Bristol Reporter

There were 47,041 white students enrolled in Bristol County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.4% less than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Bristol County districts welcomed a total of 74,449 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white pupils comprised 63.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 23 districts in Bristol County, Fall River Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 4,607 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Bristol 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 White Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Acushnet Public Schools	88.3%	963
Attleboro Public Schools	62.7%	5,926
Berkley Public Schools	90.7%	852
Bristol County Agricultural School District	84%	549
Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical School District	83.7%	1,310
Dartmouth Public Schools	83.3%	3,370
Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School District	87%	2,477
Easton Public Schools	76.2%	3,410
Fairhaven Public Schools	83.5%	1,826
Fall River Public Schools	44.1%	10,447
Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical School District	72.7%	1,412
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical School District	56.4%	2,095
Mansfield School District	76%	3,431
New Bedford Public Schools	35.9%	12,522
North Attleborough Public Schools	75.2%	3,916
Norton School District	86.3%	2,366
Seekonk Public Schools	83.3%	2,062
Somerset Berkley Regional School District	89.1%	1,003
Somerset Public Schools	86.7%	1,615
Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical School District	40.9%	1,558
Swansea Public Schools	93.1%	1,988
Taunton Public Schools	55.2%	7,905
Westport Community Schools	89.8%	1,446