Plymouth Reporter

There were 10,985 African American students enrolled in Plymouth County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 0.2% less than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Plymouth County districts welcomed a total of 76,470 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American pupils comprised 14.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 30 districts in Plymouth County, Brockton Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 8,839 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Plymouth 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 African American Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Abington Public Schools	5.9%	2,138
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District	10.3%	5,482
Brockton Public Schools	59.3%	14,906
Carver Public Schools	2.4%	1,525
Duxbury Public Schools	0.7%	2,810
East Bridgewater Public Schools	6%	2,063
Freetown Lakeville Regional School District	2.8%	2,776
Halifax School District	1.8%	561
Hanover Public Schools	1.4%	2,579
Hingham Public Schools	1.8%	3,797
Hull Public Schools	2.2%	775
Kingston Public Schools	1.2%	1,213
Marion School District	3%	403
Marshfield Public Schools	1.6%	3,763
Middleborough Public Schools	3.3%	3,036
Norwell Public Schools	0.6%	2,153
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical School District	0.4%	561
Old Rochester Regional School District	2.9%	1,051
Old Rochester Regional School District	0.5%	429
Pembroke Public Schools	0.5%	2,495
Plymouth Public Schools	2.4%	7,119
Plympton School District	0.4%	237
Rochester School District	0.4%	492
Rockland Public Schools	6.1%	2,163
Scituate Public Schools	2.2%	2,759
Silver Lake Regional School District	1.3%	1,574
South Shore Regional Vocational Technical School District	2.8%	653
Wareham Public Schools	7.4%	2,015
West Bridgewater Public Schools	7.8%	1,403
Whitman-Hanson Regional School District	4.7%	3,539