Dennis-Yarmouth Regional 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 1963, 1977, and 2006.^[5] The school serves the communities of Yarmouth and Dennis, and had an enrollment of 993 students in the 2024-2025 school year. 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.

Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
Location
210 Station Avenue South Yarmouth , Massachusetts 02664 United States
Information
Type	Public Open enrollment[1]
Established	1957
Principal	Kendra Bennett[2]
Staff	85.6 (FTE)[3]
Grades	8–12
Enrollment	993 (2024–2025)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	11.6[3]
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Green & White
Athletics	MIAA - Division 3
Athletics conference	Cape and Islands League[4]
Teams	Dolphins
Website	https://www.dy-regional.k12.ma.us/high-school

Demographics

• The data includes eighth grade students. Eighth grade students = 234 (23.56%).

According to Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education annual statistics, for the 2024-2025 academic year, the demographic enrollment distributions for race, gender and grade level at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School are as follows:

Total number of enrolled students: 993
Total number of full-time equivalent educators: 85.6
Therefore, the student to teacher ratio for this school is 11.6:1

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2024-2025)^[3]

Race	Enrolled Pupils*	% of District
African American	164	16.5%
Asian	24	2.4%
Hispanic	142	14.3%
Native American	21	2.1%
White	570	57.4%
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander	2	0.2%
Multi-Race, Non-Hispanic	70	7.0%
Total	993	100%

* 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 (2024-2025)^[3]

Gender	Enrolled pupils	Percentage
Female	469	47.23%
Male	523	52.67%
Non-binary	1	0.1%
Total	993	100%

Enrollment by Grade^[3]

Grade	Pupils Enrolled	Percentage
9	190	19.13%
10	180	18.13%
11	194	19.54%
12	183	18.43%
SP*	12	1.21%
Total	993	100%

* SP = Special Education Beyond Grade 12^[6]

Athletics

Cross Country

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^[7]) . 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^[8] and 1990.^[9] The girls team won the Div. I (large schools) All-State team championship in 2006.^[10]

Notable alumni

• Andrew Jamiel, FCF and XFL football player^[11]
• Amy Jo Johnson, actress^{[citation needed]}
• Highly Suspect, rock band^[12]
• Josh Taves, NFL football player^[13]

See also

• List of high schools in Massachusetts