Enrollment Trends at Jackson

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,790 where 5,086 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Jackson than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,440	2,249	3,191
2016-17	5,413 -27	2,326 77	3,087 -104
2017-18	4,798 -615	1,896 -430	2,902 -185
2018-19	5,083 285	2,333 437	2,750 -152
2019-20	4,616 -467	1,702 -631	2,914 164
2020-21	4,140 -476	1,379 -323	2,761 -153
2021-22	4,103 -37	1,431 52	2,672 -89
2022-23	4,244 141	1,480 49	2,764 92
2023-24	4,975 731	1,971 491	3,004 240
2024-25	5,086 111	1,845 -126	3,241 237
Average	4,790	1,861	2,929

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.95%. The percentage was 67.00% 10 years ago and Jackson still has a high percentage of white students. 0.96% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.27% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 67.00% to 67.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.70% to 0.96%. Black student enrollment decreased from 11.45% to 11.27%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.08% to 7.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5171 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5352 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Jackson 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	27	38	623	222	6	3,645	172
2016-17	23	55	614	245	3	3,440	163
2017-18	16	68	426	226	0	3,295	180
2018-19	14	70	406	246	2	3,168	189
2019-20	18	63	456	256	3	3,155	178
2020-21	16	45	434	252	4	2,823	181
2021-22	8	30	345	230	1	2,961	167
2022-23	13	41	398	268	1	2,940	219
2023-24	25	56	615	316	1	3,280	219
2024-25	21	49	573	369	3	3,456	282
Average	18	52	489	263	2	3,216	195