Enrollment Trends at North Arkansas

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,826 where 2,089 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 2,089 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,604 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,796 to 2,089 students, a net gain of 293 (16.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,796	771	1,025
2016-17	1,886 90	788 17	1,098 73
2017-18	1,821 -65	727 -61	1,094 -4
2018-19	1,812 -9	723 -4	1,089 -5
2019-20	1,676 -136	670 -53	1,006 -83
2020-21	1,604 -72	628 -42	976 -30
2021-22	1,792 188	769 141	1,023 47
2022-23	1,856 64	836 67	1,020 -3
2023-24	1,930 74	811 -25	1,119 99
2024-25	2,089 159	877 66	1,212 93
Average	1,826	760	1,066

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.12%. The percentage was 88.75% 10 years ago and North Arkansas still has a high percentage of white students. 1.53% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.44% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 88.75% to 78.12%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.17% to 1.53%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.28% to 1.44%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.79% to 11.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3751 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2072 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at North Arkansas College 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	11	3	5	104	2	1,594	73
2016-17	8	6	12	117	3	1,668	70
2017-18	8	10	16	123	4	1,577	59
2018-19	9	19	9	141	4	1,523	86
2019-20	6	18	16	146	4	1,408	69
2020-21	4	14	28	142	0	1,314	66
2021-22	5	17	28	148	7	1,482	65
2022-23	12	7	30	178	5	1,495	74
2023-24	14	20	25	190	4	1,532	87
2024-25	14	32	30	234	2	1,632	81
Average	9	15	20	152	4	1,523	73