Bristol County schools student body comprised mostly of white students in 2022-23 school year

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

By Bristol Reporter

May 2, 2024

The majority of students in Bristol County schools were white in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of the 76,453 pupils attending Bristol County schools, 63.6% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnic group, making up 18.3% of the Bristol County student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Bristol County schools, representing 65.2% of the student body.

William S. Greene School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 36.9% of white students, 34.7% of Hispanic students, 12.1% of African American students, 11.4% of multiracial students, 4.3% of Asian students, and 0.1% of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.8% compared to the previous year.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, according to state data from 2020. 35% of students were considered people of color.

Across the state, Hispanic and Latino 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 Bristol County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

Students' Most Prevalent Ethnicity Percentage in Bristol County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

School name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
A. Irvin Studley Elementary School	White	64.7%	351
Abraham Lincoln School	Hispanic	44%	641
Acushnet Elementary School	White	87.6%	556
Albert F. Ford Middle School	White	89.2%	407
Alfred J. Gomes School	Hispanic	71.6%	496
Alice A. Macomber School	White	90.8%	173
Amvet Boulevard School	White	68.2%	402
Andrew B. Cushman School	White	79.4%	131
Attleboro Community Academy	White	67.9%	56
Attleboro High School	White	62.9%	1,844
Attleboro Virtual Academy	White	70%	40
B. M. C. Durfee High School	White	47%	2,460
Benjamin Friedman Middle School	White	62.1%	730
Berkley Community School	White	89.8%	479
Berkley Middle School	White	92%	373
Betsey B. Winslow School	White	61.9%	231
Blanche A. Ames Elementary School	White	71.9%	747
Bristol County Agricultural High School	White	84%	549
Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical School	White	83.7%	1,310
Carlos Pacheco School	Hispanic	51.5%	328
Carlton M. Viveiros Elementary School	White	38.8%	696
Casimir Pulaski School	White	66.7%	544
Chace Street School	White	87%	324
Charles S. Ashley School	White	52.2%	278
Community School	White	59.9%	289
Cyril K. Brennan Middle School	White	61.2%	623
Dartmouth High School	White	81%	979
Dartmouth Middle School	White	84.6%	804
Dighton Elementary School	White	85.2%	431
Dighton Middle School	White	84.7%	366
Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School	White	86.8%	687
Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School	White	72.7%	1,412
Dorothy L. Beckwith School	White	87.2%	446
Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School	White	82.2%	490
Early Learning Center	White	65.8%	190
Early Learning Center	Hispanic	39.3%	56
East Fairhaven School	White	80.2%	313
East Taunton Elementary School	White	63.8%	533
Easton Middle School	White	75.9%	821
Edmund Hatch Bennett School	White	63.9%	285
Edward F. Leddy Preschool	White	54.4%	252
Elizabeth Carter Brooks School	White	44.4%	275
Elizabeth Pole School	White	46.3%	577
Elizabeth S. Brown School	White	91%	289
Ellen R. Hathaway School	Hispanic	44.5%	236
Elwyn G. Campbell School	White	39.8%	284
Everett W. Robinson School	White	74.7%	754
Fairhaven High School	White	84.7%	633
Falls School	White	78.6%	229
Freetown Elementary School	White	93.7%	426
Gardner School	White	92.9%	254
George H. Potter School	White	85.3%	401
George R. Martin School	White	84.2%	456
Gr. New Bedford Vocational Technical School	White	56.4%	2,095
H. H. Galligan School	White	32.8%	259
Harold L. Qualters Middle School	White	73.3%	790
Hastings Middle School	White	84.5%	438
Hayden/McFadden School	Hispanic	64.4%	682
Henri A. Yelle School	White	87.1%	333
Henry Lord Community School	White	40%	815
Hill-Roberts Elementary School	White	63.1%	409
Hyman Fine Elementary School	White	58.2%	450
Irwin M. Jacobs Elementary School	Hispanic	58.6%	403
J. C. Solmonese School	White	85.4%	513
James B. Congdon School	White	43.9%	326
James L. Mulcahey Elementary School	White	45.7%	851
James M. Quinn School	White	83.1%	704
James Tansey School	White	68.5%	276
Jireh Swift School	White	58%	226
John Avery Parker School	Hispanic	45.5%	257
John B. Devalles School	Hispanic	51%	304
John F. Parker Middle School	White	46.4%	494
John J. Doran School	White	41.5%	509
Jordan/Jackson Elementary School	White	75%	704
Joseph C. Chamberlain School	White	65.8%	453
Joseph Case High School	White	94.8%	537
Joseph Case Junior High School	White	93%	498
Joseph Demello School	White	85.5%	351
Joseph G. Luther School	White	90.4%	178
Joseph H. Martin School	White	59.2%	642
Joseph W. Martin Junior Elementary School	White	83.6%	536
Keith Middle School	White	37.7%	870
L. G. Nourse Elementary School	White	87.2%	289
Laliberte Elementary School	White	76.4%	501
Leroy Wood School	White	82.8%	442
Letourneau Elementary School	White	39.4%	597
Mansfield High School	White	78.7%	1,092
Mark G. Hoyle Elementary School	White	92.7%	232
Mary Fonseca Elementary School	Hispanic	43.1%	636
Matthew J. Kuss Middle School	White	43.7%	682
Merrill Elementary School	White	73.9%	352
Mildred Aitken School	White	84.5%	579
Morton Middle School	White	54.5%	690
New Bedford High School	Hispanic	46.8%	2,898
Normandin Middle School	White	46.1%	1,051
North Attleboro High School	White	77.6%	1,107
North Attleborough Early Learning Center	White	64.2%	148
North Attleborough Middle School	White	74.9%	956
North Elementary School	White	86.5%	458
North End Elementary School	White	52.7%	687
Norton High School	White	87.2%	678
Norton Middle School	White	85.2%	553
Oliver Ames High School	White	79.5%	1,082
Palmer River School	White	89.8%	547
Peter Thacher Elementary School	White	60.4%	442
Raynham Middle School	White	80%	725
Renaissance Community Innovation School	Hispanic	61.1%	131
Resiliency Preparatory Academy	Hispanic	33%	197
Richardson Olmsted School	White	75.7%	760
Robert J. Coelho Middle School	White	66.7%	573
Roland Green School	White	83.5%	91
Roosevelt Avenue School	White	77.9%	249
Roosevelt Middle School	Hispanic	47.2%	778
Samuel Watson School	White	38%	242
Seekonk High School	White	81.4%	533
Seekonk Transitions Academy	White	100%	4
Sgt. Wm. H. Carney Academy	Hispanic	39.3%	611
Somerset Berkley Regional High School	White	89.1%	1,003
Somerset Middle School	White	87.7%	575
South School	White	83.7%	258
Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical School	White	40.9%	1,558
Spencer Borden School	White	48.1%	576
Stone PK-12 School	White	54.1%	74
Talbot Innovation School	White	39.8%	533
Taunton Alternative High School	White	49.3%	69
Taunton High School	White	56.7%	2,760
Thomas R. Rodman School	White	43.3%	210
Thomas Willett Elementary School	White	62.4%	372
Trinity Day Academy	White	42.2%	83
Wamsutta Middle School	White	60.8%	576
Westport Elementary School	White	89.1%	441
Westport Middle-High School	White	89.8%	832
Whaling City Junior/Senior High School	Hispanic	40%	135
William H. Taylor School	White	64.8%	244
William S. Greene School	White	36.9%	721