Enrollment Trends at Escoffier-Austin

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 455 where 305 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 610 students in 2021 and was lowest at 304 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 304 to 305 students, a net gain of 1 (0.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	304	131	173
2016-17	385 81	205 74	180 7
2017-18	490 105	254 49	236 56
2018-19	506 16	267 13	239 3
2019-20	593 87	304 37	289 50
2020-21	610 17	297 -7	313 24
2021-22	543 -67	241 -56	302 -11
2022-23	437 -106	212 -29	225 -77
2023-24	372 -65	186 -26	186 -39
2024-25	305 -67	167 -19	138 -48
Average	455	226	228

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.03% and the percentage of black students is 23.61% at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin. 1.97% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 34.75% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 37.50% to 38.03%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.33% to 1.97%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.51% to 23.61%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 33.55% to 34.75%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6783 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7195 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	1	1	35	102	0	114	36
2016-17	2	2	29	82	1	89	48
2017-18	2	5	71	124	1	137	53
2018-19	2	10	85	190	0	147	33
2019-20	4	13	109	221	3	176	31
2020-21	2	9	106	158	1	171	18
2021-22	3	5	95	160	2	187	24
2022-23	8	10	80	103	2	147	26
2023-24	5	14	88	104	4	141	11
2024-25	1	6	72	106	0	116	4
Average	3	8	77	135	1	143	28

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.