Enrollment Trends at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 392 where 354 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 5 decreases. It peaked at 511 students in 2016 and was lowest at 297 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 511 to 354 students, a net loss of 157 (30.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	511	164	347
2016-17	454 -57	230 66	224 -123
2017-18	465 11	211 -19	254 30
2018-19	427 -38	175 -36	252 -2
2019-20	379 -48	142 -33	237 -15
2020-21	297 -82	118 -24	179 -58
2021-22	304 7	110 -8	194 15
2022-23	384 80	141 31	243 49
2023-24	342 -42	129 -12	213 -30
2024-25	354 12	142 13	212 -1
Average	392	156	236

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.33% and the percentage of black students is 39.27% at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES. 4.80% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.08% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.10% to 46.33%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.57% to 4.80%. Black student enrollment increased from 14.87% to 39.27%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.31% to 5.08%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6249 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3809 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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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	10	8	76	22	1	394	0
2016-17	14	3	61	14	1	361	0
2017-18	2	10	81	11	1	352	8
2018-19	4	12	63	13	0	321	14
2019-20	3	6	80	13	0	267	10
2020-21	3	7	83	11	0	190	3
2021-22	2	8	87	11	0	182	14
2022-23	3	12	144	13	0	197	15
2023-24	1	18	136	5	1	162	19
2024-25	3	17	139	18	0	164	13
Average	5	10	95	13	0	259	10

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.