Enrollment Trends at Panola

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,559 where 2,691 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 2.01 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Panola than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,675	864	1,811
2016-17	2,667 -8	821 -43	1,846 35
2017-18	2,465 -202	807 -14	1,658 -188
2018-19	2,766 301	875 68	1,891 233
2019-20	2,599 -167	927 52	1,672 -219
2020-21	2,513 -86	867 -60	1,646 -26
2021-22	2,469 -44	833 -34	1,636 -10
2022-23	2,386 -83	802 -31	1,584 -52
2023-24	2,356 -30	798 -4	1,558 -26
2024-25	2,691 335	893 95	1,798 240
Average	2,559	849	1,710

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.92%. The percentage was 62.43% 10 years ago and Panola still has a high percentage of white students. 1.15% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.57% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 22.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 62.43% to 53.92%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.49% to 1.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 21.20% to 16.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.79% to 22.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6285 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5489 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Panola 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	10	13	567	342	1	1,670	14
2016-17	10	19	577	314	0	1,653	36
2017-18	7	23	534	338	1	1,472	38
2018-19	9	19	569	410	1	1,655	57
2019-20	8	23	484	390	0	1,604	55
2020-21	8	23	489	427	0	1,499	54
2021-22	7	28	443	483	0	1,434	51
2022-23	8	21	422	475	0	1,370	64
2023-24	13	25	365	492	1	1,350	76
2024-25	23	31	446	611	0	1,451	104
Average	10	23	490	428	0	1,516	55