Many people come to The Cape when school is out. The beaches and coastal towns make it a popular vacation destination. That also makes it a great place to live year round! 

The 15 towns on Cape Cod feature great public schools. The Cape also offers regional schools, tech schools, Montessori schools, Private and Catholic schools, Marine Institutes a Community College, and a Maritime University.  Some areas of the Cape have more year-round residents than others.  If you live in an area and would like to send your child to another town you can with school choice.  ( read more below ) 

Can you work remotely?  Can you live by your favorite beach year round? Yes! 

See your options for schooling by entering your zip code here at Great Schools.org  GREATSCHOOLS.ORG 

SCHOOL CHOICE

Find out how school choice works;  written by Cynthia McCormick Cape Cod Times 

The way school choice works, school districts may choose whether to receive out-of-district students.

They determine how many students they will accept based on the availability of seats — although once an out-of-district student is accepted that student is allowed to stay through high school graduation. 

What school districts do not have any choice over is how many students decide to leave their district for school choice programs elsewhere.

The school choice program in Massachusetts started with 1,000 students in 1992 and now has 16,000 student participants, according to the Pioneer Institute, a free-market think tank that supports school choice, public charter schools, and scholarships for students from poorly performing districts to attend independent or parochial schools.

Approximately 12.5 percent of school choice participants attend schools on Cape Cod.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Barnstable Public Schools 
Barnstable Inclusive Preschool Program
Barnstable United Elementary School, Hyannis
Centerville Elementary, Centerville
Hyannis West Elementary, Hyannis
West Barnstable Elementary, West Barnstable
West Villages Elementary School, Marstons Mills
Barnstable Intermediate School, Hyannis
Barnstable High, Hyannis

Bourne Public Schools
James F Peebles Elementary, Bourne
Ella F Hoxie School, Bourne
Otis Memorial, Bourne
Bourne Middle School, Bourne
Bourne High, Bourne

Dennis-Yarmouth Public Schools (Dennis/Yarmouth)
Marguerite E Small Elementary, West Yarmouth
Station Avenue Elementary, South Yarmouth
Mattacheese Middle School, West Yarmouth
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High, South Yarmouth
Ezra H Baker Innovation School, West Dennis
N H Wixon Innovation School, South Dennis

Falmouth Public Schools 
East Falmouth Elementary, East Falmouth
Mullen-Hall Elementary, Falmouth
North Falmouth Elementary, North Falmouth
Teaticket Elementary, Teaticket
Morse Pond School, Falmouth
Lawrence School Falmouth
Falmouth High, Falmouth

Mashpee Public Schools
Quashnet Elementary School, Mashpee
Kenneth C. Coombs School, Mashpee (free full-day preschool program for town residents)
Mashpee Middle School, Mashpee
Mashpee High, Mashpee

Monomoy Public Schools (Chatham/Harwich)
Chatham Elementary
Harwich Elementary
Chatham Middle School
Harwich Middle School
Chatham High
Harwich High

Nauset Public Schools (Brewster, Orleans, Eastham, and Wellfleet)
Eastham Elementary, Eastham
Eddy Elementary, Brewster
Orleans Elementary, Orleans
Stony Brook Elementary, Brewster
Wellfleet Elementary, Wellfleet
Nauset Regional Middle School, Orleans Nauset Regional High, Eastham

Provincetown Public Schools 
Veterans Memorial Elementary, Provincetown
Provincetown High, Provincetown

Sandwich Public Schools  
Sandwich Community School, Sandwich
Forestdale Elementary, Forestdale
Henry T Wing School, Sandwich
Oak Ridge School, East Sandwich
Sandwich High, East Sandwich

Truro Public Schools
Truro Central School

Public Vocational Schools on Cape Cod
Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, Harwich
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School, Bourne

Source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education