Enrollment Trends at Los Angeles City

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,859 where 14,611 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 18,825 students in 2016 and was lowest at 12,747 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 18,825 to 14,611 students, a net loss of 4,214 (22.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	18,825	8,180	10,645
2016-17	17,661 -1,164	7,754 -426	9,907 -738
2017-18	13,827 -3,834	6,028 -1,726	7,799 -2,108
2018-19	13,909 82	5,910 -118	7,999 200
2019-20	14,937 1,028	6,255 345	8,682 683
2020-21	14,800 -137	5,836 -419	8,964 282
2021-22	12,747 -2,053	5,362 -474	7,385 -1,579
2022-23	13,199 452	5,604 242	7,595 210
2023-24	14,076 877	6,165 561	7,911 316
2024-25	14,611 535	6,413 248	8,198 287
Average	14,859	6,351	8,509

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 18.74% and the percentage of black students is 8.30% at Los Angeles City College. 9.57% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 54.53% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 17.06% to 18.74%. Asian enrollment declined from 13.39% to 9.57%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.48% to 8.30%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 53.00% to 54.53%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6505 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6625 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Los Angeles City 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	39	2,520	1,785	9,978	19	3,212	426
2016-17	31	2,276	1,458	9,706	15	3,012	389
2017-18	49	1,452	916	7,722	17	2,097	233
2018-19	45	1,317	831	7,880	11	1,757	218
2019-20	38	1,177	1,072	8,196	23	2,616	314
2020-21	32	1,752	1,058	7,979	21	2,726	399
2021-22	21	1,354	1,017	6,644	23	2,695	365
2022-23	26	1,380	1,106	7,228	17	2,284	388
2023-24	23	1,356	1,162	7,630	12	2,691	474
2024-25	19	1,398	1,212	7,968	17	2,738	455
Average	32	1,598	1,162	8,093	18	2,583	366