2021-2022 school year: Increasing number of students in halls across Barnstable County

By Cape Cod Ledger

Jul 26, 2023

In 2021-2022, 22,050 students attended Barnstable County schools, 0.2% more than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

In comparison to the gender breakdown from the previous year, the number of boys increased by 0.7%, whereas the number of girls shrank 0.6%

Barnstable County had the 9th highest enrollment numbers in the state.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, according to state data from 2020. 35% of students were considered people of color.

Across the state, Hispanic and Latino students suffered the highest high school dropout rates.

Underrepresentation is also found among educators in Massachusetts. The Rennie Center reported that only 9% of teachers are people of color.

Gender Enrolment of Barnstable County Schools during 2022 school year

School name	Total enrollment	% of Male students	% of Female students
Barnstable High School	1,762	49.8%	50.1%
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School	900	49.9%	49.8%
Sturgis Charter Public School	846	42.1%	57.7%
Nauset Regional High School	833	44.8%	54.6%
Falmouth High School	805	50.4%	48.6%
Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical School	744	59.1%	40.9%
Oak Ridge School	737	50.5%	49.5%
Barnstable United Elementary School	712	50.6%	49.2%
Barnstable Intermediate School	682	53.5%	45.9%
Monomoy Regional High School	670	49.1%	50.4%
Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical School	654	62.5%	37.2%
Sandwich Middle High School	611	48.6%	51.1%
Forestdale School	547	52.5%	47.5%
Nauset Regional Middle School	533	51%	49%
Lawrence School	498	51.4%	48.2%
Harwich Elementary School	492	57.5%	42.5%
Morse Pond School	474	51.1%	48.9%
Monomoy Regional Middle School	456	51.3%	48.7%
Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate School	442	53.4%	46.6%
Bourne Middle School	442	48.9%	51.1%
Mashpee Middle-High School	440	52%	47.7%
Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School	428	53.5%	46.5%
Station Avenue Elementary School	427	52.2%	47.8%
Quashnet School	423	52.5%	47.5%
Mullen-Hall School	400	57.3%	42.8%
Bourne High School	393	46.6%	53.4%
West Villages Elementary School	376	51.1%	48.9%
Bourne Intermediate School	365	48.2%	51.8%
Kenneth Coombs School	364	50.3%	49.7%
Bournedale Elementary School	357	53.8%	46.2%
North Falmouth Elementary School	338	45.9%	54.1%
Ezra H. Baker Innovation School	305	47.2%	52.8%
Marguerite E. Small Elementary School	293	57.3%	42.7%
Barnstable Community Innovation School	292	51.7%	47.9%
Hyannis West Elementary School	290	51.7%	48.3%
East Falmouth Elementary School	276	58.7%	41.3%
Teaticket School	253	54.9%	43.9%
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School	250	51.6%	48%
Centerville Elementary School	247	53%	47%
West Barnstable Elementary School	241	57.3%	42.7%
Stony Brook Elementary School	225	51.1%	48.9%
Eddy Elementary School	213	48.4%	51.6%
Eastham Elementary School	192	54.7%	45.3%
Orleans Elementary School	164	44.5%	55.5%
Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center	149	64.4%	35.6%
Chatham Elementary School	145	51.7%	48.3%
Provincetown Schools School	141	48.2%	51.8%
Wellfleet Elementary School	112	55.4%	44.6%
Truro Central School	111	51.4%	48.6%