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.

The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Laredo than male students.

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