Enrollment Trends at Lamar State College-Orange

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,590 where 3,629 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.66 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Lamar State College-Orange than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,318	723	1,595
2016-17	2,338 20	781 58	1,557 -38
2017-18	2,293 -45	782 1	1,511 -46
2018-19	2,350 57	755 -27	1,595 84
2019-20	2,395 45	787 32	1,608 13
2020-21	2,382 -13	759 -28	1,623 15
2021-22	2,353 -29	728 -31	1,625 2
2022-23	2,682 329	892 164	1,790 165
2023-24	3,162 480	1,211 319	1,951 161
2024-25	3,629 467	1,365 154	2,264 313
Average	2,590	878	1,712

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.28%. The percentage was 71.74% 10 years ago and Lamar State College-Orange still has a high percentage of white students. 1.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.02% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.88% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.74% to 61.28%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.16% to 1.35%. Black student enrollment decreased from 18.16% to 15.02%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.69% to 14.88%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5793 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4474 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lamar State College-Orange 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	11	50	421	155	0	1,663	0
2016-17	34	45	426	152	3	1,678	0
2017-18	12	43	362	170	0	1,699	0
2018-19	9	50	418	198	0	1,669	0
2019-20	8	44	436	213	2	1,678	0
2020-21	7	38	434	204	2	1,694	0
2021-22	10	30	375	261	0	1,662	0
2022-23	12	33	417	326	1	1,878	0
2023-24	28	43	450	410	1	2,068	61
2024-25	37	49	545	540	2	2,224	46
Average	17	43	428	263	1	1,791	11