Enrollment Trends at New Castle School of Trades

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 645 where 700 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 763 students in 2018 and was lowest at 454 in 2019. Overall, enrollment dropped from 759 to 700 students, a net loss of 59 (7.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New Castle School of Trades since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	759	722	37
2016-17	669 -90	643 -79	26 -11
2017-18	763 94	728 85	35 9
2018-19	454 -309	428 -300	26 -9
2019-20	582 128	538 110	44 18
2020-21	606 24	567 29	39 -5
2021-22	667 61	623 56	44 5
2022-23	628 -39	570 -53	58 14
2023-24	623 -5	560 -10	63 5
2024-25	700 77	616 56	84 21
Average	645	600	46

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.14%. The percentage was 86.82% 10 years ago and New Castle School of Trades still has a high percentage of white students. 0.29% of enrolled students is Asian and 17.14% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.82% to 74.14%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.29%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.54% to 17.14%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.24% to 2.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4181 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2345 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New Castle School of Trades over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• 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	1	0	80	17	0	659	0
2016-17	1	1	51	21	0	593	0
2017-18	1	1	57	27	0	673	0
2018-19	0	0	53	7	0	394	0
2019-20	0	2	56	11	0	513	0
2020-21	0	1	67	7	0	531	0
2021-22	0	1	72	11	2	567	10
2022-23	1	1	90	12	1	494	19
2023-24	1	2	91	14	0	496	16
2024-25	1	2	120	17	0	519	33
Average	1	1	74	14	0	544	8

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

New Castle School of Trades does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.