Enrollment Trends at Mitchell

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 602 where 442 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 723 students in 2016 and was lowest at 442 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 723 to 442 students, a net loss of 281 (38.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	723	406	317
2016-17	677 -46	382 -24	295 -22
2017-18	707 30	414 32	293 -2
2018-19	665 -42	384 -30	281 -12
2019-20	642 -23	359 -25	283 2
2020-21	599 -43	339 -20	260 -23
2021-22	526 -73	303 -36	223 -37
2022-23	539 13	288 -15	251 28
2023-24	500 -39	270 -18	230 -21
2024-25	442 -58	233 -37	209 -21
Average	602	338	264

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.94%. The percentage was 62.38% 10 years ago and Mitchell still has a high percentage of white students. 1.58% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 20.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 62.38% to 52.94%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.66% to 1.58%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.83% to 13.35%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.48% to 20.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6580 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5759 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mitchell 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	13	12	100	83	0	451	33
2016-17	14	8	88	71	2	317	17
2017-18	7	12	87	99	3	360	27
2018-19	6	16	92	96	2	360	31
2019-20	5	12	89	109	3	338	35
2020-21	5	11	84	93	3	302	36
2021-22	3	7	66	83	2	254	21
2022-23	1	11	77	93	1	277	26
2023-24	3	8	73	93	1	268	25
2024-25	5	7	59	91	0	234	15
Average	6	10	82	91	2	316	27