Enrollment Trends at Garden City CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,975 where 2,079 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 2,099 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,868 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,099 to 2,079 students, a net loss of 20 (1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Garden City Community College since 2015.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,099	977	1,122
2016-17	2,053 -46	944 -33	1,109 -13
2017-18	2,064 11	944	1,120 11
2018-19	1,917 -147	870 -74	1,047 -73
2019-20	1,892 -25	932 62	960 -87
2020-21	1,868 -24	854 -78	1,014 54
2021-22	1,962 94	885 31	1,077 63
2022-23	1,914 -48	888 3	1,026 -51
2023-24	1,904 -10	833 -55	1,071 45
2024-25	2,079 175	945 112	1,134 63
Average	1,975	907	1,068

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.47% and the percentage of black students is 6.30% at Garden City Community College. 2.41% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 47.28% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 42.88% to 32.47%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.57% to 2.41%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.91% to 6.30%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 43.45% to 47.28%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6658 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6203 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Garden City Community College 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	15	54	166	912	2	900	20
2016-17	12	44	166	872	12	882	10
2017-18	19	49	207	902	16	806	21
2018-19	19	58	195	919	9	663	24
2019-20	16	37	177	893	7	679	0
2020-21	13	46	190	866	8	645	0
2021-22	8	41	155	966	5	642	32
2022-23	6	37	119	974	10	620	35
2023-24	10	33	110	939	5	632	49
2024-25	10	50	131	983	12	675	51
Average	13	45	162	923	9	714	24