Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
| Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School | |
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210 Station Avenue , 02664 United States | |
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| Type | Public Open enrollment[1] |
| Established | 1957 |
| Principal | Kendra Bennett |
| Staff | 81.68 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Enrollment | 888 (2022–2023)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10.87[2] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Green & White |
| Athletics | MIAA - Division 2 |
| Athletics conference | Atlantic Coast League |
| Teams | Dolphins |
| Rivals | Nauset, Barnstable |
| Budget | $59,019,439 total $16,498 per pupil (2016)[4] |
| Website | https://www.dy-regional.k12.ma.us/high-school |
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School is a suburban public high school (grades 8–12) in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in 1957 and was expanded and renovated in 1979, and again in 2006. The school serves the communities of Yarmouth and Dennis, and has an enrollment of approximately 900 students. Dennis-Yarmouth, or known more commonly to the locals as "D-Y", is the second largest high school (in terms of student population) on Cape Cod, behind only Barnstable High School. It is in South Yarmouth, just south of the Mid Cape Highway.
Demographics
[edit]Based on data from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:
As of 2021, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School had 881 students,[5] including 440 females, 441 males, and 0 non-binary students.
- 550 (62.4%) were Caucasian
- 130 (14.8%) were Hispanic
- 93 (10.6%) were African-American
- 48 (5.4%) were Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic
- 37 (4.2%) were unknown
- 24 (2.7%) were Asian
- 0 (0%) were Native American
- 0 (0%) were Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander
Athletics
[edit]Cross Country
[edit]The boys team won the All-State Championship in back to back years, the only boys team in Massachusetts to have done so (the MIAA switched from a single all-state championship race for each gender in cross country to large and small school state championship races in 1990[6]) . Further, the boys team did it twice, in 1974/1975 and 1989/1990. Harrier magazine ranked them one of the top 25 teams in the United States in 1989[7] and 1990.[8] The girls team won the Div. I (large schools) All-State team championship in 2006.
Notable alumni
[edit]- Amy Jo Johnson, actress
- Josh Heinrich Taves, NFL football player
- Highly Suspect, rock band
- Andrew Jamiel, FCF and XFL football player
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c "Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ "SAT Performance Report - School and District Profiles: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education". profiles.doe.mass.edu. September 20, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - per Pupil Expenditures Statewide Report".
- ^ "Enrollment Data (2021-22) - Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High (06450505)".
- ^ "Massachusetts HS Cross Country History of Champions".
- ^ "NHSCAXC - TEAM HISTORY - 1989 HARRIER NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS". RunnerSpace.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- ^ "NHSCAXC - TEAM HISTORY - 1990 HARRIER NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS". RunnerSpace.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
- [1] wbztv.com - Teen Sends A Little Bit Of Cape Cod To U.S. Troops
External links
[edit]- Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Home Page Archived 2008-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School Athletics Page
- DYMedia1 Youtube Channel
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