Enrollment Trends at Lamar State College-Port Arthur

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,705 where 4,680 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 4,680 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,802 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,802 to 4,680 students, a net gain of 2,878 (159.7%).

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,802	703	1,099
2016-17	2,051 249	813 110	1,238 139
2017-18	2,293 242	904 91	1,389 151
2018-19	2,441 148	1,006 102	1,435 46
2019-20	2,537 96	980 -26	1,557 122
2020-21	2,485 -52	861 -119	1,624 67
2021-22	2,361 -124	853 -8	1,508 -116
2022-23	2,600 239	962 109	1,638 130
2023-24	3,802 1,202	1,636 674	2,166 528
2024-25	4,680 878	2,150 514	2,530 364
Average	2,705	1,087	1,618

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.14% and the percentage of black students is 21.60% at Lamar State College-Port Arthur. 3.01% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 43.31% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.62% to 22.14%. Asian enrollment declined from 7.94% to 3.01%. Black student enrollment decreased from 26.69% to 21.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 25.14% to 43.31%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7158 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7174 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lamar State College-Port Arthur over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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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	10	143	481	453	2	678	27
2016-17	9	142	549	581	2	731	30
2017-18	6	150	635	745	0	705	38
2018-19	11	127	693	824	1	720	39
2019-20	7	139	723	885	1	718	32
2020-21	7	148	760	857	1	670	23
2021-22	7	133	659	874	3	639	35
2022-23	59	114	687	1,096	0	594	23
2023-24	19	133	883	1,713	0	744	24
2024-25	30	141	1,011	2,027	1	1,036	16
Average	17	137	708	1,006	1	724	29