History
Mashpee High School opened in 1996. Before then, Mashpee students attended nearby Falmouth High School. Mashpee voted to open its own high school after an extremely fast increase in its student population. Since 1990, Mashpee's town population has almost tripled in size and it is one of the state's fastest growing towns. The current town population is approximately 14,000 and the student population is roughly 1,700. The high school's principal is currently Ms. Jane Day.
Mashpee High School originally served students in grades 7–12, but in 2008 the school board decided to separate high school students from the 7th and 8th grade students. Mashpee High School now serves students in grades 9–12, and the 7th and 8th grade students attend Mashpee Middle School, which is located in the same building as Mashpee High School, but runs under its own administration, has its own teachers and staff, and has its own sports teams separate from the high school.
Of the approximately 460 students at Mashpee High, 8.7% of the student population is Native American, the highest percentage of any high school in New England.
Mashpee High School's demographics are 84% White or Caucasian, 9% Native American, 5% African-American, 2% Hispanic/Latino and less than 1% Asian.
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