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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 6,119 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,494 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,119 to 6,083 students, a net loss of 36 (0.6%).

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