Enrollment Trends at FLC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,194 where 11,098 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 11,098 students in 2025 and was lowest at 8,499 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 8,666 to 11,098 students, a net gain of 2,432 (28.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Folsom Lake College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,666	3,704	4,962
2016-17	8,499 -167	3,698 -6	4,801 -161
2017-18	8,682 183	3,816 118	4,866 65
2018-19	8,575 -107	3,782 -34	4,793 -73
2019-20	8,945 370	3,993 211	4,952 159
2020-21	9,542 597	4,147 154	5,395 443
2021-22	8,926 -616	3,926 -221	5,000 -395
2022-23	8,796 -130	3,932 6	4,864 -136
2023-24	10,214 1,418	4,637 705	5,577 713
2024-25	11,098 884	4,930 293	6,168 591
Average	9,194	4,057	5,138

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.99% and the percentage of black students is 4.16% at Folsom Lake College. 15.00% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.72% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 58.63% to 45.99%. Asian enrollment grew from 9.81% to 15.00%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.38% to 4.16%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 18.16% to 22.72%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7065 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6084 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Folsom Lake College 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	74	850	293	1,574	52	5,081	548
2016-17	56	874	305	1,535	47	4,972	531
2017-18	62	911	356	1,617	40	4,943	580
2018-19	64	906	328	1,771	49	4,774	548
2019-20	73	1,041	374	1,846	48	4,600	563
2020-21	61	1,251	431	2,016	48	4,671	607
2021-22	69	1,061	410	1,964	47	4,282	566
2022-23	54	1,029	410	1,947	56	4,161	559
2023-24	66	1,137	517	2,312	63	4,805	641
2024-25	56	1,665	462	2,521	68	5,104	865
Average	64	1,073	389	1,910	52	4,739	601