Bourne Middle School

Bourne Middle School operates as an intimate middle-grades school in Bourne, Massachusetts, operated by Bourne. Current enrollment sits at 394 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 547 students.

Bourne runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,519 students. Bourne Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Bourne Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest reads as 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian. Compared to Barnstable County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Bourne Middle School shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.9:1. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Barnstable County shows median household income runs about $95,241, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Barnstable County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,212 students), Bourne Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Bourne High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bourne Middle School has fell 42%, going from 683 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 90% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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