Enrollment Trends at Mercer County Technical Education Center

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 109 where 120 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 3 decreases. It peaked at 147 students in 2017 and was lowest at 76 in 2019. Overall, enrollment dropped from 132 to 120 students, a net loss of 12 (9.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Mercer County Technical Education Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	132	50	82
2016-17	147 15	59 9	88 6
2017-18	115 -32	46 -13	69 -19
2018-19	76 -39	20 -26	56 -13
2019-20	87 11	41 21	46 -10
2020-21	87	21 -20	66 20
2021-22	104 17	31 10	73 7
2022-23	122 18	30 -1	92 19
2023-24	102 -20	34 4	68 -24
2024-25	120 18	41 7	79 11
Average	109	37	72

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 85.83%. The percentage was 89.39% 10 years ago and Mercer County Technical Education Center still has a high percentage of white students. Hispanic students comprise 0.83% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 89.39% to 85.83%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.85% to 11.67%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.76% to 0.83%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2494 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1911 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mercer County Technical Education Center over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	0	0	13	1	0	118	0
2016-17	0	0	15	0	0	131	1
2017-18	0	1	6	1	0	105	2
2018-19	0	0	4	0	0	70	2
2019-20	0	0	3	0	0	83	1
2020-21	0	0	6	0	0	77	4
2021-22	0	0	18	0	0	85	1
2022-23	0	0	25	0	0	97	0
2023-24	0	0	13	2	0	87	0
2024-25	1	0	14	1	1	103	0
Average	0	0	12	1	0	96	1

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Mercer County Technical Education Center does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.