Plymouth Reporter

There were 54,363 white students enrolled in Plymouth County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.2% 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, white pupils comprised 71.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 30 districts in Plymouth County, Plymouth Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 5,866 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 White Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Abington Public Schools	74.9%	2,138
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District	76.1%	5,482
Brockton Public Schools	13.6%	14,906
Carver Public Schools	91.9%	1,525
Duxbury Public Schools	91.2%	2,810
East Bridgewater Public Schools	83.3%	2,063
Freetown Lakeville Regional School District	90.9%	2,776
Halifax School District	90.6%	561
Hanover Public Schools	92.6%	2,579
Hingham Public Schools	88.3%	3,797
Hull Public Schools	89.8%	775
Kingston Public Schools	92.7%	1,213
Marion School District	81.9%	403
Marshfield Public Schools	91%	3,763
Middleborough Public Schools	83.7%	3,036
Norwell Public Schools	91.1%	2,153
Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical School District	92.9%	561
Old Rochester Regional School District	87.3%	1,051
Old Rochester Regional School District	87.4%	429
Pembroke Public Schools	92.5%	2,495
Plymouth Public Schools	82.4%	7,119
Plympton School District	95.8%	237
Rochester School District	93.5%	492
Rockland Public Schools	66.6%	2,163
Scituate Public Schools	91.8%	2,759
Silver Lake Regional School District	92.8%	1,574
South Shore Regional Vocational Technical School District	89.3%	653
Wareham Public Schools	68.2%	2,015
West Bridgewater Public Schools	78.5%	1,403
Whitman-Hanson Regional School District	81.2%	3,539