Enrollment Trends at Circle in the Square Theatre School

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 48 where 39 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 64 students in 2017 and was lowest at 25 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 59 to 39 students, a net loss of 20 (33.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Circle in the Square Theatre School since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	59	19	40
2016-17	64 5	22 3	42 2
2017-18	60 -4	14 -8	46 4
2018-19	48 -12	15 1	33 -13
2019-20	58 10	18 3	40 7
2020-21	25 -33	12 -6	13 -27
2021-22	35 10	11 -1	24 11
2022-23	43 8	14 3	29 5
2023-24	50 7	20 6	30 1
2024-25	39 -11	15 -5	24 -6
Average	48	16	32

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.33% and the percentage of black students is 12.82% at Circle in the Square Theatre School. 5.13% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.41% to 33.33%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.69% to 5.13%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.47% to 12.82%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 8.47% to 2.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8153 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.5694 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Circle in the Square Theatre School over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	0	1	5	5	2	38	0
2016-17	0	1	12	4	2	38	0
2017-18	0	6	7	6	0	39	0
2018-19	0	5	2	7	0	32	0
2019-20	0	6	2	9	0	39	0
2020-21	0	1	3	3	0	15	0
2021-22	0	0	4	4	0	21	3
2022-23	0	1	3	6	0	22	8
2023-24	0	1	6	5	0	28	7
2024-25	1	2	5	1	0	13	9
Average	0	2	5	5	0	29	3

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Circle in the Square Theatre School does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.