Enrollment Trends at Olney Central

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,315 where 3,726 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 0.78 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Olney Central than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Illinois Eastern Community Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,295	524	771
2016-17	1,198 -97	510 -14	688 -83
2017-18	1,142 -56	474 -36	668 -20
2018-19	1,112 -30	426 -48	686 18
2019-20	1,034 -78	393 -33	641 -45
2020-21	906 -128	387 -6	519 -122
2021-22	992 86	433 46	559 40
2022-23	869 -123	373 -60	496 -63
2023-24	880 11	401 28	479 -17
2024-25	3,726 2,846	2,097 1,696	1,629 1,150
Average	1,315	602	714

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 88.24%. The percentage was 94.75% 10 years ago and Olney Central still has a high percentage of white students. 1.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.87% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 94.75% to 88.24%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.16% to 1.40%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.31% to 2.87%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.93% to 2.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2191 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1017 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Illinois Eastern Community Colleges 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	3	15	17	12	0	1,227	18
2016-17	0	12	22	12	0	1,137	14
2017-18	0	10	20	23	0	1,066	23
2018-19	1	11	16	24	0	1,026	32
2019-20	1	8	21	18	2	950	30
2020-21	2	9	21	12	0	844	17
2021-22	3	14	15	21	1	916	22
2022-23	4	13	14	25	2	710	14
2023-24	4	6	9	28	1	772	16
2024-25	11	52	107	109	6	3,288	61
Average	3	15	26	28	1	1,194	25