Regular local school district · Barnstable County
Barnstable County Public Schools, MA: schools, enrollment and spending
Barnstable County Public Schools runs 9 public schools with 4,680 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Massachusetts figure of 12.0.Listed in NCES data as "Barnstable".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 4,680
- Teachers (FTE)
- 434
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- MA: 12.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 230 South Street, Hyannis, MA 02601
- Phone
- (508)862-4953
- County
- Barnstable County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2502310
- State district ID
- MA-0020
- Total staff (FTE)
- 913
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 334 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 34.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.8
Massachusetts12.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,713), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $106.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.0 million
- State revenue
- $27.6 million
- Local revenue
- $71.0 million
- Total spending
- $112.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,941
- Salaries
- $61.7 million54.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $23.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.5%
- State: 25.9%
- Local: 66.6%
Massachusetts overall
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 39.5%
- Local: 54.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,941
Massachusetts$24,749
United States$16,826
Schools in Barnstable County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Barnstable Community Innovation SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 293 | 11.3 |
| Barnstable HighCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 1,652 | 10.7 |
| Barnstable Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 7 | 642 | 10.2 |
| Barnstable United Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 714 | 10.7 |
| Centerville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 267 | 11.1 |
| Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 150 | 21.4 |
| Hyannis West ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 309 | 8.8 |
| West Barnstable ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 237 | 9.9 |
| West Villages Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 416 | 13.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Barnstable County
- Dennis-Yarmouth School District 3,054 students
- Falmouth School District 2,866 students
- Sandwich School District 2,118 students
- Monomoy Regional School District 1,728 students
- Bourne School District 1,519 students
- Mashpee School District 1,386 students
- Nauset School District 1,192 students
- Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical School District 838 students
- Sturgis Charter Public 825 students
- Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical School District 682 students
- Brewster School District 439 students
- Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter 251 students
- Eastham School District 177 students
- Provincetown School District 152 students
- Orleans School District 149 students
More in Massachusetts
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.