Enrollment Trends at Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 108 where 83 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 137 students in 2016 and was lowest at 81 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 137 to 83 students, a net loss of 54 (39.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program since 2015.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	137	9	128
2016-17	124 -13	13 4	111 -17
2017-18	132 8	7 -6	125 14
2018-19	129 -3	11 4	118 -7
2019-20	122 -7	12 1	110 -8
2020-21	81 -41	4 -8	77 -33
2021-22	88 7	11 7	77
2022-23	95 7	7 -4	88 11
2023-24	85 -10	8 1	77 -11
2024-25	83 -2	10 2	73 -4
Average	108	9	98

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 20.48% and the percentage of black students is 50.60% at Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program. Hispanic students comprise 14.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 40.88% to 20.48%. Black student enrollment increased from 37.96% to 50.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.76% to 14.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6602 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6721 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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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	1	1	52	12	0	56	13
2016-17	1	5	37	21	1	45	13
2017-18	0	3	41	19	0	60	7
2018-19	0	3	43	23	0	52	4
2019-20	0	1	52	18	0	42	7
2020-21	0	1	44	5	0	25	5
2021-22	0	1	39	15	0	29	4
2022-23	0	2	47	12	0	26	8
2023-24	0	6	36	15	0	20	5
2024-25	0	0	42	12	0	17	12
Average	0	2	43	15	0	37	8

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.