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Barnstable County Education: 213 Native American students were enrolled in districts 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 213 Native American students enrolled in Barnstable County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 5.8% 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, Native American pupils comprised 1% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 17 districts in Barnstable County, Mashpee Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of Native American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 82 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 Native American Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment
Barnstable Public Schools0.3%4,838
Bourne Public Schools0.6%1,554
Brewster School District0%431
Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical School District1.1%666
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District1.5%2,857
Eastham School District0%186
Falmouth Public Schools1.1%2,967
Gosnold School DistrictNaN%0
Mashpee Public Schools5.7%1,443
Monomoy Regional School District0.7%1,769
Nauset Public Schools0.7%145
Nauset Regional School District0.1%1,308
Provincetown Public Schools0.7%142
Sandwich Public Schools0.3%2,142
Truro School District0%99
Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical School District0.8%769
Wellfleet School District0%98

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