Enrollment Trends at Laredo

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,800 where 11,029 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 11,029 students in 2025 and was lowest at 8,749 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 8,749 to 11,029 students, a net gain of 2,280 (26.1%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,749	3,906	4,843
2016-17	9,176 427	4,064 158	5,112 269
2017-18	9,881 705	4,412 348	5,469 357
2018-19	10,181 300	4,451 39	5,730 261
2019-20	10,200 19	4,536 85	5,664 -66
2020-21	9,292 -908	3,684 -852	5,608 -56
2021-22	9,984 692	4,265 581	5,719 111
2022-23	9,317 -667	3,956 -309	5,361 -358
2023-24	10,191 874	4,353 397	5,838 477
2024-25	11,029 838	4,674 321	6,355 517
Average	9,800	4,230	5,570

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.50% and the percentage of black students is 0.08% at Laredo College. 0.27% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 94.75% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 1.53% to 3.50%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.24% to 0.27%. Black student enrollment decreased from 0.18% to 0.08%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 97.68% to 94.75%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1010 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.0456 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Laredo 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	5	21	16	8,546	1	134	3
2016-17	2	22	9	8,987	2	104	0
2017-18	4	24	15	9,661	1	126	0
2018-19	5	21	7	9,977	1	119	2
2019-20	5	21	10	9,948	1	142	7
2020-21	6	21	7	9,047	1	139	0
2021-22	8	16	13	9,649	0	181	2
2022-23	9	18	7	8,964	0	160	2
2023-24	7	26	11	9,700	0	248	0
2024-25	4	30	9	10,450	0	386	0
Average	6	22	10	9,493	1	174	2