Enrollment Trends at Ben Franklin Career Center

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 95 where 78 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 399 students in 2016 and was lowest at 29 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 399 to 78 students, a net loss of 321 (80.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ben Franklin Career Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	399	308	91
2016-17	99 -300	83 -225	16 -75
2017-18	53 -46	50 -33	3 -13
2018-19	45 -8	40 -10	5 2
2019-20	44 -1	34 -6	10 5
2020-21	29 -15	20 -14	9 -1
2021-22	39 10	31 11	8 -1
2022-23	65 26	43 12	22 14
2023-24	99 34	62 19	37 15
2024-25	78 -21	46 -16	32 -5
Average	95	72	23

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 83.33%. The percentage was 87.97% 10 years ago and Ben Franklin Career Center still has a high percentage of white students.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 87.97% to 83.33%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.27% to 10.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2909 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2182 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ben Franklin Career Center 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	0	0	33	0	0	351	13
2016-17	0	0	8	0	0	91	0
2017-18	0	1	6	0	0	45	0
2018-19	0	0	5	2	0	37	1
2019-20	0	0	4	1	0	39	0
2020-21	0	0	0	1	0	28	0
2021-22	0	0	1	0	0	38	0
2022-23	0	0	8	0	0	57	0
2023-24	0	1	17	1	0	77	3
2024-25	0	0	8	0	0	65	5
Average	0	0	9	1	0	83	2

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Ben Franklin Career Center does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.