Enrollment Trends at LSSC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,826 where 5,810 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.69 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in LSSC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lake-Sumter State College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,641	1,809	2,832
2016-17	4,613 -28	1,814 5	2,799 -33
2017-18	4,881 268	1,938 124	2,943 144
2018-19	4,812 -69	1,827 -111	2,985 42
2019-20	4,872 60	1,828 1	3,044 59
2020-21	4,760 -112	1,811 -17	2,949 -95
2021-22	4,342 -418	1,591 -220	2,751 -198
2022-23	4,460 118	1,694 103	2,766 15
2023-24	5,064 604	1,930 236	3,134 368
2024-25	5,810 746	2,157 227	3,653 519
Average	4,826	1,840	2,986

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.88% and the percentage of black students is 12.60% at Lake-Sumter State College. 4.61% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 26.97% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.32% to 48.88%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.18% to 4.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.06% to 12.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.43% to 26.97%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6698 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5680 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lake-Sumter State 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	34	194	467	345	22	2,985	135
2016-17	27	186	398	326	19	3,091	135
2017-18	17	204	448	967	13	2,838	130
2018-19	25	206	432	1,054	16	2,721	133
2019-20	30	214	471	1,102	12	2,664	139
2020-21	27	233	452	1,113	12	2,566	136
2021-22	27	219	456	974	10	2,307	146
2022-23	23	213	462	1,092	8	2,299	170
2023-24	30	218	568	1,350	12	2,547	140
2024-25	34	268	732	1,567	9	2,840	128
Average	27	216	489	989	13	2,686	139