Bourne High School

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Bourne High School
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Location
Bourne High School
75 Waterhouse Road,
Bourne, MA 02532
Information
Type Public
Open enrollment [1]
Established1951
PrincipalLisa Maguire [2]
Teaching staff35.8 (FTE) [3]
Grades9-12
Enrollment341 (2024-2025) [3]
Student to teacher ratio9.5 [3]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Purple & White   
MascotCanalmen
Rivals Wareham, Old Rochester, Sandwich
NewspaperBourne High School Dispatch
Website https://high.bourneps.org/
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Map of Massachusetts towns with Bourne highlighted

Bourne High School is a public high school located in Bourne, Massachusetts. It is located about 1 mile west of the famous Bourne Bridge and "Cape Cod" topiary at the Bourne Bridge rotary that welcomes people crossing the Cape Cod Canal.

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Demographics

According to Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education annual statistics, for the 2024-25 academic year, the demographic enrollment distributions for race, gender and grade level at Bourne High School are as follows:

Total number of enrolled students: 341
Total number of full-time equivalent educators: 35.8
Therefore, the student to teacher ratio for this school is 9.5:1

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2024-25) [3]
RaceEnrolled Pupils*% of District
African American51.5%
Asian113.2%
Hispanic247.0%
Native American51.5%
White26878.6%
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander00.0%
Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic288.2%
Total341100%

* Approximate number of enrolled pupils is calculated based on total number of students in district, multiplied by reported percentage, and rounded to nearest whole student.

Enrollment by gender (2024-25) [3]
GenderEnrolled pupilsPercentage
Female18253.37%
Male15946.63%
Non-binary00%
Total341100%
Enrollment by Grade [3]
GradePupils EnrolledPercentage
98926.1%
107822.87%
118023.46%
128524.93%
SP*92.64%
Total341100%

* SP = Special Education Beyond Grade 12 [4]


Sports

Bourne is known for its strong boys' hockey teams and girls volleyball teams, which have won and participated in multiple state championship games. They play their home games at the John Gallo Arena, which hosts many of the state's post-season high school hockey games.

Hockey Accomplishments

Also notable is the girls' Volleyball team, who won state championships in 2000, 2004, 2018, and 2024.

The football team went undefeated in the regular season in 1965, 1980, 2004, and 2011. In 2011, they won the Division 3A State Championship for the first time in the school's history and had the teams only perfect season.

Timothy Crowley entered the Cape Cod lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2023 due to his great success as a head coach of the program here.

The baseball team won the state championship in 2023.

The 2023-24 Boys' Basketball team lost in the Division 4 Championship Game. This was their first Finals appearance since 1959.

Bourne high school also offers programs such as Football, Field Hockey, Cross Country, Soccer, Basketball, Winter track, Lacrosse, Spring Track, Softball, and Baseball.


41°44′19″N70°35′27″W / 41.7385°N 70.5908°W / 41.7385; -70.5908

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Directory". high.bourneps.org. Bourne High School. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Enrollment Data (2024-25)". profiles.doe.mass.edu. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
  4. "Profiles Help-About the Data". www.profiles.doe.mass.edu. Retrieved September 26, 2019.