Enrollment Trends at Drake State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 907 where 1,187 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,187 students in 2025 and was lowest at 752 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 996 to 1,187 students, a net gain of 191 (19.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	996	430	566
2016-17	829 -167	388 -42	441 -125
2017-18	752 -77	371 -17	381 -60
2018-19	831 79	403 32	428 47
2019-20	789 -42	374 -29	415 -13
2020-21	825 36	341 -33	484 69
2021-22	872 47	374 33	498 14
2022-23	976 104	388 14	588 90
2023-24	1,011 35	362 -26	649 61
2024-25	1,187 176	446 84	741 92
Average	907	388	519

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.75% and the percentage of black students is 55.18% at J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College. 0.51% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 9.77% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 38.25% to 22.75%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.10% to 0.51%. Black student enrollment increased from 50.30% to 55.18%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.71% to 9.77%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6268 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5986 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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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	12	11	501	27	0	381	32
2016-17	9	5	454	20	0	294	24
2017-18	11	4	393	17	0	273	35
2018-19	7	7	429	23	1	298	41
2019-20	7	5	418	40	1	212	51
2020-21	5	9	510	42	1	186	45
2021-22	10	8	560	59	1	188	36
2022-23	3	2	587	77	1	230	53
2023-24	3	5	559	109	2	245	61
2024-25	3	6	655	116	2	270	102
Average	7	6	507	53	1	258	48