Enrollment Trends at Empire Beauty School-Speedway

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 177 where 166 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 225 students in 2023 and was lowest at 139 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 160 to 166 students, a net gain of 6 (3.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	160	9	151
2016-17	180 20	8 -1	172 21
2017-18	218 38	6 -2	212 40
2018-19	178 -40	7 1	171 -41
2019-20	151 -27	7	144 -27
2020-21	148 -3	7	141 -3
2021-22	139 -9	4 -3	135 -6
2022-23	225 86	6 2	219 84
2023-24	209 -16	4 -2	205 -14
2024-25	166 -43	3 -1	163 -42
Average	177	6	171

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 15.66% and the percentage of black students is 65.06% at Empire Beauty School-Speedway. 0.60% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 16.88% to 15.66%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.60%. Black student enrollment decreased from 76.88% to 65.06%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.75% to 8.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5414 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3791 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-Speedway 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	0	0	123	6	0	27	1
2016-17	1	0	119	6	0	22	6
2017-18	0	0	162	5	1	24	5
2018-19	0	0	75	2	0	12	2
2019-20	0	0	85	4	0	3	2
2020-21	0	0	101	6	0	16	0
2021-22	0	0	95	5	0	19	2
2022-23	0	9	118	15	0	62	6
2023-24	1	4	124	25	0	44	4
2024-25	1	1	108	14	0	26	10
Average	0	1	111	9	0	26	4

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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