Enrollment Trends at LSC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,628 where 4,074 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 5,281 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,849 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,862 to 4,074 students, a net loss of 788 (16.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,862	2,152	2,710
2016-17	4,793 -69	2,154 2	2,639 -71
2017-18	5,059 266	2,324 170	2,735 96
2018-19	5,281 222	2,406 82	2,875 140
2019-20	5,230 -51	2,316 -90	2,914 39
2020-21	4,762 -468	1,984 -332	2,778 -136
2021-22	4,373 -389	1,841 -143	2,532 -246
2022-23	3,849 -524	1,728 -113	2,121 -411
2023-24	4,001 152	1,684 -44	2,317 196
2024-25	4,074 73	1,760 76	2,314 -3
Average	4,628	2,035	2,594

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 81.44%. The percentage was 82.81% 10 years ago and LSC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.08% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.85% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.81% to 81.44%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.30% to 1.08%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.29% to 2.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.67% to 4.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3316 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3110 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lake Superior 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	72	63	160	130	7	4,026	167
2016-17	78	71	134	130	2	3,975	182
2017-18	72	72	154	132	4	4,176	202
2018-19	82	87	163	133	3	4,352	203
2019-20	72	90	133	149	2	4,299	218
2020-21	61	73	126	174	7	3,957	206
2021-22	50	59	110	154	0	3,640	184
2022-23	50	61	86	142	1	3,224	151
2023-24	54	63	105	141	2	3,287	182
2024-25	56	44	116	165	1	3,318	199
Average	65	68	129	145	3	3,825	189