Norfolk Reporter

There were 60,832 white students enrolled in Norfolk County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% less than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Norfolk County welcomed a total of 97,481 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white pupils comprised 62.4% of the total, making this group the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 192 schools in Norfolk County, TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,625 students.

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.

School name	White Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% of Total
Academy Avenue	237	344	68.9%
Amelio Della Chiesa Early Childhood Center	39	165	23.6%
Anna Ware Jackson School	220	293	75.1%
Annie Sullivan Middle School	268	318	84.3%
Archie T. Morrison School	157	305	51.5%
Atherton Hough School	175	256	68.4%
Atlantic Middle School	169	551	30.7%
Avery School	160	297	53.9%
Avon Middle High School	118	338	34.9%
Balch School	121	312	38.8%
Beatrice H. Wood Elementary School	280	355	78.9%
Beechwood Knoll Elementary School	99	330	30%
Bellingham Early Childhood Center	69	100	69%
Bellingham High School	602	747	80.6%
Bellingham Memorial School	477	587	81.3%
Bird Middle School	289	377	76.7%
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical School	470	920	51.1%
Boyden School	310	408	76%
Braintree High School	1,047	1,706	61.4%
Broad Meadows Middle School	182	321	56.7%
Broadmeadow School	361	510	70.8%
Brookline Early Education Program at Beacon	21	50	42%
Brookline Early Education Program at Clark Road	30	64	46.9%
Brookline Early Education Program at Putterham	30	52	57.7%
Brookline High School	1,112	2,087	53.3%
Burke/Memorial Elementary School	396	484	81.8%
Canton High School	590	904	65.3%
Central Middle School	284	647	43.9%
Charles A. Bernazzani Elementary School	195	340	57.4%
Charles E. Roderick School	307	369	83.2%
Charles J. Prescott School	104	243	42.8%
Charles S. Pierce Middle School	617	956	64.5%
Charles Taylor Elementary School	198	254	78%
Chickering School	363	502	72.3%
Clifford H. Marshall Elementary School	135	514	26.3%
Clyde F. Brown School	476	617	77.1%
Cohasset High School	393	431	91.2%
Cohasset Middle School	271	295	91.9%
Collicot School	446	584	76.4%
Cornelius M. Callahan School	142	224	63.4%
Cottage Street School	228	440	51.8%
Cunningham School	458	627	73%
Dale Street School	332	389	85.3%
Daniel Feeney Preschool Center	62	88	70.5%
Dean S. Luce School	298	457	65.2%
Dedham High School	489	715	68.4%
Dedham Middle School	335	540	62%
Deer Hill School	277	304	91.1%
Deerfield School	145	196	74%
Delaney School	481	582	82.6%
Donald Ross School	94	206	45.6%
Dover-Sherborn Regional High School	476	669	71.2%
Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School	347	482	72%
Downey School	199	308	64.6%
Dr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School	449	776	57.9%
E. W. Thurston Middle School	481	661	72.8%
Early Childhood Center	226	307	73.6%
East Elementary School	253	489	51.7%
East Middle School	571	971	58.8%
Edith C. Baker School	290	672	43.2%
Edwin A. Jones Early Childhood Center	35	104	33.7%
Eleanor N. Johnson Middle School	316	417	75.8%
Elizabeth G. Lyons Elementary School	55	285	19.3%
Elm Street School	345	439	78.6%
Ernest F. Upham School	108	160	67.5%
F. A. Cleveland School	200	313	63.9%
Fisher School	329	476	69.1%
Florida Ruffin Ridley School	485	851	57%
Foxborough High School	602	780	77.2%
Francis W. Parker School	72	319	22.6%
Franklin Early Childhood Development Center	94	149	63.1%
Franklin High School	1,325	1,630	81.3%
Frederick C. Murphy School	167	279	59.9%
Freeman-Kennedy School	470	527	89.2%
George F. Willett Early Childhood Center	217	402	54%
Glover School	481	633	76%
Greenlodge School	216	277	78%
H Olive Day School	435	489	89%
Heath School	251	459	54.7%
Heights Elementary School	286	569	50.3%
Helen Hansen Elementary School	134	264	50.8%
Helen Keller Elementary School	445	532	83.6%
High Rock School	316	446	70.9%
Highlands School	280	409	68.5%
Hildreth Elementary School	325	460	70.7%
Holbrook Middle High School	267	635	42%
Hollis School	193	333	58%
Horace Mann School	309	376	82.2%
Hunnewell School	160	198	80.8%
J. F. Kennedy Elementary School	47	420	11.2%
J. F. Kennedy Memorial School	287	338	84.9%
Jefferson Elementary School	277	349	79.4%
John D. Hardy School	110	206	53.4%
John D. Mc Govern Elementary School	284	358	79.3%
John D. Runkle School	272	508	53.5%
John Eliot School	252	426	59.2%
John F. Kennedy School	321	675	47.6%
John F. Kennedy School	328	470	69.8%
John J. Ahern School	527	733	71.9%
John P. Oldham School	185	275	67.3%
Johnson Early Childhood Center	116	178	65.2%
Joseph E. Fiske School	161	280	57.5%
Joseph F. DiPietro Elementary School	230	300	76.7%
Joseph H. Gibbons School	180	349	51.6%
Joseph Osgood School	347	376	92.3%
Joseph R. Dawe Junior Elementary School	191	380	50.3%
Katharine Lee Bates School	194	271	71.6%
Keough Memorial Academy	25	28	89.3%
King Philip Middle School	558	670	83.3%
King Philip Regional High School	977	1,142	85.6%
Lawrence School	255	621	41.1%
Lawrence W. Pingree School	183	258	70.9%
Liberty School	201	371	54.2%
Lincoln-Hancock Community School	185	542	34.1%
Lt. Peter M. Hansen School	315	546	57.7%
Mabelle M. Burrell School	261	333	78.4%
Margaret L. Donovan School	37	421	8.8%
Maria Weston Chapman Middle School	786	1,195	65.8%
Martha Jones School	210	264	79.5%
Martin E. Young Elementary School	38	252	15.1%
Mary E. Flaherty School	160	290	55.2%
Medfield Senior High School	626	740	84.6%
Medway High School	508	613	82.9%
Medway Middle School	551	653	84.4%
Memorial School	375	422	88.9%
Merrymount School	208	327	63.6%
Michael Driscoll School	229	456	50.2%
Millis High School	251	313	80.2%
Millis Middle School	230	270	85.2%
Milton High School	697	1,062	65.6%
Monatiquot Kindergarten Center	100	200	50%
Montclair School	90	433	20.8%
Needham High School	1,279	1,645	77.8%
Newman Elementary School	513	699	73.4%
Norfolk County Agricultural School	538	580	92.8%
North Quincy High School	478	1,476	32.4%
Norwood High School	553	941	58.8%
O'Donnell Middle School	335	815	41.1%
Oak Street Elementary School	287	363	79.1%
Oakdale School	176	245	71.8%
Old Post Road School	352	457	77%
Parmenter School	210	289	72.7%
Paul Hanlon School	140	230	60.9%
Pierce School	329	705	46.7%
Point Webster Middle School	103	411	25.1%
Pollard Middle School	587	818	71.8%
Preschool at Wellesley Schools	50	89	56.2%
Quincy High School	714	1,495	47.8%
Ralph D. Butler School	163	392	41.6%
Ralph Talbot School	161	259	62.2%
Ralph Wheelock School	337	380	88.7%
Randolph Community Middle School	62	566	11%
Randolph High School	50	619	8.1%
Remington Middle School	285	367	77.7%
Richard L. Wilkins Elementary School	141	312	45.2%
Riverdale School	124	174	71.3%
Rodman Early Childhood Center	46	89	51.7%
Schofield School	217	333	65.2%
Sharon Early Childhood Center	24	56	42.9%
Sharon High School	598	1,143	52.3%
Sharon Middle School	401	845	47.5%
Snug Harbor Community School	123	400	30.8%
South Elementary School	141	281	50.2%
South Middle School	332	514	64.6%
South West Middle School	141	437	32.3%
Sprague Elementary School	154	287	53.7%
Squantum School	191	352	54.3%
Stall Brook School	183	245	74.7%
Stoughton High School	497	1,073	46.3%
Sunita L. Williams Elementary School	369	529	69.8%
TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School	1,625	2,940	55.3%
The Lynch Center	18	50	36%
Thomas Blake Middle School	484	582	83.2%
Thomas V. Nash School	164	232	70.7%
Thomas W. Hamilton Primary School	233	350	66.6%
TIES	4	6	66.7%
Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School	777	957	81.2%
Tucker School	177	459	38.6%
Vincent M. Igo Elementary School	242	354	68.4%
Walpole High School	794	987	80.4%
Wellesley Middle School	579	922	62.8%
Wellesley Senior High School	975	1,412	69.1%
Wessagusset School	235	341	68.9%
Westwood High School	687	902	76.2%
Westwood Integrated Preschool	32	42	76.2%
Weymouth High School	1,234	1,807	68.3%
William E. Sheehan School	220	287	76.7%
William H. Lincoln School	192	485	39.6%
William Mitchell School	334	452	73.9%
William Seach School	150	356	42.1%
Wm. H. Galvin Middle School	456	753	60.6%
Wollaston School	102	333	30.6%