Enrollment Trends at New River Community and Technica

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,255 where 1,571 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,624 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,007 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,624 to 1,571 students, a net loss of 53 (3.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New River Community and Technical College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,624	578	1,046
2016-17	1,442 -182	590 12	852 -194
2017-18	1,172 -270	419 -171	753 -99
2018-19	1,169 -3	379 -40	790 37
2019-20	1,212 43	435 56	777 -13
2020-21	1,053 -159	374 -61	679 -98
2021-22	1,042 -11	329 -45	713 34
2022-23	1,007 -35	332 3	675 -38
2023-24	1,262 255	422 90	840 165
2024-25	1,571 309	509 87	1,062 222
Average	1,255	437	819

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 90.64%. The percentage was 89.78% 10 years ago and New River Community and Technica still has a high percentage of white students. 0.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.88% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.32% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 89.78% to 90.64%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.17% to 0.45%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.67% to 3.88%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.06% to 0.32%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1756 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.1904 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New River Community and Technical College 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	7	19	92	1	0	1,458	26
2016-17	7	10	70	12	4	1,191	5
2017-18	2	9	70	0	0	1,049	22
2018-19	1	5	77	0	0	1,045	41
2019-20	5	6	75	21	0	1,088	16
2020-21	5	5	57	0	0	952	30
2021-22	6	3	52	12	0	874	22
2022-23	6	7	35	10	0	849	28
2023-24	6	8	58	10	0	1,136	43
2024-25	11	7	61	5	3	1,424	55
Average	6	8	65	7	1	1,107	29