Enrollment Trends at ECC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 22,473 where 21,664 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 24,820 students in 2019 and was lowest at 19,675 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 24,001 to 21,664 students, a net loss of 2,337 (9.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at El Camino Community College District since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	24,001	11,606	12,395
2016-17	24,033 32	11,623 17	12,410 15
2017-18	24,349 316	11,790 167	12,559 149
2018-19	24,820 471	12,180 390	12,640 81
2019-20	24,223 -597	11,908 -272	12,315 -325
2020-21	20,418 -3,805	9,112 -2,796	11,306 -1,009
2021-22	19,675 -743	9,055 -57	10,620 -686
2022-23	19,944 269	9,430 375	10,514 -106
2023-24	21,599 1,655	10,337 907	11,262 748
2024-25	21,664 65	10,250 -87	11,414 152
Average	22,473	10,729	11,744

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 11.42% and the percentage of black students is 11.82% at El Camino Community College District. 10.34% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 44.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 13.10% to 11.42%. Asian enrollment declined from 12.80% to 10.34%. Black student enrollment decreased from 14.58% to 11.82%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 51.40% to 44.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7653 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6789 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at El Camino Community College District 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	39	3,071	3,499	12,337	132	3,145	1,093
2016-17	43	3,105	3,360	12,557	108	3,043	1,108
2017-18	36	3,124	3,340	12,834	103	3,142	1,109
2018-19	48	3,173	3,237	13,256	116	3,206	1,204
2019-20	38	2,389	3,031	10,708	91	2,364	904
2020-21	42	2,160	2,743	8,858	85	2,105	582
2021-22	34	2,281	2,617	9,151	70	2,271	713
2022-23	39	2,356	2,502	10,092	74	2,597	988
2023-24	63	2,002	2,764	10,531	97	3,273	469
2024-25	72	2,240	2,560	9,611	68	2,475	265
Average	45	2,590	2,965	10,994	94	2,762	844