Enrollment Trends at Northwest

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,509 where 1,486 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 1,694 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,379 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,694 to 1,486 students, a net loss of 208 (12.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,694	717	977
2016-17	1,656 -38	680 -37	976 -1
2017-18	1,654 -2	698 18	956 -20
2018-19	1,488 -166	610 -88	878 -78
2019-20	1,446 -42	580 -30	866 -12
2020-21	1,438 -8	569 -11	869 3
2021-22	1,427 -11	573 4	854 -15
2022-23	1,423 -4	618 45	805 -49
2023-24	1,379 -44	576 -42	803 -2
2024-25	1,486 107	663 87	823 20
Average	1,509	628	881

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.44%. The percentage was 84.53% 10 years ago and Northwest still has a high percentage of white students. 0.74% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.47% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.53% to 75.44%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.47% to 0.74%. Black student enrollment decreased from 0.65% to 0.47%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 8.09% to 7.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4243 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2784 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest 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	12	8	11	137	4	1,432	32
2016-17	11	7	8	125	5	1,389	36
2017-18	9	5	14	100	3	1,408	50
2018-19	8	9	13	120	6	1,233	37
2019-20	5	11	9	118	6	1,192	26
2020-21	10	6	24	112	4	1,190	29
2021-22	19	9	12	112	5	1,179	29
2022-23	20	8	10	112	1	1,142	26
2023-24	15	8	7	127	4	1,040	35
2024-25	25	11	7	114	2	1,121	30
Average	13	8	12	118	4	1,233	33