336 schools:	29.0%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 38.0%

Here:	38.0%
State average from 336 schools:	40.4%

2006 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 213
Warning / Failing - English : 2
Needs Improvement - English : 44
Proficiency - English : 107
Proficiency and Above - English : 60

Students Tested - Math : 213
Warning / Failing - Math : 13
Needs Improvement - Math : 48
Proficiency - Math : 85
Proficiency and Above - Math : 67

Composite Performance Index - English: 92.8

Plymouth South High School:	92.8
State average from 321 schools:	86.0

Warning / Failing - English (%): 1.0%

Here:	1.0%
State average from 321 schools:	6.9%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 21.0%

Here:	21.0%
State average from 321 schools:	26.1%

Proficiency - English (%): 50.0%

Plymouth South High School:	50.0%
State average from 321 schools:	44.3%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 28.0%

Plymouth South High School:	28.0%
State average from 321 schools:	22.8%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 87.6

Here:	87.6
State average from 321 schools:	81.8

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 6.0%

Here:	6.0%
State average from 321 schools:	11.5%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 23.0%

Here:	23.0%
State average from 321 schools:	24.9%

Proficiency - Math (%): 40.0%

This school:	40.0%
State average from 321 schools:	28.7%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 31.0%

Here:	31.0%
State average from 321 schools:	35.0%

2004 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 188
Warning / Failing - English : 18
Needs Improvement - English : 66
Proficiency - English : 66
Proficiency and Above - English : 38

Students Tested - Math : 147
Warning / Failing - Math : 10
Needs Improvement - Math : 71
Proficiency - Math : 61
Proficiency and Above - Math : 5

Composite Performance Index - English: 80.1

Here:	80.1
State average from 317 schools:	80.4

Warning / Failing - English (%): 10.0%

Here:	10.0%
State average from 317 schools:	11.6%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 35.0%

Here:	35.0%
State average from 317 schools:	29.6%

Proficiency - English (%): 35.0%

Here:	35.0%
State average from 317 schools:	31.8%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 20.0%

Here:	20.0%
State average from 317 schools:	27.2%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 78.6

Plymouth South High School:	78.6
State average from 316 schools:	83.6

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 7.0%

Here:	7.0%
State average from 316 schools:	9.0%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 48.0%

Here:	48.0%
State average from 316 schools:	27.6%

Proficiency - Math (%): 41.0%

Here:	41.0%
State average from 316 schools:	41.9%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 316 schools:	21.6%

2003 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) statistics - 10th Grade:

Students Tested - English : 210
Warning / Failing - English : 7
Needs Improvement - English : 50
Proficiency - English : 108
Proficiency and Above - English : 45

Students Tested - Math : 211
Warning / Failing - Math : 19
Needs Improvement - Math : 68
Proficiency - Math : 71
Proficiency and Above - Math : 53

Composite Performance Index - English: 88.9

Here:	88.9
State average from 309 schools:	83.1

Warning / Failing - English (%): 3.0%

Here:	3.0%
State average from 309 schools:	8.7%

Needs Improvement - English (%): 24.0%

Here:	24.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.3%

Proficiency - English (%): 51.0%

Here:	51.0%
State average from 309 schools:	42.9%

Proficiency and Above - English (%): 21.0%

Here:	21.0%
State average from 309 schools:	20.2%

Composite Performance Index - Math: 80.7

Here:	80.7
State average from 309 schools:	75.4

Warning / Failing - Math (%): 9.0%

This school:	9.0%
State average from 309 schools:	17.8%

Needs Improvement - Math (%): 32.0%

Here:	32.0%
State average from 309 schools:	29.5%

Proficiency - Math (%): 34.0%

Plymouth South High School:	34.0%
State average from 309 schools:	28.7%

Proficiency and Above - Math (%): 25.0%

Here:	25.0%
State average from 309 schools:	24.1%

Participation Statistics:

2007 Participation - All students - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 172
Standard Assessment : 160
Absent : 1
Medically documented absence : 1
After October : 10

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

Here:	99.0%
State average from 341 schools:	99.5%

2007 Participation - All students - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 173
Standard Assessment : 160
Absent : 2
After October : 10

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

This school:	99.0%
State average from 341 schools:	99.0%

2007 Participation - Low income subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 22
Standard Assessment : 20
After October : 2

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 285 schools:	99.1%

2007 Participation - Low income subgroup - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 100%
Enrollment : 23
Standard Assessment : 20
After October : 2

AYP participation rate: 100.0%

Here:	100.0%
State average from 284 schools:	98.3%

2007 Participation - Black/African American subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 100%

2007 Participation - White subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 167
Standard Assessment : 155
Absent : 1
Medically documented absence : 1
After October : 10

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

Here:	99.0%
State average from 312 schools:	99.6%

2007 Participation - White subgroup - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 99%
Enrollment : 167
Standard Assessment : 155
Absent : 2
After October : 10

AYP participation rate: 99.0%

This school:	99.0%
State average from 310 schools:	99.3%

2007 Participation - Multi-race subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 99%

2007 Participation - Special Education subgroup - English - 10th Grade:

Enrollment : 19
Standard Assessment : 16
Absent : 1
Medically documented absence : 1
After October : 1

AYP participation rate: 89.0%

This school:	89.0%
State average from 284 schools:	98.6%

2007 Participation - Special Education subgroup - Math - 10th Grade:

AYP participation rate : 89%
Enrollment : 19
Standard Assessment : 17
Absent : 1
After October : 1

AYP participation rate: 95.0%

Plymouth South High School:	95.0%
State average from 286 schools:	97.8%

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