Enrollment Trends at Chesapeake

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,035 where 2,095 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 2,264 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,738 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,264 to 2,095 students, a net loss of 169 (7.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Chesapeake College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,264	763	1,501
2016-17	2,123 -141	739 -24	1,384 -117
2017-18	2,189 66	715 -24	1,474 90
2018-19	2,081 -108	731 16	1,350 -124
2019-20	2,184 103	752 21	1,432 82
2020-21	1,904 -280	611 -141	1,293 -139
2021-22	1,738 -166	565 -46	1,173 -120
2022-23	1,794 56	590 25	1,204 31
2023-24	1,980 186	633 43	1,347 143
2024-25	2,095 115	698 65	1,397 50
Average	2,035	680	1,356

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.49%. The percentage was 70.63% 10 years ago and Chesapeake still has a high percentage of white students. 1.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.31% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.63% to 64.49%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.19% to 1.67%. Black student enrollment decreased from 17.01% to 12.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.06% to 11.31%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5531 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4699 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Chesapeake College 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	26	27	385	92	3	1,599	45
2016-17	20	28	335	120	0	1,461	54
2017-18	22	35	313	113	2	1,510	72
2018-19	25	26	292	121	1	1,425	60
2019-20	18	37	302	134	4	1,498	58
2020-21	13	32	235	122	5	1,339	57
2021-22	8	26	210	120	4	1,229	57
2022-23	6	30	221	146	3	1,237	76
2023-24	6	34	225	165	4	1,364	72
2024-25	3	35	270	237	5	1,351	78
Average	15	31	279	137	3	1,401	63