Enrollment Trends at Lackawanna

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,856 where 2,211 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 2,211 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,489 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,629 to 2,211 students, a net gain of 582 (35.7%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,629	844	785
2016-17	1,489 -140	817 -27	672 -113
2017-18	1,604 115	826 9	778 106
2018-19	1,873 269	878 52	995 217
2019-20	1,991 118	885 7	1,106 111
2020-21	2,043 52	868 -17	1,175 69
2021-22	1,916 -127	734 -134	1,182 7
2022-23	1,868 -48	753 19	1,115 -67
2023-24	1,939 71	775 22	1,164 49
2024-25	2,211 272	863 88	1,348 184
Average	1,856	824	1,032

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.63%. The percentage was 65.32% 10 years ago and Lackawanna still has a high percentage of white students. 1.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.66% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.15% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.32% to 55.63%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.39% to 1.72%. Black student enrollment decreased from 16.76% to 12.66%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.35% to 16.15%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6470 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5371 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lackawanna 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	4	39	273	136	1	1,064	41
2016-17	3	27	293	136	0	935	22
2017-18	6	21	256	180	2	974	26
2018-19	10	23	239	226	4	1,092	43
2019-20	8	25	235	234	4	1,198	47
2020-21	8	24	263	242	5	1,159	37
2021-22	11	17	227	265	4	1,061	41
2022-23	8	25	261	281	3	970	46
2023-24	7	23	300	356	3	1,024	53
2024-25	8	38	280	357	1	1,230	75
Average	7	26	263	241	3	1,071	43