Cape Cod Ledger

There were 1,300 African American students enrolled in Barnstable County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.5% more than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Barnstable County welcomed a total of 21,414 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American pupils comprised 6.1% of the total, making this group the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 47 schools in Barnstable County, Barnstable High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 172 students.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, making up 53% of the student population in the state. Hispanic students come in second, representing over 25% of Massachusetts' student body.

However, across the state, Hispanic and Native American 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.

School name	African American Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% of Total
Barnstable Community Innovation School	29	290	10%
Barnstable High School	172	1,763	9.8%
Barnstable Intermediate School	61	651	9.4%
Barnstable United Elementary School	63	735	8.6%
Bourne High School	4	351	1.1%
Bourne Intermediate School	4	370	1.1%
Bourne Middle School	8	431	1.9%
Bournedale Elementary School	2	402	0.5%
Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical School	37	666	5.6%
Centerville Elementary School	13	247	5.3%
Chatham Elementary School	9	151	6%
Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate School	42	454	9.3%
Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School	49	476	10.3%
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School	118	888	13.3%
East Falmouth Elementary School	14	282	5%
Eastham Elementary School	18	186	9.7%
Eddy Elementary School	2	201	1%
Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center	18	157	11.5%
Ezra H. Baker Innovation School	38	340	11.2%
Falmouth High School	42	766	5.5%
Forestdale School	3	540	0.6%
Harwich Elementary School	26	477	5.5%
Hyannis West Elementary School	46	330	13.9%
Kenneth Coombs School	12	390	3.1%
Lawrence School	22	477	4.6%
Marguerite E. Small Elementary School	32	282	11.3%
Mashpee Middle-High School	30	655	4.6%
Monomoy Regional High School	49	702	7%
Monomoy Regional Middle School	28	439	6.4%
Morse Pond School	28	482	5.8%
Mullen-Hall School	9	380	2.4%
Nauset Regional High School	49	780	6.3%
Nauset Regional Middle School	25	528	4.7%
North Falmouth Elementary School	7	315	2.2%
Oak Ridge School	8	674	1.2%
Orleans Elementary School	5	145	3.4%
Provincetown Schools School	28	142	19.7%
Quashnet School	19	398	4.8%
Sandwich Middle High School	12	928	1.3%
Station Avenue Elementary School	47	417	11.3%
Stony Brook Elementary School	8	230	3.5%
Teaticket School	15	265	5.7%
Truro Central School	6	99	6.1%
Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical School	17	769	2.2%
Wellfleet Elementary School	1	98	1%
West Barnstable Elementary School	11	264	4.2%
West Villages Elementary School	14	401	3.5%