Enrollment Trends at Gavilan

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,434 where 6,083 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.20 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Gavilan than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,119	3,095	3,024
2016-17	5,847 -272	2,787 -308	3,060 36
2017-18	5,995 148	2,884 97	3,111 51
2018-19	5,649 -346	2,654 -230	2,995 -116
2019-20	5,573 -76	2,671 17	2,902 -93
2020-21	4,494 -1,079	2,013 -658	2,481 -421
2021-22	4,538 44	2,062 49	2,476 -5
2022-23	4,561 23	2,151 89	2,410 -66
2023-24	5,484 923	2,573 422	2,911 501
2024-25	6,083 599	2,767 194	3,316 405
Average	5,434	2,566	2,869

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 19.38% and the percentage of black students is 2.35% at Gavilan College. 6.92% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 64.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.04% to 19.38%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.38% to 6.92%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.14% to 2.35%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 57.28% to 64.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5461 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5778 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Gavilan 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	31	329	131	3,505	26	1,838	128
2016-17	23	343	128	3,333	27	1,719	171
2017-18	15	385	141	3,404	20	1,766	195
2018-19	12	420	121	3,305	14	1,532	204
2019-20	10	382	89	3,333	23	1,322	200
2020-21	13	317	77	2,739	14	1,073	179
2021-22	10	310	98	2,767	16	1,072	171
2022-23	8	349	106	2,806	15	986	184
2023-24	12	311	108	3,499	19	1,146	221
2024-25	13	421	143	3,894	22	1,179	214
Average	15	357	114	3,259	20	1,363	187