Enrollment Trends at Empire Beauty School-Reading

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 90 where 90 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 119 students in 2018 and was lowest at 50 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 100 to 90 students, a net loss of 10 (10%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Empire Beauty School-Reading since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	100	4	96
2016-17	115 15	7 3	108 12
2017-18	119 4	3 -4	116 8
2018-19	101 -18	1 -2	100 -16
2019-20	87 -14	3 2	84 -16
2020-21	94 7	4 1	90 6
2021-22	68 -26	1 -3	67 -23
2022-23	50 -18	4 3	46 -21
2023-24	76 26	5 1	71 25
2024-25	90 14	1 -4	89 18
Average	90	3	87

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 30.00% and the percentage of black students is 7.78% at Empire Beauty School-Reading. 1.11% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 43.33% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 41.00% to 30.00%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.00% to 1.11%. Black student enrollment decreased from 11.00% to 7.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 40.00% to 43.33%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7100 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6577 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Empire Beauty School-Reading over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• 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	2	1	11	40	0	41	4
2016-17	1	0	16	54	0	39	2
2017-18	0	1	16	58	0	36	4
2018-19	0	1	5	47	0	37	9
2019-20	0	1	7	43	0	24	8
2020-21	0	1	12	43	0	28	7
2021-22	0	0	12	27	0	19	6
2022-23	0	0	7	21	0	11	3
2023-24	0	0	6	33	0	20	5
2024-25	0	1	7	39	0	27	7
Average	0	1	10	41	0	28	6

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Empire Beauty School-Reading does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.