Each town on the Cape has its own school department with administration overseen by an elected school committee.
Many schools offer after-school programs.
Upper Cape Bourne has six schools, including one high school, two middle schools, and three elementary schools, serving a student population of 2,480. Three of the schools are on the Massachusetts Military Reservation, one is in Sagamore, and the rest are in Bourne. Sandwich has a public high school built in 1975 and three schools for kindergarten through 8th grade in the village, East Sandwich and Forestdale. The Upper Cape is also home to a technical school that serves 547 students in grades 9 through 12 and those at the post-secondary level. The high school offers instruction in subjects as diverse as carpentry, cosmetology, and culinary arts, among many others.