Enrollment Trends at East Los Angeles

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 33,578 where 33,677 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 0.92 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in East Los Angeles.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	37,188	18,901	18,287
2016-17	36,970 -218	18,163 -738	18,807 520
2017-18	34,578 -2,392	17,009 -1,154	17,569 -1,238
2018-19	35,403 825	17,899 890	17,504 -65
2019-20	36,885 1,482	18,432 533	18,453 949
2020-21	33,397 -3,488	15,608 -2,824	17,789 -664
2021-22	29,506 -3,891	13,904 -1,704	15,602 -2,187
2022-23	27,855 -1,651	13,628 -276	14,227 -1,375
2023-24	30,321 2,466	15,270 1,642	15,051 824
2024-25	33,677 3,356	17,539 2,269	16,138 1,087
Average	33,578	16,635	16,943

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 11.47% and the percentage of black students is 6.06% at East Los Angeles College. 6.67% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 65.64% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 6.21% to 11.47%. Asian enrollment declined from 9.02% to 6.67%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.10% to 6.06%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 68.27% to 65.64%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5477 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.5202 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at East Los Angeles 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	75	3,353	1,526	25,388	56	2,308	138
2016-17	69	3,303	1,533	26,072	58	1,986	168
2017-18	138	2,601	1,056	23,286	70	1,741	106
2018-19	97	2,315	1,173	24,190	74	1,909	135
2019-20	67	2,770	1,768	24,726	57	2,297	192
2020-21	63	2,899	1,768	22,003	57	2,746	264
2021-22	58	2,521	1,793	19,174	48	2,591	272
2022-23	42	2,106	1,654	18,900	46	2,240	242
2023-24	55	1,991	1,708	20,134	40	3,634	296
2024-25	56	2,246	2,042	22,106	47	3,863	336
Average	72	2,611	1,602	22,598	55	2,532	215