West Massachusetts News

In the 2022-23 school year, white students were the most represented ethnicity in Franklin County, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

There were 6,885 white students enrolled, making up 78.2% of the student body in Franklin County.

The proportion of white students enrolled in the county fell from the year before.

American Indian or Alaska Native students were the least represented ethnicity within the county.

The number of students attending the county’s schools in the 2022-23 school year fell to 8,805.

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	White Students Enrollment	Total Enrollment in 2022-2023	% of Total Enrollment
Bernardston Elementary School	189	204	93.1%
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	85%
Erving Elementary School	110	129	85.3%
Federal Street School	131	193	67.9%
Fisher Hill School	192	230	83.9%
Four Rivers Charter Public School	185	219	84.9%
Franklin County Technical School	538	602	89.4%
Frontier Regional School	507	606	83.8%
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	67.8%
Greenfield Middle School	204	300	68%
Hawlemont Regional School	79	91	87.9%
Hillcrest Elementary School	109	146	74.7%
Leverett Elementary School	120	141	85.8%
Mohawk Trail Regional School	246	271	91.1%
Newton School	119	203	59.1%
Northfield Elementary School	186	200	93%
Pioneer Valley Regional School	230	256	90.2%
Ralph C Mahar Regional School	441	523	84.5%
Rowe Elementary School	51	66	77.3%
Sanderson Academy	132	139	95%
Sheffield Elementary School	151	211	72%
Shutesbury Elementary School	107	124	86.3%
Sunderland Elementary School	124	177	70.1%
Swift River School	113	131	87%
The Academy of Early Learning at North Parish	61	82	75.6%
Turners Fall High School	130	194	67.5%
Whately Elementary School	118	128	92.2%