Enrollment Trends at Florence-Darlington Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,135 where 3,522 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.90 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Florence-Darlington Technical than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Florence-Darlington Technical College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,007	2,163	3,844
2016-17	6,003 -4	2,093 -70	3,910 66
2017-18	5,439 -564	1,982 -111	3,457 -453
2018-19	4,182 -1,257	1,443 -539	2,739 -718
2019-20	3,558 -624	1,271 -172	2,287 -452
2020-21	3,315 -243	1,108 -163	2,207 -80
2021-22	2,861 -454	1,047 -61	1,814 -393
2022-23	2,940 79	1,087 40	1,853 39
2023-24	3,521 581	1,254 167	2,267 414
2024-25	3,522 1	1,215 -39	2,307 40
Average	4,135	1,466	2,669

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.44% and the percentage of black students is 48.78% at Florence-Darlington Technical College. 0.91% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 0.62% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 43.63% to 39.44%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.78% to 0.91%. Black student enrollment increased from 46.16% to 48.78%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 2.01% to 0.62%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6057 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5959 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Florence-Darlington Technical College 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	60	47	2,773	121	1	2,621	56
2016-17	56	61	2,575	130	2	2,635	65
2017-18	50	60	2,106	123	0	2,416	95
2018-19	44	41	1,688	100	0	1,664	69
2019-20	39	27	1,366	103	0	1,442	53
2020-21	31	33	1,195	66	1	1,393	46
2021-22	29	28	1,016	54	0	1,244	53
2022-23	36	31	1,115	34	0	1,268	75
2023-24	43	36	1,579	28	1	1,425	92
2024-25	41	32	1,718	22	1	1,389	86
Average	43	40	1,713	78	1	1,750	69