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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 71.2% of Barnstable County's districts student body in 2022-23 school year

Secretary of education patrick tutwiler 2023

TX Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler 2023 | Massachusetts Department of Education

TX Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler 2023 | Massachusetts Department of Education

There were 15,240 white students enrolled in Barnstable County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 4.2% less 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, white pupils comprised 71.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 17 districts in Barnstable County, Barnstable Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 2,568 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.

Ethnicities in Barnstable County in 2022-23 School Year

White (71.2%)Hispanic (12.7%)Multiracial (6.7%)African American (6.2%)Ethnicities < 5% (3.2%)

Enrollment Demographics in Barnstable County Districts During 2022-23 School Year

District% of White Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Barnstable Public Schools53.1%4,838
Bourne Public Schools82.2%1,554
Brewster School District78.2%431
Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical School District76.6%666
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District64.7%2,857
Eastham School District76.9%186
Falmouth Public Schools76.1%2,967
Gosnold School DistrictNaN%0
Mashpee Public Schools70.3%1,443
Monomoy Regional School District75.9%1,769
Nauset Public Schools76.6%145
Nauset Regional School District82.2%1,308
Provincetown Public Schools55.6%142
Sandwich Public Schools88.8%2,142
Truro School District65.7%99
Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical School District81.8%769
Wellfleet School District82.7%98

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