Enrollment Trends at East Central

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,731 where 2,371 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 3,222 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,371 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,222 to 2,371 students, a net loss of 851 (26.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,222	1,265	1,957
2016-17	2,966 -256	1,132 -133	1,834 -123
2017-18	2,897 -69	1,148 16	1,749 -85
2018-19	2,629 -268	1,043 -105	1,586 -163
2019-20	2,649 20	1,061 18	1,588 2
2020-21	2,593 -56	971 -90	1,622 34
2021-22	2,657 64	1,014 43	1,643 21
2022-23	2,692 35	1,056 42	1,636 -7
2023-24	2,638 -54	1,032 -24	1,606 -30
2024-25	2,371 -267	876 -156	1,495 -111
Average	2,731	1,060	1,672

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 87.18%. The percentage was 94.41% 10 years ago and East Central still has a high percentage of white students. 0.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.10% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 94.41% to 87.18%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.65% to 0.97%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.02% to 1.10%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.80% to 4.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2358 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1081 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at East Central 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	21	33	58	2	3,042	3
2016-17	15	18	26	57	5	2,803	16
2017-18	14	26	29	59	2	2,699	41
2018-19	13	23	25	52	1	2,411	60
2019-20	12	22	30	74	3	2,402	65
2020-21	12	26	21	76	6	2,350	79
2021-22	13	25	24	90	5	2,414	81
2022-23	9	21	34	91	3	2,430	83
2023-24	12	14	24	94	4	2,350	108
2024-25	10	23	26	99	3	2,067	112
Average	14	22	27	75	3	2,497	65