Barnstable County enrolls mainly white students in 2022-23 school year

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By Cape Cod Ledger

Oct 28, 2024

In the 2022-23 school year, white students were the most represented ethnicity in Barnstable County, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

There were 16,173 white students enrolled, making up 71.9% of the student body in Barnstable County.

The proportion of white students enrolled in the county rose over the year before.

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander students were the least represented ethnicity within the county.

The number of students attending the county’s schools in the 2022-23 school year grew to 22,494.

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.

Ethnic Diversity in Barnstable County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

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

School	White Students Enrollment	Total Enrollment in 2022-2023	% of Total Enrollment
Barnstable Community Innovation School	104	290	35.9%
Barnstable High School	974	1,763	55.3%
Barnstable Intermediate School	332	651	51%
Barnstable United Elementary School	385	735	52.5%
Bourne High School	294	351	83.8%
Bourne Intermediate School	304	370	82.4%
Bourne Middle School	359	431	83.5%
Bournedale Elementary School	319	402	79.6%
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School	230	250	92%
Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical School	510	666	76.7%
Centerville Elementary	166	247	67.6%
Chatham Elementary School	109	151	72.8%
Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate School	312	454	68.9%
Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School	310	476	65.3%
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School	554	888	62.4%
East Falmouth Elementary School	210	282	74.5%
Eastham Elementary School	143	186	76.9%
Eddy Elementary School	162	201	80.6%
Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center	68	157	43.9%
Ezra H Baker Innovation School	219	340	64.7%
Falmouth High School	585	766	76.5%
Forestdale School	475	540	88%
Harwich Elementary School	355	477	74.6%
Hyannis West Elementary School	79	330	24.2%
Kenneth Coombs School	274	390	70.5%
Lawrence School	384	477	80.7%
Marguerite E Small Elementary School	157	282	56%
Mashpee Middle-High School	476	655	72.8%
Monomoy Regional High School	543	702	77.4%
Monomoy Regional Middle School	333	439	75.9%
Morse Pond School	351	482	73%
Mullen-Hall School	273	380	72.1%
Nauset Regional High School	649	780	83.3%
Nauset Regional Middle School	425	528	80.5%
North Falmouth Elementary School	261	315	82.9%
Oak Ridge School	589	674	87.4%
Orleans Elementary School	111	145	77.2%
Provincetown Schools	79	142	56.3%
Quashnet School	263	398	66.3%
Sandwich Middle High School	837	928	90.3%
Station Avenue Elementary School	293	417	70.3%
Stony Brook Elementary School	175	230	76.1%
Sturgis Charter Public School	697	830	84%
Teaticket School	188	265	71.3%
Truro Central School	65	99	65.7%
Upper Cape Cod Vocational Technical School	629	769	81.9%
Wellfleet Elementary School	81	98	82.7%
West Barnstable Elementary School	173	264	65.9%
West Villages Elementary School	281	401	70.3%