Norfolk Reporter

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

Of the 97,481 pupils attending Norfolk County schools, 62.4% were white. Asian students were the second largest ethnic group, making up 13.3% of the Norfolk County student body.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Norfolk County schools, representing 64% of the student body.

South West Middle School had the most even distribution of races among county schools, which included 32.3% of white students, 28.6% of Asian students, 15.8% of African American students, 15.8% of Hispanic students, 5.5% of multiracial students, and 0.7% 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 1.4% 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.

School name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Academy Avenue	White	68.9%	344
Amelio Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center	Asian	40%	165
Anna Ware Jackson School	White	75.1%	293
Annie Sullivan Middle School	White	84.3%	318
Archie T. Morrison School	White	51.5%	305
Atherton Hough School	White	68.4%	256
Atlantic Middle School	Asian	54.4%	551
Avery School	White	53.9%	297
Avon Middle High School	African American	39.6%	338
Balch School	White	38.8%	312
Beatrice H. Wood Elementary School	White	78.9%	355
Beechwood Knoll Elementary School	Asian	59.1%	330
Bellingham Early Childhood Center	White	69%	100
Bellingham High School	White	80.6%	747
Bellingham Memorial School	White	81.3%	587
Bird Middle School	White	76.7%	377
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical School	White	51.1%	920
Boyden School	White	76%	408
Braintree High School	White	61.4%	1,706
Broad Meadows Middle School	White	56.7%	321
Broadmeadow School	White	70.8%	510
Brookline Early Education Program at Beacon	White	42%	50
Brookline Early Education Program at Clark Road	White	46.9%	64
Brookline Early Education Program at Putterham	White	57.7%	52
Brookline High School	White	53.3%	2,087
Burke/Memorial Elementary School	White	81.8%	484
Canton High School	White	65.3%	904
Central Middle School	White	43.9%	647
Charles A. Bernazzani Elementary School	White	57.4%	340
Charles E. Roderick School	White	83.2%	369
Charles J. Prescott School	White	42.8%	243
Charles S. Pierce Middle School	White	64.5%	956
Charles Taylor Elementary School	White	78%	254
Chickering School	White	72.3%	502
Clifford H. Marshall Elementary School	Asian	35.4%	514
Clyde F. Brown School	White	77.1%	617
Cohasset High School	White	91.2%	431
Cohasset Middle School	White	91.9%	295
Collicot School	White	76.4%	584
Cornelius M. Callahan School	White	63.4%	224
Cottage Street School	White	51.8%	440
Cunningham School	White	73%	627
Dale Street School	White	85.3%	389
Daniel Feeney Preschool Center	White	70.5%	88
Dean S. Luce School	White	65.2%	457
Dedham High School	White	68.4%	715
Dedham Middle School	White	62%	540
Deer Hill School	White	91.1%	304
Deerfield School	White	74%	196
Delaney School	White	82.6%	582
Donald Ross School	White	45.6%	206
Dover-Sherborn Regional High School	White	71.2%	669
Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School	White	72%	482
Downey School	White	64.6%	308
Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School	White	57.9%	776
E. W. Thurston Middle School	White	72.8%	661
Early Childhood Center	White	73.6%	307
East Elementary School	White	51.7%	489
East Middle School	White	58.8%	971
Edith C. Baker School	White	43.2%	672
Edwin A. Jones Early Childhood Center	White	33.7%	104
Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School	White	75.8%	417
Elizabeth G. Lyons Elementary School	African American	43.2%	285
Elm Street School	White	78.6%	439
Ernest F. Upham School	White	67.5%	160
F. A. Cleveland School	White	63.9%	313
Fisher School	White	69.1%	476
Florida Ruffin Ridley School	White	57%	851
Foxborough High School	White	77.2%	780
Francis W. Parker School	Asian	63.3%	319
Franklin Early Childhood Development Center	White	63.1%	149
Franklin High School	White	81.3%	1,630
Frederick C. Murphy School	White	59.9%	279
Freeman-Kennedy School	White	89.2%	527
George F. Willett Early Childhood Center	White	54%	402
Glover School	White	76%	633
Greenlodge School	White	78%	277
H Olive Day School	White	89%	489
Heath School	White	54.7%	459
Heights Elementary School	White	50.3%	569
Helen Hansen Elementary School	White	50.8%	264
Helen Keller Elementary School	White	83.6%	532
High Rock School	White	70.9%	446
Highlands School	White	68.5%	409
Hildreth Elementary School	White	70.7%	460
Holbrook Middle High School	White	42%	635
Hollis School	White	58%	333
Horace Mann School	White	82.2%	376
Hunnewell School	White	80.8%	198
J. F. Kennedy Elementary School	African American	55.5%	420
J. F. Kennedy Memorial School	White	84.9%	338
Jefferson Elementary School	White	79.4%	349
John D. Hardy School	White	53.4%	206
John D. Mc Govern Elementary School	White	79.3%	358
John D. Runkle School	White	53.5%	508
John Eliot School	White	59.2%	426
John F. Kennedy School	White	47.6%	675
John F. Kennedy School	White	69.8%	470
John J. Ahern School	White	71.9%	733
John P. Oldham School	White	67.3%	275
Johnson Early Childhood Center	White	65.2%	178
Joseph E. Fiske School	White	57.5%	280
Joseph F. DiPietro Elementary School	White	76.7%	300
Joseph H. Gibbons School	White	51.6%	349
Joseph Osgood School	White	92.3%	376
Joseph R. Dawe Junior Elementary School	White	50.3%	380
Katharine Lee Bates School	White	71.6%	271
Keough Memorial Academy	White	89.3%	28
King Philip Middle School	White	83.3%	670
King Philip Regional High School	White	85.6%	1,142
Lawrence School	White	41.1%	621
Lawrence W. Pingree School	White	70.9%	258
Liberty School	White	54.2%	371
Lincoln-Hancock Community School	White	34.1%	542
Lt. Peter M. Hansen School	White	57.7%	546
Mabelle M. Burrell School	White	78.4%	333
Margaret L. Donovan School	African American	46.8%	421
Maria Weston Chapman Middle School	White	65.8%	1,195
Martha Jones School	White	79.5%	264
Martin E. Young Elementary School	African American	52.8%	252
Mary E. Flaherty School	White	55.2%	290
Medfield Senior High School	White	84.6%	740
Medway High School	White	82.9%	613
Medway Middle School	White	84.4%	653
Memorial School	White	88.9%	422
Merrymount School	White	63.6%	327
Michael Driscoll School	White	50.2%	456
Millis High School	White	80.2%	313
Millis Middle School	White	85.2%	270
Milton High School	White	65.6%	1,062
Monatiquot Kindergarten Center	White	50%	200
Montclair School	Asian	64.7%	433
Needham High School	White	77.8%	1,645
Newman Elementary School	White	73.4%	699
Norfolk County Agricultural School	White	92.8%	580
North Quincy High School	Asian	54.9%	1,476
Norwood High School	White	58.8%	941
O'Donnell Middle School	White	41.1%	815
Oak Street Elementary School	White	79.1%	363
Oakdale School	White	71.8%	245
Old Post Road School	White	77%	457
Parmenter School	White	72.7%	289
Paul Hanlon School	White	60.9%	230
Pierce School	White	46.7%	705
Point Webster Middle School	Asian	35.8%	411
Pollard Middle School	White	71.8%	818
Preschool at Wellesley Schools	White	56.2%	89
Quincy High School	White	47.8%	1,495
Ralph D. Butler School	White	41.6%	392
Ralph Talbot School	White	62.2%	259
Ralph Wheelock School	White	88.7%	380
Randolph Community Middle School	African American	49.6%	566
Randolph High School	African American	50.6%	619
Remington Middle School	White	77.7%	367
Richard L. Wilkins Elementary School	White	45.2%	312
Riverdale School	White	71.3%	174
Rodman Early Childhood Center	White	51.7%	89
Schofield School	White	65.2%	333
Sharon Early Childhood Center	White	42.9%	56
Sharon High School	White	52.3%	1,143
Sharon Middle School	White	47.5%	845
Snug Harbor Community School	Asian	31.8%	400
South Elementary School	White	50.2%	281
South Middle School	White	64.6%	514
South West Middle School	White	32.3%	437
Sprague Elementary School	White	53.7%	287
Squantum School	White	54.3%	352
Stall Brook School	White	74.7%	245
Stoughton High School	White	46.3%	1,073
Sunita L. Williams Elementary School	White	69.8%	529
TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School	White	55.3%	2,940
The Lynch Center	White	36%	50
Thomas Blake Middle School	White	83.2%	582
Thomas V. Nash School	White	70.7%	232
Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School	White	66.6%	350
TIES	White	66.7%	6
Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School	White	81.2%	957
Tucker School	White	38.6%	459
Vincent M. Igo Elementary School	White	68.4%	354
Walpole High School	White	80.4%	987
Wellesley Middle School	White	62.8%	922
Wellesley Senior High School	White	69.1%	1,412
Wessagusset School	White	68.9%	341
Westwood High School	White	76.2%	902
Westwood Integrated Preschool	White	76.2%	42
Weymouth High School	White	68.3%	1,807
William E. Sheehan School	White	76.7%	287
William H. Lincoln School	White	39.6%	485
William Mitchell School	White	73.9%	452
William Seach School	White	42.1%	356
Wm. H. Galvin Middle School	White	60.6%	753
Wollaston School	Asian	59.2%	333