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Worcester County Education: 6,992 African American students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

Secretary of education patrick tutwiler 2023

TX Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler 2023 | Massachusetts Department of Education

TX Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler 2023 | Massachusetts Department of Education

There were 6,992 African American students enrolled in Worcester County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.7% more than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Worcester County welcomed a total of 117,624 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American pupils comprised 5.9% of the total, making this group the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 243 schools in Worcester County, South High Community School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 284 students.

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.

Ethnicities in Worcester County in 2022-23 School Year

White (59.2%)Hispanic (23.7%)Asian (6.5%)African American (5.9%)Ethnicities < 5% (4.7%)

Enrollment Demographics in Worcester County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School nameAfrican American Students EnrolmentTotal Enrollment in 2022-23% of Total
A. F. Maloney School42561.6%
Advanced Community Experience Program050%
Albert S. Woodward Memorial School42681.5%
Alfred M. Chaffee School82872.8%
Algonquin Regional High School191,2131.6%
Annie E. Fales School63311.8%
Arthur M. Longsjo Middle School385886.5%
Athol Community Elementary School135722.3%
Athol High School144043.5%
Athol-Royalston Middle School34290.7%
Auburn Middle School206523.1%
Auburn Senior High School368414.3%
Bartlett High School313658.5%
Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School161,1851.4%
Belmont Street Community School10758518.3%
Bennett Preschool129412.8%
Berlin Memorial School12200.5%
Blackstone Millville Regional High School93962.3%
Blackstone Valley School241,2302%
Boylston Elementary School53371.5%
Briggs Elementary School95241.7%
Bromfield School165602.9%
Brookfield Elementary School62912.1%
Brookside School225444%
Bryn Mawr School82693%
Burgess Elementary School68770.7%
Burncoat Middle School13071218.3%
Burncoat Senior High School2271,17919.3%
Burncoat Street School2824011.7%
Calvin Coolidge School112474.5%
Canterbury School3929413.3%
Center For Technical Education Innovation758009.4%
Central Tree Middle School113713%
Chandler Elementary Community School5142612%
Chandler Magnet School184024.5%
Charlton Elementary School43371.2%
Charlton Middle School105921.7%
Charlton Street School22490.8%
Chocksett Middle School82792.9%
City View School6143014.2%
Clara Barton School62622.3%
Claremont Academy484889.8%
Clark St. Community School3526813.1%
Clinton Elementary School218402.5%
Clinton Middle School105451.8%
Clinton Senior High School215873.6%
Columbus Park School4538611.7%
Crocker Elementary School496168%
David Prouty High School93572.5%
Davis Hill Elementary School164473.6%
Dawson School164993.2%
Doherty Memorial High School2121,34415.8%
Douglas Elementary School23440.6%
Douglas High School13240.3%
Douglas Middle School22980.7%
Douglas Primary School32201.4%
Dudley Elementary School133433.8%
Dudley Middle School185473.3%
Early Childhood Center41303.1%
East Brookfield Elementary School62402.5%
Eastford Road School103303%
Elm Park Community School414159.9%
Elmwood Street School214215%
Elsie A. Hastings Elementary School154753.2%
Fall Brook School476157.6%
Fannie E. Proctor School142525.6%
Fitchburg High School1081,2468.7%
Flagg Street School163594.5%
Floral Street School235194.4%
Florence Sawyer School87351.1%
Forest Grove Middle School13989715.5%
Frances Drake School444659.5%
Francis J. McGrath Elementary School4320820.7%
Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School53431.5%
Gardner Academy for Learning and Technology61085.6%
Gardner Elementary School249862.4%
Gardner High School328044%
Gardner Middle School174893.5%
Gates Lane School7554413.8%
Gateway to College1382.6%
Glenwood Elementary School123333.6%
Goddard School/Science Technical5038013.2%
Goodrich Academy71943.6%
Grafton High School238752.6%
Grafton Middle School75241.3%
Grafton Street School7942718.5%
Hardwick Elementary School11840.5%
Head Start8040719.7%
Heard Street School3424613.8%
Henry P. Clough School33530.8%
Heritage School44530.9%
Hopedale Junior Senior High School74361.6%
Houghton Elementary School93282.7%
Hubbardston Center13050.3%
J Harding Armstrong School123913.1%
Jacob Hiatt Magnet School13037234.9%
John F. Kennedy Elementary School31092.8%
Johnny Appleseed School646619.7%
Knox Trail Middle School93632.5%
La Familia Dual Language School111726.4%
Lake View School5630818.2%
Leicester Elementary School294935.9%
Leicester High School244145.8%
Leicester Integrated Preschool2385.3%
Leicester Middle School224095.4%
Leominster Center for Excellence3506%
Leominster High School1001,0349.7%
Leroy E.Mayo School214914.3%
Lincoln School33010%
Lincoln Street School22860.7%
Lincoln Street School6724227.7%
Lunenburg High School34400.7%
Lunenburg Middle School113802.9%
Lunenburg Primary School133843.4%
Luther Burbank Middle School52432.1%
Ma Academy for Math and Science School21002%
Major Edwards Elementary School154313.5%
Major Howard W. Beal School156092.5%
Margaret A. Neary School12670.4%
Marguerite E. Peaslee School62512.4%
Marion E. Zeh School22510.8%
Mary E. Finn School83502.3%
Mary Rowlandson Elementary School34740.6%
Mason Road School32341.3%
May Street School4129513.9%
McKay Elementary School427275.8%
Meetinghouse School41892.1%
Memorial Middle School305815.2%
Memorial School75181.4%
Memorial School194724%
Memorial School53191.6%
Memorial School35540.5%
Midland Street School162067.8%
Milford High School451,3243.4%
Mill Pond School258652.9%
Millbury Junior/Senior High School307404.1%
Millbury Street Elementary School105951.7%
Millville Elementary School93642.5%
Miscoe Hill School66350.9%
Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School331,4092.3%
Mountview Middle School237723%
Murdock Academy for Success0220%
Murdock High School42631.5%
Murdock Middle School52691.9%
Naquag Elementary School183635%
Narragansett Middle School33590.8%
Narragansett Regional High School54681.1%
Nashoba Regional School148311.7%
Nelson Place School9257516%
New Braintree Grade School0380%
Nipmuc Regional High School25990.3%
Norrback Avenue School14050727.6%
North Brookfield Elementary School93023%
North Brookfield High School31362.2%
North Grafton Elementary School102444.1%
North High School2671,37719.4%
North Street Elementary School195483.5%
Northbridge Elementary School179531.8%
Northbridge High School95131.8%
Northbridge Middle School34810.6%
Northwest School507276.9%
Oak Middle School339443.5%
Oakham Center51742.9%
Oakmont Regional High School96581.4%
Overlook Middle School85491.5%
Oxford High School93842.3%
Oxford Middle School165043.2%
P Brent Trottier School33850.8%
Pakachoag School72422.9%
Park Avenue Elementary School557377.5%
Park Street School01020%
Parker Road Preschool122035.9%
Paxton Center64541.3%
Petersham Center01260%
Priest Street School1913414.2%
Quabbin Regional High School65661.1%
Quabbin Regional Middle School105171.9%
Quaboag Integrated Preschool2474.3%
Quaboag Regional High School23540.6%
Quaboag Regional Middle Innovation School02030%
Quinsigamond School9471313.2%
Raymond E. Shaw Elementary School164583.5%
Reingold Elementary School376515.7%
Rice Square School8645818.8%
Robert E. Melican Middle School55370.9%
Roosevelt School15256626.9%
Royalston Community School11580.6%
Ruggles Lane School133883.4%
Samoset School415048.1%
Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School215903.6%
Shepherd Hill Regional High School239232.5%
Sherwood Middle School439484.5%
Shining Star Early Childhood Center61703.5%
Shrewsbury High School691,8233.8%
Sky View Middle School788868.8%
South Grafton Elementary School92943.1%
South High Community School2841,66617%
South Street Early Learning Center405647.1%
Southbridge Academy1333%
Southbridge High School144573.1%
Southbridge Middle School124053%
Spring Street School73082.3%
Stacy Middle School351,0303.4%
Sullivan Middle School12982715.6%
Sutton Early Learning School53261.5%
Sutton Elementary School33041%
Sutton High School83692.2%
Sutton Middle School22960.7%
Swanson Road Intermediate School115542%
Taft Early Learning Center25210.4%
Tahanto Regional High School85151.6%
Tantasqua Regional Junior High School95511.6%
Tantasqua Regional Senior High School106771.5%
Tantasqua Regional Vocational School65241.1%
Tatnuck School6538516.9%
Templeton Elementary School146442.2%
Thomas Prince School63421.8%
Thorndyke Road School5936316.3%
Toy Town Elementary School72942.4%
Turkey Hill Elementary School83532.3%
Union Hill School6339016.2%
University Pk Campus School3022413.4%
Uxbridge High School105901.7%
Vernon Hill School10247421.5%
Wachusett Regional High School541,9302.8%
Walter J. Paton School92913.1%
Warren Elementary School53201.6%
Wawecus Road School1913314.3%
Webster Middle School415906.9%
West Boylston Junior/Senior High School164333.7%
West Brookfield Elementary School22570.8%
West Street School53351.5%
West Tatnuck School5636415.4%
Westborough High School271,1782.3%
Westminster Elementary School83892.1%
Whitin Intermediate School44950.8%
Winchendon PreSchool Program2722.8%
Wire Village School144173.4%
Woodland Academy474879.7%
Woodland School339433.5%
Worcester Arts Magnet School8636823.4%
Worcester East Middle School13074017.6%
Worcester Technical High School2701,46918.4%

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

Southbridge High SchoolLeicester Middle SchoolQuaboag Integrated PreschoolLuther Burbank Middle SchoolMeetinghouse SchoolGates Lane SchoolHead StartDouglas Primary SchoolMemorial SchoolClinton Elementary SchoolLeicester High SchoolChandler Elementary Community SchoolCrocker Elementary SchoolNorthwest SchoolSouth High CommunityMilford High SchoolFitchburg High SchoolBurncoat Middle SchoolNorthbridge Elementary SchoolHeritage SchoolNorth Grafton Elementary SchoolHardwick Elementary SchoolDawson SchoolMajor Howard W. Beal SchoolChandler Magnet SchoolHoughton Elementary SchoolMckay Elementary SchoolNaquag Elementary SchoolMidland Street SchoolNelson Place SchoolOak Middle SchoolNarragansett Regional High SchoolClara Barton SchoolJ Harding Armstrong SchoolHopedale High SchoolHenry P. Clough SchoolMemorial SchoolBurncoat Street SchoolAuburn Middle SchoolMargaret A. Neary SchoolNorth High SchoolOakham CenterEast Brookfield Elementary SchoolBurgess Elementary SchoolBurncoat Senior High SchoolA. F. Maloney SchoolBrookfield Elementary SchoolMurdock Academy for SuccessNashoba Regional High SchoolGlenwood Elementary SchoolQuaboag Regional High SchoolPark Street SchoolJohn F. Kennedy Elementary SchoolNorrback Avenue SchoolFall Brook SchoolMontachusett Regional Vocational Technical SchoolMa Academy for Math and Science SchoolLeicester Integrated PreschoolBennett PreschoolElmwood Street SchoolSamoset SchoolCharlton Elementary SchoolColumbus Park SchoolShining Star Early Childhood CenterAlgonquin Regional High SchoolBrookside SchoolElsie A. Hastings Elementary SchoolBromfield SchoolGardner Middle SchoolCalvin Coolidge SchoolBriggs Elementary SchoolMemorial SchoolOverlook Middle SchoolRoyalston Community SchoolRice Square SchoolNorth Brookfield Elementary SchoolAlfred M. Chaffee SchoolCenter for Technical Education InnovationMemorial SchoolSouth Street Early Learning CenterPakachoag SchoolDudley Middle SchoolChocksett Middle SchoolLeominster High SchoolNarragansett Middle SchoolMay Street SchoolLa Familia Dual Language SchoolPetersham CenterSouth Grafton Elementary SchoolBartlett High SchoolGrafton High SchoolMemorial Middle SchoolQuinsigamond SchoolGardner Elementary SchoolGardner Academy for Learning and TechnologyQuaboag Regional Middle Innovation SchoolCharlton Middle SchoolFloral Street SchoolQuabbin Regional Middle SchoolSarah W. Gibbons Middle SchoolMason Road SchoolBlackstone Millville Regional High SchoolNew Braintree Grade SchoolAthol Community Elementary SchoolP Brent Trottier SchoolShepherd Hill Regional High SchoolOxford Middle SchoolAlbert S. Woodward Memorial SchoolMiscoe Hill SchoolClinton Senior High SchoolNorthbridge High SchoolEastford Road SchoolMary E. Finn SchoolLake View SchoolGoodrich AcademyLeominster Center for ExcellenceDouglas Middle SchoolElm Park Community SchoolBoylston Elementary SchoolNorthbridge Middle SchoolDouglas Elementary SchoolLincoln Street SchoolAnnie E. Fales SchoolFrancis J. McGrath Elementary SchoolClinton Middle SchoolFrederick W. Hartnett Middle SchoolKnox Trail Middle SchoolMarguerite E. Peaslee SchoolArthur M. Longsjo Middle SchoolMarion E. Zeh SchoolMillbury Junior/Senior High SchoolMillbury Street Elementary SchoolHubbardston CenterMurdock Middle SchoolDavid Prouty High SchoolFannie E. Proctor SchoolAuburn Senior High SchoolCity View SchoolQuabbin Regional High SchoolPriest Street SchoolSherwood Middle SchoolDudley Elementary SchoolMary Rowlandson Elementary SchoolBay Path Regional Vocational Technical High SchoolLunenburg Primary SchoolForest Grove Middle SchoolFrances Drake SchoolReingold Elementary SchoolGrafton Street SchoolNorth Brookfield High SchoolRuggles Lane SchoolCentral Tree Middle SchoolDouglas High SchoolGrafton Middle SchoolJacob Hiatt Magnet SchoolRaymond E. Shaw Elementary SchoolOxford High SchoolMillville Elementary SchoolMurdock High SchoolEarly Childhood CenterFlorence Sawyer SchoolRoosevelt SchoolGateway to CollegeBlackstone ValleyAdvanced Community Experience ProgramSky View Middle SchoolLunenburg Middle SchoolAthol-Royalston Middle SchoolGardner High SchoolLeicester Elementary SchoolDavis Hill Elementary SchoolShrewsbury High SchoolClark St. Community SchoolMill Pond SchoolLeroy E.Mayo SchoolNorth Street Elementary SchoolHeard Street SchoolMajor Edwards Elementary SchoolOakmont Regional High SchoolBryn Mawr SchoolSouthbridge AcademyGoddard School/Science TechnicalLunenburg High SchoolCharlton Street SchoolParker Road PreschoolBerlin Memorial SchoolNipmuc Regional High SchoolClaremont AcademyAthol High SchoolRobert E. Melican Middle SchoolLincoln Street SchoolLincoln SchoolJohnny Appleseed SchoolFlagg Street SchoolPaxton CenterBelmont Street Community SchoolDoherty Memorial High SchoolPark Avenue Elementary SchoolMountview Middle SchoolCanterbury School

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