Cape Cod Ledger

There were 1,422 multiracial students enrolled in Barnstable County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 10.5% 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, multiracial pupils comprised 6.6% of the total, making this group the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 47 schools in Barnstable County, Barnstable High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 111 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	Multiracial Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% of Total
Barnstable Community Innovation School	20	290	6.9%
Barnstable High School	111	1,763	6.3%
Barnstable Intermediate School	39	651	6%
Barnstable United Elementary School	61	735	8.3%
Bourne High School	16	351	4.6%
Bourne Intermediate School	24	370	6.5%
Bourne Middle School	27	431	6.3%
Bournedale Elementary School	40	402	10%
Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical School	27	666	4.1%
Centerville Elementary School	28	247	11.3%
Chatham Elementary School	9	151	6%
Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate School	28	454	6.2%
Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School	42	476	8.8%
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School	56	888	6.3%
East Falmouth Elementary School	21	282	7.4%
Eastham Elementary School	15	186	8.1%
Eddy Elementary School	13	201	6.5%
Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center	18	157	11.5%
Ezra H. Baker Innovation School	25	340	7.4%
Falmouth High School	45	766	5.9%
Forestdale School	16	540	3%
Harwich Elementary School	43	477	9%
Hyannis West Elementary School	35	330	10.6%
Kenneth Coombs School	44	390	11.3%
Lawrence School	24	477	5%
Marguerite E. Small Elementary School	23	282	8.2%
Mashpee Middle-High School	51	655	7.8%
Monomoy Regional High School	30	702	4.3%
Monomoy Regional Middle School	25	439	5.7%
Morse Pond School	40	482	8.3%
Mullen-Hall School	31	380	8.2%
Nauset Regional High School	24	780	3.1%
Nauset Regional Middle School	30	528	5.7%
North Falmouth Elementary School	18	315	5.7%
Oak Ridge School	10	674	1.5%
Orleans Elementary School	8	145	5.5%
Provincetown Schools School	13	142	9.2%
Quashnet School	54	398	13.6%
Sandwich Middle High School	16	928	1.7%
Station Avenue Elementary School	20	417	4.8%
Stony Brook Elementary School	17	230	7.4%
Teaticket School	24	265	9.1%
Truro Central School	19	99	19.2%
Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical School	59	769	7.7%
Wellfleet Elementary School	10	98	10.2%
West Barnstable Elementary School	25	264	9.5%
West Villages Elementary School	48	401	12%