Merrimack Valley News

There were 38,773 Hispanic students enrolled in Middlesex County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 9.6% more than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Middlesex County districts welcomed a total of 205,133 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic pupils comprised 18.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 56 districts in Middlesex County, Lowell Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 5,595 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Middlesex 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 Hispanic Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Acton-Boxborough Regional School District	7.9%	5,133
Arlington Public Schools	7.3%	5,987
Ashland Public Schools	17.7%	2,891
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational/Technical School District	24.6%	1,128
Ayer Shirley School District	12.7%	1,636
Bedford Public Schools	7.4%	2,539
Belmont Public Schools	5%	4,378
Billerica Public Schools	9.1%	4,822
Burlington Public Schools	8.8%	3,412
Cambridge Public Schools	14.3%	6,627
Carlisle Public Schools	6.2%	601
Chelmsford Public Schools	9%	5,055
Concord Public Schools	7.5%	1,946
Concord-Carlisle Regional School District	5.9%	1,306
Dracut Public Schools	14.1%	3,581
Everett Public Schools	66.1%	7,285
Framingham Public Schools	47.3%	9,274
Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical School District	34.8%	2,302
Groton-Dunstable Regional School District	4.3%	2,351
Holliston Public Schools	4.8%	2,776
Hopkinton Public School District	4.6%	4,163
Hudson Public Schools	18%	2,323
Lexington Public Schools	5.1%	6,845
Lincoln School District	17.4%	1,007
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District	6.3%	1,484
Littleton Public School	3.6%	1,690
Lowell Public Schools	39.6%	14,130
Malden Public Schools	29.4%	6,308
Marlborough Public Schools	56%	4,765
Maynard Public Schools	15.7%	1,194
Medford Public Schools	15.2%	4,166
Melrose Public Schools	6.2%	3,849
Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District	10.6%	691
Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical School District	11.5%	750
Natick Public Schools	8.3%	5,346
Newton Public Schools	10%	11,882
North Middlesex Regional School District	8.4%	3,017
North Reading Public School District	4.7%	2,354
Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical School District	40.9%	1,292
Reading Public Schools	4.1%	3,847
Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical School District	7%	1,292
Somerville Public Schools	41.2%	4,815
South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical School District	41.1%	842
Stoneham Public Schools	11.2%	2,280
Sudbury Public Schools	6.1%	2,535
Tewksbury Public Schools	7.9%	3,201
Tyngsborough Public Schools	9.6%	1,566
Wakefield Public Schools	9.1%	3,305
Waltham Public Schools	45.5%	5,643
Watertown Public Schools	22.7%	2,662
Wayland Public Schools	5.4%	2,754
Westford Public Schools	4%	4,710
Weston Public Schools	7.5%	2,000
Wilmington Public Schools	5.4%	2,786
Winchester Public Schools	3.4%	4,333
Woburn Public Schools	14.2%	4,276