Enrollment Trends at Northwest Educational Center

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 194 where 305 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 305 students in 2025 and was lowest at 69 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 240 to 305 students, a net gain of 65 (27.1%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	240	18	222
2016-17	246 6	27 9	219 -3
2017-18	234 -12	20 -7	214 -5
2018-19	234	20	214
2019-20	221 -13	17 -3	204 -10
2020-21	73 -148	12 -5	61 -143
2021-22	89 16	26 14	63 2
2022-23	69 -20	14 -12	55 -8
2023-24	233 164	117 103	116 61
2024-25	305 72	111 -6	194 78
Average	194	38	156

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 4.59% and the percentage of black students is 36.07% at Northwest Educational Center. 0.66% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 58.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 4.58% to 4.59%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.66%. Black student enrollment increased from 18.33% to 36.07%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 68.33% to 58.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5272 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4973 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest Educational Center 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	0	0	44	164	0	11	0
2016-17	0	4	60	149	0	8	0
2017-18	0	0	75	132	0	12	0
2018-19	0	0	49	130	0	13	7
2019-20	0	1	50	151	0	8	5
2020-21	0	0	33	28	0	11	1
2021-22	0	0	36	39	0	0	10
2022-23	0	1	21	40	0	1	6
2023-24	0	0	82	132	0	6	10
2024-25	0	2	110	178	0	14	0
Average	0	1	56	114	0	8	4

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Northwest Educational Center does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.