Norfolk Reporter

TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School had the highest enrollment among Norfolk County schools, welcoming 2,940 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 56% of them were girls, and 43.8% were boys.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, making up 55.3% of TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School's total enrollment.

Among the 192 schools in Norfolk County, Brookline High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,087 students, while Weymouth High School welcomed 1,807 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School is part of TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District, which roughly covers schools within Norfolk County and has a main office in East Walpole.

In the previous school year, TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School also had the highest number of students among Norfolk 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 in 2022.

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
TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School	East Walpole	2,940
Brookline High School	Brookline	2,087
Weymouth High School	Weymouth	1,807
Braintree High School	Braintree	1,706
Needham High School	Needham	1,645
Franklin High School	Franklin	1,630
Foxborough Regional Charter School	Foxborough	1,569
Quincy High School	Quincy	1,495
North Quincy High School	Quincy	1,476
Wellesley Senior High School	Wellesley	1,412
Sharon High School	Sharon	1,143
King Philip Regional High School	Wrentham	1,142
Stoughton High School	Stoughton	1,073
Milton High School	Milton	1,062
Walpole High School	Walpole	987
East Middle School	Braintree	971
Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School	Franklin	957
Charles S. Pierce Middle School	Milton	956
Norwood High School	Norwood	941
Wellesley Middle School	Wellesley	922
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical School	Canton	920
Canton High School	Canton	904
Westwood High School	Westwood	902
Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School	Franklin	862
Florida Ruffin Ridley School	Brookline	851
Sharon Middle School	Sharon	845
Pollard Middle School	Needham	818
O'Donnell Middle School	Stoughton	815
Foxborough High School	Foxborough	780
Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School	Norwood	776
Wm. H. Galvin Middle School	Canton	753
Bellingham High School	Bellingham	747
Medfield Senior High School	Medfield	740
John J. Ahern School	Foxborough	733
Dedham High School	Dedham	715
Pierce School	Brookline	705
Newman Elementary School	Needham	699
John F. Kennedy School	Holbrook	675
Edith C. Baker School	Chestnut Hill	672
King Philip Middle School	Norfolk	670
Dover-Sherborn Regional High School	Dover	669
E. W. Thurston Middle School	Westwood	661
Medway Middle School	Medway	653
Central Middle School	Quincy	647
Holbrook Middle High School	Holbrook	635
Glover School	Milton	633
Cunningham School	Milton	627
Lawrence School	Brookline	621
Randolph High School	Randolph	619
Clyde F. Brown School	Millis	617
Medway High School	Medway	613
Bellingham Memorial School	Bellingham	587
Collicot School	Milton	584
Delaney School	Wrentham	582
Thomas Blake Middle School	Medfield	582
Norfolk County Agricultural School	Walpole	580
Heights Elementary School	Sharon	569
Randolph Community Middle School	Randolph	566
Atlantic Middle School	Quincy	551
Lt. Peter M. Hansen School	Canton	546
Lincoln-Hancock Community School	Quincy	542
Dedham Middle School	Dedham	540
Helen Keller Elementary School	Franklin	532
Sunita L. Williams Elementary School	Needham	529
Freeman-Kennedy School	Norfolk	527
Clifford H. Marshall Elementary School	Quincy	514
South Middle School	Braintree	514
Broadmeadow School	Needham	510
John D. Runkle School	Brookline	508
Chickering School	Dover	502
H Olive Day School	Norfolk	489
East Elementary School	Sharon	489
William H. Lincoln School	Brookline	485
Burke/Memorial Elementary School	Medway	484
Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School	Dover	482
Fisher School	Walpole	476
John F. Kennedy School	Canton	470
Hildreth Elementary School	Harvard	460
Tucker School	Milton	459
Heath School	Chestnut Hill	459
Dean S. Luce School	Canton	457
Old Post Road School	East Walpole	457
Michael Driscoll School	Brookline	456
William Mitchell School	Needham	452
High Rock School	Needham	446
Cottage Street School	Sharon	440
Elm Street School	Walpole	439
South West Middle School	Quincy	437
Montclair School	Quincy	433
Cohasset High School	Cohasset	431
John Eliot School	Needham	426
Memorial School	Medfield	422
Margaret L. Donovan School	Randolph	421
J. F. Kennedy Elementary School	Randolph	420
Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School	Walpole	417
Point Webster Middle School	Quincy	411
Highlands School	Braintree	409
Boyden School	Walpole	408
George F. Willett Early Childhood Center	Norwood	402
Snug Harbor Community School	Quincy	400
Ralph D. Butler School	Avon	392
Dale Street School	Medfield	389
Ralph Wheelock School	Medfield	380
Joseph R. Dawe Junior Elementary School	Stoughton	380
Bird Middle School	East Walpole	377
Joseph Osgood School	Cohasset	376
Horace Mann School	Franklin	376
Liberty School	Braintree	371
Charles E. Roderick School	Wrentham	369
Remington Middle School	Franklin	367
Oak Street Elementary School	Franklin	363
John D. Mc Govern Elementary School	Medway	358
William Seach School	Weymouth	356
Beatrice H. Wood Elementary School	Plainville	355
Vincent M. Igo Elementary School	Foxborough	354
Squantum School	Quincy	352
Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School	South Weymouth	350
Joseph H. Gibbons School	Stoughton	349
Jefferson Elementary School	Franklin	349
Academy Avenue	Weymouth	344
Wessagusset School	North Weymouth	341
Charles A. Bernazzani Elementary School	Quincy	340
J. F. Kennedy Memorial School	Franklin	338
Avon Middle High School	Avon	338
Mabelle M. Burrell School	Foxborough	333
Wollaston School	Quincy	333
Hollis School	Braintree	333
Schofield School	Wellesley	333
Beechwood Knoll Elementary School	Quincy	330
Merrymount School	Quincy	327
Broad Meadows Middle School	Quincy	321
Francis W. Parker School	Quincy	319
Annie Sullivan Middle School	Franklin	318
Millis High School	Millis	313
F. A. Cleveland School	Norwood	313
Balch School	Norwood	312
Richard L. Wilkins Elementary School	Stoughton	312
Downey School	Westwood	308
Early Childhood Center	Dedham	307
Archie T. Morrison School	Braintree	305
Deer Hill School	Cohasset	304
Joseph F. DiPietro Elementary School	Bellingham	300
Avery School	Dedham	297
Cohasset Middle School	Cohasset	295
Anna Ware Jackson School	Plainville	293
Mary E. Flaherty School	Braintree	290
Parmenter School	Franklin	289
Sprague Elementary School	Wellesley	287
William E. Sheehan School	Westwood	287
Elizabeth G. Lyons Elementary School	Randolph	285
South Elementary School	Stoughton	281
Joseph E. Fiske School	Wellesley	280
Frederick C. Murphy School	Weymouth	279
Greenlodge School	Dedham	277
John P. Oldham School	Norwood	275
Katharine Lee Bates School	Wellesley	271
Millis Middle School	Millis	270
Martha Jones School	Westwood	264
Helen Hansen Elementary School	Stoughton	264
Ralph Talbot School	South Weymouth	259
Lawrence W. Pingree School	Weymouth	258
Atherton Hough School	Quincy	256
Charles Taylor Elementary School	Foxborough	254
Martin E. Young Elementary School	Randolph	252
Oakdale School	Dedham	245
Stall Brook School	Bellingham	245
Charles J. Prescott School	Norwood	243
Thomas V. Nash School	Weymouth	232
Paul Hanlon School	Westwood	230
Cornelius M. Callahan School	Norwood	224
John D. Hardy School	Wellesley	206
Donald Ross School	Braintree	206
Monatiquot Kindergarten Center	Braintree	200
Hunnewell School	Wellesley	198
Deerfield School	Westwood	196
Johnson Early Childhood Center	Weymouth	178
Riverdale School	Dedham	174
Amelio Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center	Quincy	165
Ernest F. Upham School	Wellesley	160
Franklin Early Childhood Development Center	Franklin	149
Edwin A. Jones Early Childhood Center	Stoughton	104
Bellingham Early Childhood Center	Bellingham	100
Rodman Early Childhood Center	Canton	89
Preschool at Wellesley Schools	Wellesley	89
Daniel Feeney Preschool Center	Walpole	88
Brookline Early Education Program at Clark Road	Brookline	64
Sharon Early Childhood Center	Sharon	56
Brookline Early Education Program at Putterham	Chestnut Hill	52
The Lynch Center	Brookline	50
Brookline Early Education Program at Beacon	Brookline	50
Westwood Integrated Preschool	Westwood	42
Keough Memorial Academy	Bellingham	28