Merrimack Valley News

There were 113,960 white students enrolled in Middlesex County districts in the 2022-23 school year, 2.1% less 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, white pupils comprised 55.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 56 districts in Middlesex County, Newton Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 6,642 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 White Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Acton-Boxborough Regional School District	50.7%	5,133
Arlington Public Schools	68.1%	5,987
Ashland Public Schools	58.3%	2,891
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational/Technical School District	69.6%	1,128
Ayer Shirley School District	71.9%	1,636
Bedford Public Schools	60.3%	2,539
Belmont Public Schools	59.9%	4,378
Billerica Public Schools	71%	4,822
Burlington Public Schools	61.4%	3,412
Cambridge Public Schools	38.7%	6,627
Carlisle Public Schools	72.4%	601
Chelmsford Public Schools	64.5%	5,055
Concord Public Schools	73.2%	1,946
Concord-Carlisle Regional School District	74.3%	1,306
Dracut Public Schools	66.3%	3,581
Everett Public Schools	14.5%	7,285
Framingham Public Schools	38%	9,274
Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical School District	36.5%	2,302
Groton-Dunstable Regional School District	82.8%	2,351
Holliston Public Schools	79.9%	2,776
Hopkinton Public School District	60.5%	4,163
Hudson Public Schools	74.6%	2,323
Lexington Public Schools	38.1%	6,845
Lincoln School District	56.1%	1,007
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District	72%	1,484
Littleton Public School	77.8%	1,690
Lowell Public Schools	21.8%	14,130
Malden Public Schools	25.8%	6,308
Marlborough Public Schools	34.2%	4,765
Maynard Public Schools	74.9%	1,194
Medford Public Schools	58.3%	4,166
Melrose Public Schools	75.7%	3,849
Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District	73.7%	691
Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical School District	81.1%	750
Natick Public Schools	71.2%	5,346
Newton Public Schools	55.9%	11,882
North Middlesex Regional School District	83%	3,017
North Reading Public School District	85.7%	2,354
Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical School District	52.2%	1,292
Reading Public Schools	84.9%	3,847
Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical School District	88.2%	1,292
Somerville Public Schools	39.1%	4,815
South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical School District	48%	842
Stoneham Public Schools	75%	2,280
Sudbury Public Schools	73.1%	2,535
Tewksbury Public Schools	79.4%	3,201
Tyngsborough Public Schools	70.1%	1,566
Wakefield Public Schools	80%	3,305
Waltham Public Schools	38.4%	5,643
Watertown Public Schools	56.2%	2,662
Wayland Public Schools	68.5%	2,754
Westford Public Schools	61.1%	4,710
Weston Public Schools	60.7%	2,000
Wilmington Public Schools	81.8%	2,786
Winchester Public Schools	68.5%	4,333
Woburn Public Schools	65.4%	4,276