Enrollment Trends at Las Positas

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,204 where 8,103 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Las Positas.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,912	4,318	4,594
2016-17	9,049 137	4,360 42	4,689 95
2017-18	8,989 -60	4,347 -13	4,642 -47
2018-19	8,978 -11	4,330 -17	4,648 6
2019-20	8,706 -272	4,120 -210	4,586 -62
2020-21	8,005 -701	3,659 -461	4,346 -240
2021-22	7,125 -880	3,328 -331	3,797 -549
2022-23	6,724 -401	3,173 -155	3,551 -246
2023-24	7,448 724	3,594 421	3,854 303
2024-25	8,103 655	3,999 405	4,104 250
Average	8,204	3,923	4,281

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.37% and the percentage of black students is 4.38% at Las Positas College. 27.06% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 29.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 40.04% to 28.37%. Asian enrollment grew from 16.12% to 27.06%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.81% to 4.38%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 29.49% to 29.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7530 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7203 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Las Positas 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	14	1,437	429	2,628	50	3,568	573
2016-17	13	1,586	377	2,743	52	3,498	591
2017-18	18	1,744	364	2,759	54	3,258	611
2018-19	14	1,917	365	2,767	46	3,045	638
2019-20	16	1,944	335	2,586	54	2,804	651
2020-21	9	1,820	324	2,407	47	2,561	601
2021-22	15	1,664	289	2,153	40	2,196	582
2022-23	15	1,598	280	2,058	37	2,023	545
2023-24	15	1,862	324	2,218	34	2,210	584
2024-25	6	2,193	355	2,358	29	2,299	658
Average	14	1,777	344	2,468	44	2,746	603