Norfolk Reporter

There were 60,896 white students enrolled in Norfolk County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2% less 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, white pupils comprised 62.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 35 districts in Norfolk County, Needham Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 4,011 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 White Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Avon Public Schools	38.5%	730
Bellingham Public Schools	79.1%	2,007
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical School District	51.1%	920
Braintree Public Schools	59.2%	5,305
Canton Public Schools	63.2%	3,219
Cohasset Public Schools	91.7%	1,406
Dedham Public Schools	67.8%	2,555
Dover Public Schools	72.3%	502
Dover Sherborn Public Schools	71.4%	1,151
Foxborough Public Schools	74.6%	2,454
Franklin Public Schools	80.5%	4,711
Holbrook Public Schools	45%	1,310
King Philip Regional School District	84.8%	1,812
Medfield Public Schools	85.8%	2,513
Medway Public Schools	82.7%	2,108
Millis Public Schools	79.9%	1,206
Milton Public Schools	66.6%	4,321
Needham Public Schools	72.6%	5,525
Norfolk County Agricultural School District	92.8%	580
Norfolk Public Schools	89.1%	1,016
Norwood Public Schools	56.7%	3,486
Plainville Public Schools	77.2%	648
Public Schools of Brookline	49.9%	7,060
Quincy Public Schools	38.3%	9,649
Randolph Public School District	11.4%	2,563
Sharon Public Schools	50.6%	3,542
Sherborn School District	77.6%	401
Stoughton Public Schools	46.3%	3,578
TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School District	55.3%	2,940
Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School District	81.2%	957
Walpole Public Schools	76.8%	3,649
Wellesley Public Schools	65.2%	4,158
Westwood Public Schools	73.3%	2,890
Weymouth Public Schools	65.6%	5,599
Wrentham Public Schools	83%	951