Cape Cod Ledger

There were 1,319 African American students enrolled in Barnstable County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 3.5% more than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Barnstable County districts welcomed a total of 21,414 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American pupils comprised 6.2% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 17 districts in Barnstable County, Barnstable Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 430 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Barnstable County.

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.

District	% of African American Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Barnstable Public Schools	8.9%	4,838
Bourne Public Schools	1.3%	1,554
Brewster School District	2.6%	431
Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical School District	5.6%	666
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District	11.5%	2,857
Eastham School District	9.7%	186
Falmouth Public Schools	4.8%	2,967
Gosnold School District	NaN%	0
Mashpee Public Schools	4.4%	1,443
Monomoy Regional School District	6.4%	1,769
Nauset Public Schools	3.4%	145
Nauset Regional School District	5.7%	1,308
Provincetown Public Schools	19.7%	142
Sandwich Public Schools	1.2%	2,142
Truro School District	6.1%	99
Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical School District	2.2%	769
Wellfleet School District	1%	98