Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 76.8% of Franklin County’s districts student body in 2024-25 school year

Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 76.8% of Franklin County’s districts student body in 2024-25 school year
Patrick Tutwiler Massachusetts Secretary of Education — https://www.mass.gov/info-details/secretary-of-education#:~:text=AsMassachusettsSecretaryofEducation,theUniversityofMassachusettssystem.
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There were 6,473 white students enrolled in Franklin County districts in the 2024-25 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Franklin County districts welcomed a total of 8,426 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, white pupils comprised 76.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county districts.

Among the 19 districts in Franklin County, Greenfield Public Schools recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 915 students.

The main offices of all districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Franklin County.

Proficiency in core subjects in Massachusetts still remains below pre-pandemic levels. According to the 2024 NAEP results, 25% of eighth-graders were not considered proficient in reading, and 32% did not reach math benchmarks. Fourth-graders performed better in reading, with 18% not reaching proficiency. However, they struggled with math, with only 68% achieving grade-level proficiency.

Ethnicities in Franklin County in 2024-25 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Franklin County Districts During 2024-25 School Year
District % of White Students Enrolment Total Enrollment
Conway Public Schools 92.8% 152
Erving School District 84.1% 113
Franklin County Regional Vocational Technical School District 87.9% 643
Frontier Regional School District 83.2% 588
Frontier Regional/Union#38 Public Schools 86.4% 301
Gill-Montague Regional School District 73.2% 858
Greater Commonwealth Virtual District 52.4% 1,184
Greenfield Public Schools 66.8% 1,370
Hawlemont Regional School District 95.8% 71
Leverett School District 84.7% 137
Mohawk Trail Regional School District 89.7% 805
New Salem-Wendell Regional School District 86.6% 134
Orange School District 80.4% 494
Pioneer Valley Regional School District 92.1% 581
Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District 81.5% 509
Rowe School District 81.5% 54
Shutesbury Public School District 84% 125
Sunderland School District 67.2% 174
Whately Public Schools 94% 133


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