Enrollment Trends at Gordon Cooper Technology Center

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 852 where 860 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 934 students in 2023 and was lowest at 754 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 823 to 860 students, a net gain of 37 (4.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Gordon Cooper Technology Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	823	452	371
2016-17	875 52	513 61	362 -9
2017-18	754 -121	427 -86	327 -35
2018-19	788 34	456 29	332 5
2019-20	911 123	554 98	357 25
2020-21	837 -74	558 4	279 -78
2021-22	861 24	528 -30	333 54
2022-23	934 73	566 38	368 35
2023-24	879 -55	505 -61	374 6
2024-25	860 -19	516 11	344 -30
Average	852	508	345

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.70%. The percentage was 65.13% 10 years ago and Gordon Cooper Technology Center still has a high percentage of white students. 1.05% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.51% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.95% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 65.13% to 65.70%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.24% to 1.05%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.29% to 1.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.35% to 8.95%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5288 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.5282 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Gordon Cooper Technology Center 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	163	2	60	44	0	536	12
2016-17	119	2	28	7	1	706	12
2017-18	148	2	40	21	0	495	43
2018-19	154	7	27	22	0	559	19
2019-20	124	3	14	41	5	602	80
2020-21	93	2	23	45	1	528	132
2021-22	110	1	19	72	0	541	116
2022-23	67	2	18	82	1	569	194
2023-24	47	3	7	65	0	591	166
2024-25	54	9	13	77	0	565	142
Average	108	3	25	48	1	569	92

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Gordon Cooper Technology Center does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.