Cape Cod Ledger

There were 2,702 Hispanic students enrolled in Barnstable County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 15.3% 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, Hispanic pupils comprised 12.6% of the total, making this group the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 47 schools in Barnstable County, Barnstable High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 456 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	Hispanic Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% of Total
Barnstable Community Innovation School	124	290	42.8%
Barnstable High School	456	1,763	25.9%
Barnstable Intermediate School	197	651	30.3%
Barnstable United Elementary School	205	735	27.9%
Bourne High School	16	351	4.6%
Bourne Intermediate School	25	370	6.8%
Bourne Middle School	28	431	6.5%
Bournedale Elementary School	28	402	7%
Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical School	75	666	11.3%
Centerville Elementary School	33	247	13.4%
Chatham Elementary School	19	151	12.6%
Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate School	54	454	11.9%
Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School	50	476	10.5%
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School	117	888	13.2%
East Falmouth Elementary School	25	282	8.9%
Eastham Elementary School	7	186	3.8%
Eddy Elementary School	22	201	10.9%
Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center	43	157	27.4%
Ezra H. Baker Innovation School	44	340	12.9%
Falmouth High School	66	766	8.6%
Forestdale School	25	540	4.6%
Harwich Elementary School	40	477	8.4%
Hyannis West Elementary School	164	330	49.7%
Kenneth Coombs School	35	390	9%
Lawrence School	37	477	7.8%
Marguerite E. Small Elementary School	53	282	18.8%
Mashpee Middle-High School	39	655	6%
Monomoy Regional High School	59	702	8.4%
Monomoy Regional Middle School	40	439	9.1%
Morse Pond School	45	482	9.3%
Mullen-Hall School	55	380	14.5%
Nauset Regional High School	36	780	4.6%
Nauset Regional Middle School	40	528	7.6%
North Falmouth Elementary School	23	315	7.3%
Oak Ridge School	41	674	6.1%
Orleans Elementary School	14	145	9.7%
Provincetown Schools School	19	142	13.4%
Quashnet School	31	398	7.8%
Sandwich Middle High School	27	928	2.9%
Station Avenue Elementary School	40	417	9.6%
Stony Brook Elementary School	23	230	10%
Teaticket School	28	265	10.6%
Truro Central School	8	99	8.1%
Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical School	46	769	6%
Wellfleet Elementary School	4	98	4.1%
West Barnstable Elementary School	46	264	17.4%
West Villages Elementary School	50	401	12.5%