Norfolk Reporter

There were 13,001 Asian students enrolled in Norfolk County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.1% more than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Norfolk County districts welcomed a total of 97,422 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian pupils comprised 13.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 35 districts in Norfolk County, Quincy Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 3,792 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Norfolk 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 Asian Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Avon Public Schools	3.7%	730
Bellingham Public Schools	2.9%	2,007
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical School District	2.5%	920
Braintree Public Schools	25.9%	5,305
Canton Public Schools	10.8%	3,219
Cohasset Public Schools	1.6%	1,406
Dedham Public Schools	2.3%	2,555
Dover Public Schools	12.9%	502
Dover Sherborn Public Schools	12.6%	1,151
Foxborough Public Schools	5.2%	2,454
Franklin Public Schools	7.6%	4,711
Holbrook Public Schools	6%	1,310
King Philip Regional School District	3%	1,812
Medfield Public Schools	4.3%	2,513
Medway Public Schools	3.9%	2,108
Millis Public Schools	2.5%	1,206
Milton Public Schools	8%	4,321
Needham Public Schools	10.9%	5,525
Norfolk County Agricultural School District	0.3%	580
Norfolk Public Schools	2.5%	1,016
Norwood Public Schools	7.2%	3,486
Plainville Public Schools	3.1%	648
Public Schools of Brookline	20.7%	7,060
Quincy Public Schools	39.3%	9,649
Randolph Public School District	16.1%	2,563
Sharon Public Schools	29.9%	3,542
Sherborn School District	8%	401
Stoughton Public Schools	5.9%	3,578
TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District	3.4%	2,940
Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School District	0.5%	957
Walpole Public Schools	7.3%	3,649
Wellesley Public Schools	16.9%	4,158
Westwood Public Schools	12.7%	2,890
Weymouth Public Schools	6.6%	5,599
Wrentham Public Schools	2.8%	951