Barnstable High

Barnstable High is a high-enrollment high school in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The school has 1,652 students in 2024-25 across grades 8 through 12. That compares with an average of about 777 students for high schools in Massachusetts.

Enrollment across the 9 schools in Barnstable totals 4,680 students.

The student body at Barnstable High has no majority group. White students lead at 48%. Other groups make up 33% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. Barnstable County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.

The school lists 155.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. The average for high schools in Massachusetts, 23.4:1, is higher.

In the wider Barnstable County area, the median household earns about $95,241 a year, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Barnstable High shares Barnstable County with 48 other public schools.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Barnstable Intermediate School, is about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The NCES locale for Barnstable High is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 1,769 to 1,652, a 7% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.6:1.

Barnstable High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.