Enrollment Trends at LTI Sharon

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 152 where 163 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 177 students in 2018 and was lowest at 118 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 145 to 163 students, a net gain of 18 (12.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Laurel Technical Institute since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	145	43	102
2016-17	164 19	63 20	101 -1
2017-18	177 13	66 3	111 10
2018-19	168 -9	64 -2	104 -7
2019-20	159 -9	47 -17	112 8
2020-21	122 -37	46 -1	76 -36
2021-22	144 22	67 21	77 1
2022-23	118 -26	46 -21	72 -5
2023-24	160 42	67 21	93 21
2024-25	163 3	54 -13	109 16
Average	152	56	96

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.53%. The percentage was 73.10% 10 years ago and LTI Sharon still has a high percentage of white students. 0.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.72% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.23% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 73.10% to 78.53%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.61%. Black student enrollment decreased from 22.76% to 14.72%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.69% to 1.23%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3605 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4126 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Laurel Technical Institute 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	0	0	33	1	0	106	5
2016-17	0	0	38	1	0	121	4
2017-18	0	0	24	1	0	147	5
2018-19	0	0	27	2	0	136	2
2019-20	0	0	26	2	1	122	8
2020-21	0	0	14	0	2	97	8
2021-22	0	1	25	2	1	102	12
2022-23	0	0	17	4	0	89	7
2023-24	1	1	27	6	0	112	10
2024-25	1	1	24	2	0	128	5
Average	0	0	26	2	0	116	7

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Laurel Technical Institute does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.