Enrollment Trends at Paris Junior

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,666 where 4,533 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 4,999 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,365 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,999 to 4,533 students, a net loss of 466 (9.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,999	2,021	2,978
2016-17	4,806 -193	1,975 -46	2,831 -147
2017-18	4,835 29	1,960 -15	2,875 44
2018-19	4,959 124	1,988 28	2,971 96
2019-20	4,858 -101	1,896 -92	2,962 -9
2020-21	4,421 -437	1,643 -253	2,778 -184
2021-22	4,365 -56	1,630 -13	2,735 -43
2022-23	4,427 62	1,669 39	2,758 23
2023-24	4,456 29	1,770 101	2,686 -72
2024-25	4,533 77	1,709 -61	2,824 138
Average	4,666	1,826	2,840

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.48%. The percentage was 70.65% 10 years ago and Paris Junior still has a high percentage of white students. 1.39% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.63% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 24.77% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.65% to 55.48%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.96% to 1.39%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.64% to 10.63%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.68% to 24.77%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6174 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4674 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Paris Junior 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	85	48	532	734	2	3,532	50
2016-17	82	49	500	738	2	3,359	49
2017-18	69	51	553	834	9	3,223	76
2018-19	73	49	524	915	12	3,185	105
2019-20	63	51	474	927	14	3,100	118
2020-21	64	47	408	935	6	2,800	120
2021-22	57	48	430	961	8	2,684	140
2022-23	55	45	450	970	8	2,636	155
2023-24	46	49	466	1,031	7	2,590	172
2024-25	48	63	482	1,123	12	2,515	191
Average	64	50	482	917	8	2,962	118