Enrollment Trends at Eastern Suffolk BOCES

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 269 where 310 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 310 students in 2025 and was lowest at 234 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 262 to 310 students, a net gain of 48 (18.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Eastern Suffolk BOCES since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	262	33	229
2016-17	300 38	48 15	252 23
2017-18	261 -39	33 -15	228 -24
2018-19	272 11	41 8	231 3
2019-20	249 -23	26 -15	223 -8
2020-21	234 -15	22 -4	212 -11
2021-22	266 32	28 6	238 26
2022-23	257 -9	32 4	225 -13
2023-24	275 18	40 8	235 10
2024-25	310 35	42 2	268 33
Average	269	35	234

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.45% and the percentage of black students is 48.71% at Eastern Suffolk BOCES. 1.94% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 25.16% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 39.31% to 16.45%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.91% to 1.94%. Black student enrollment increased from 32.44% to 48.71%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.79% to 25.16%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6711 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7111 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Suffolk BOCES 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	1	5	85	44	0	103	6
2016-17	0	12	107	49	2	97	14
2017-18	2	9	73	42	0	112	10
2018-19	2	9	78	58	1	98	11
2019-20	1	5	69	57	0	80	26
2020-21	2	6	68	45	0	88	7
2021-22	3	5	104	54	1	77	1
2022-23	0	3	87	74	0	71	8
2023-24	2	6	133	66	0	52	4
2024-25	1	6	151	78	1	51	9
Average	1	7	96	57	1	83	10

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Eastern Suffolk BOCES does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.