West Massachusetts News

There were 6,688 white students enrolled in Franklin County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.6% less than the previous year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Data showed that Franklin County welcomed a total of 8,586 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white pupils comprised 77.9% of the total, making this group the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 34 schools in Franklin County, Greater Commonwealth Virtual School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 599 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.

School name	White Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% of Total
Bernardston Elementary School	189	204	92.6%
Buckland-Shelburne Regional School	241	274	88%
Colrain Central School	94	104	90.4%
Conway Grammar School	113	123	91.9%
Deerfield Elementary School	266	309	86.1%
Dexter Park School	239	294	81.3%
Discovery School at Four Corners	181	214	84.6%
Erving Elementary School	110	129	85.3%
Federal Street School	131	193	67.9%
Fisher Hill School	192	230	83.5%
Franklin County Technical School	538	602	89.4%
Frontier Regional School	507	606	83.7%
Gill Elementary School	93	105	88.6%
Great Falls Middle School	167	207	80.7%
Greater Commonwealth Virtual School	599	1,155	51.9%
Greenfield High School	307	454	67.6%
Greenfield Middle School	204	300	68%
Hawlemont Regional School	79	91	86.8%
Hillcrest Elementary School	109	146	74.7%
Leverett Elementary School	120	141	85.1%
Mohawk Trail Regional School	246	271	90.8%
Newton School	119	203	58.6%
Northfield Elementary School	186	200	93%
Pioneer Valley Regional School	230	256	89.8%
Ralph C. Mahar Regional School	441	523	84.3%
Rowe Elementary School	51	66	77.3%
Sanderson Academy	132	139	95%
Sheffield Elementary School	151	211	71.6%
Shutesbury Elementary School	107	124	86.3%
Sunderland Elementary School	124	177	70.1%
Swift River School	113	131	86.3%
The Academy of Early Learning at North Parish	61	82	74.4%
Turners Fall High School	130	194	67%
Whately Elementary School	118	128	92.2%