Enrollment Trends at Empire Beauty School-Somersworth

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 152 where 184 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 184 students in 2025 and was lowest at 112 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 112 to 184 students, a net gain of 72 (64.3%).

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	112	22	90
2016-17	130 18	11 -11	119 29
2017-18	122 -8	13 2	109 -10
2018-19	173 51	23 10	150 41
2019-20	159 -14	9 -14	150
2020-21	164 5	14 5	150
2021-22	158 -6	22 8	136 -14
2022-23	151 -7	12 -10	139 3
2023-24	168 17	12	156 17
2024-25	184 16	13 1	171 15
Average	152	15	137

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 89.13%. The percentage was 92.86% 10 years ago and Empire Beauty School-Somersworth still has a high percentage of white students. 2.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.54% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.17% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 92.86% to 89.13%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.68% to 2.72%. Black student enrollment decreased from 0.89% to 0.54%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.00% to 2.17%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2031 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1363 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-Somersworth over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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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	2	3	1	0	0	104	2
2016-17	1	2	0	2	0	119	3
2017-18	1	2	1	2	0	109	5
2018-19	2	3	0	2	0	161	4
2019-20	3	6	1	2	0	143	2
2020-21	2	7	4	3	2	138	4
2021-22	2	4	4	3	2	140	1
2022-23	2	5	4	3	1	133	3
2023-24	2	6	1	8	1	147	2
2024-25	2	5	1	4	1	164	6
Average	2	4	2	3	1	136	3

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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