Enrollment Trends at Lancaster County Career and Technology Center

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 346 where 279 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 4 decreases. It peaked at 467 students in 2016 and was lowest at 239 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 467 to 279 students, a net loss of 188 (40.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lancaster County Career and Technology Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	467	82	385
2016-17	422 -45	88 6	334 -51
2017-18	422	76 -12	346 12
2018-19	348 -74	79 3	269 -77
2019-20	333 -15	65 -14	268 -1
2020-21	348 15	48 -17	300 32
2021-22	353 5	45 -3	308 8
2022-23	239 -114	34 -11	205 -103
2023-24	250 11	42 8	208 3
2024-25	279 29	48 6	231 23
Average	346	61	285

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.35% and the percentage of black students is 23.66% at Lancaster County Career and Technology Center. 2.87% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.47% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 61.24% to 38.35%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.00% to 2.87%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.49% to 23.66%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 13.92% to 11.47%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7750 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5821 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lancaster County Career and Technology Center 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	1	14	63	65	0	286	31
2016-17	0	18	69	64	0	246	21
2017-18	0	11	75	53	0	246	32
2018-19	1	12	50	32	0	214	38
2019-20	1	12	43	37	0	205	35
2020-21	0	6	56	56	0	193	33
2021-22	0	5	72	54	2	174	31
2022-23	0	4	52	34	0	111	24
2023-24	0	6	47	33	0	117	22
2024-25	0	8	66	32	0	107	25
Average	0	10	59	46	0	190	29

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Lancaster County Career and Technology Center does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.