Bristol Reporter

New Bedford High School had the highest enrollment among Bristol County schools, welcoming 2,893 students during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 53.9% of them were boys, 45.8% were girls, and 0.3% identified themselves as non-binary or did not specify their gender.

The most represented ethnicity among New Bedford High School students was Hispanic, accounting for 47.3% of the student population.

Among the 138 schools in Bristol County, Taunton High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,690 students, while B. M. C. Durfee High School welcomed 2,435 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

New Bedford High School is part of New Bedford Public Schools, which roughly covers schools within Bristol County and has a main office in New Bedford.

In the previous school year, New Bedford High School also had the highest number of students among Bristol County schools.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, according to state data from 2024. Hispanic and Latino students come in second, making up 25.1% of the state's student body.

Across the state, Hispanic and Latino students suffered the highest high school dropout rates (4.4%) in the 2022-23 school year, while also recording the lowest graduation rates (78.9%) in Massachusetts in 2023.

Underrepresentation is also found among educators in Massachusetts. The Rennie Center reported that only 9% of teachers are people of color.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
New Bedford High School	New Bedford	2,893
Taunton High School	Taunton	2,690
B. M. C. Durfee High School	Fall River	2,435
Gr. New Bedford Vocational Technical School	New Bedford	2,147
Attleboro High School	Attleboro	1,925
Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical School	South Easton	1,597
Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School	Fall River	1,443
Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical School	Taunton	1,330
Atlantis Charter School	Fall River	1,257
North Attleboro High School	North Attleborough	1,079
Oliver Ames High School	North Easton	1,076
Alma del Mar Charter School	New Bedford	1,041
Normandin Middle School	New Bedford	1,038
Mansfield High School	Mansfield	1,035
North Attleborough Middle School	North Attleborough	964
Somerset Berkley Regional High School	Somerset	960
Dartmouth High School	Dartmouth	949
James L. Mulcahey Elementary School	Taunton	882
Westport Middle-High School	Westport	880
Keith Middle School	New Bedford	872
Easton Middle School	North Easton	808
Henry Lord Community School	Fall River	797
Roosevelt Middle School	New Bedford	788
Dartmouth Middle School	North Dartmouth	787
Harold L. Qualters Middle School	Mansfield	786
Blanche A. Ames Elementary School	North Easton	781
William S. Greene School	Fall River	749
Raynham Middle School	Raynham	746
Jordan/Jackson Elementary School	Mansfield	738
Richardson Olmsted School	North Easton	736
Morton Middle School	Fall River	714
Hayden/McFadden School	New Bedford	713
Everett W. Robinson School	Mansfield	712
James M. Quinn School	Dartmouth	712
Carlton M. Viveiros Elementary School	Fall River	697
Matthew J. Kuss Middle School	Fall River	694
Benjamin Friedman Middle School	Taunton	692
Norton High School	Norton	685
Abraham Lincoln School	New Bedford	672
North End Elementary School	Fall River	654
Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School	North Dighton	650
Joseph H. Martin School	East Taunton	648
Mary Fonseca Elementary School	Fall River	632
Letourneau Elementary School	Fall River	618
Cyril K. Brennan Middle School	Attleboro	613
Sgt. Wm. H. Carney Academy	New Bedford	613
Alfred J. Gomes School	New Bedford	610
Elizabeth Pole School	Taunton	602
Bristol County Agricultural High School	Dighton	592
Palmer River School	Rehoboth	591
Fairhaven High School	Fairhaven	591
Wamsutta Middle School	Attleboro	580
Spencer Borden School	Fall River	578
Robert J. Coelho Middle School	Attleboro	577
Mildred Aitken School	Seekonk	575
Argosy Collegiate Charter School	Fall River	574
Joseph Case High School	Swansea	574
Somerset Middle School	Somerset	566
Casimir Pulaski School	New Bedford	560
Norton Middle School	Norton	559
Talbot Innovation School	Fall River	557
Joseph W. Martin Junior Elementary School	North Attleborough	541
East Taunton Elementary School	East Taunton	536
J. C. Solmonese School	Norton	526
Seekonk High School	Seekonk	520
Acushnet Elementary School	Acushnet	517
Dr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School	Seekonk	514
John J. Doran School	Fall River	511
John F. Parker Middle School	Taunton	510
Laliberte Elementary School	Raynham	508
Global Learning Charter Public School	New Bedford	502
Joseph Case Junior High School	Swansea	495
Joseph C. Chamberlain School	Taunton	491
Dorothy L. Beckwith School	Rehoboth	478
Berkley Community School	Berkley	471
North Elementary School	Somerset	464
Dighton Elementary School	Dighton	463
Hyman Fine Elementary School	Attleboro	457
Westport Elementary School	Westport	448
George R. Martin School	Seekonk	446
Peter Thacher Elementary School	Attleboro	440
Leroy Wood School	Fairhaven	434
Hastings Middle School	Fairhaven	428
Albert F. Ford Middle School	Acushnet	420
Hill-Roberts Elementary School	Attleboro	418
George H. Potter School	North Dartmouth	417
Amvet Boulevard School	North Attleborough	407
Irwin M. Jacobs Elementary School	New Bedford	383
Freetown Elementary School	East Freetown	379
Thomas Willett Elementary School	Attleboro	373
Dighton Middle School	Dighton	367
Berkley Middle School	Berkley	365
A. Irvin Studley Elementary School	Attleboro	349
Merrill Elementary School	Raynham	345
Henri A. Yelle School	Norton	333
Joseph Demello School	South Dartmouth	331
East Fairhaven School	Fairhaven	306
James Tansey School	Fall River	306
Chace Street School	Somerset	305
L. G. Nourse Elementary School	Norton	303
James B. Congdon School	New Bedford	301
Edmund Hatch Bennett School	Taunton	295
John B. Devalles School	New Bedford	292
Community School	North Attleborough	288
H. H. Galligan School	Taunton	279
Elwyn G. Campbell School	New Bedford	278
Elizabeth S. Brown School	Swansea	274
Gardner School	Swansea	270
Samuel Watson School	Fall River	265
John Avery Parker School	New Bedford	264
Elizabeth Carter Brooks School	New Bedford	264
Charles S. Ashley School	New Bedford	262
South School	Somerset	262
Edward F. Leddy Preschool	Taunton	261
William H. Taylor School	New Bedford	261
Mark G. Hoyle Elementary School	Swansea	257
Carlos Pacheco School	New Bedford	254
Roosevelt Avenue School	North Attleborough	253
Ellen R. Hathaway School	New Bedford	245
Falls School	North Attleborough	240
Betsey B. Winslow School	New Bedford	234
Early Learning Center	Attleboro	226
Jireh Swift School	New Bedford	221
Thomas R. Rodman School	New Bedford	205
Resiliency Preparatory Academy	Fall River	184
Whaling City Junior/Senior High School	New Bedford	179
Joseph G. Luther School	Swansea	179
Alice A. Macomber School	Westport	178
Andrew B. Cushman School	Dartmouth	155
North Attleborough Early Learning Center	North Attleborough	148
Roland Green School	Mansfield	100
Early Learning Center	Fall River	95
Trinity Day Academy	New Bedford	86
Taunton Alternative High School	Taunton	85
Attleboro Community Academy	Attleboro	68
Stone PK-12 School	Fall River	62
Attleboro Virtual Academy	Attleboro	31
Seekonk Transitions Academy	Seekonk	6