Enrollment Trends at Peninsula

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,956 where 2,153 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,271 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,583 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,271 to 2,153 students, a net loss of 118 (5.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,271	1,011	1,260
2016-17	2,173 -98	1,002 -9	1,171 -89
2017-18	2,094 -79	977 -25	1,117 -54
2018-19	2,052 -42	930 -47	1,122 5
2019-20	1,966 -86	818 -112	1,148 26
2020-21	1,727 -239	671 -147	1,056 -92
2021-22	1,702 -25	606 -65	1,096 40
2022-23	1,583 -119	544 -62	1,039 -57
2023-24	1,837 254	670 126	1,167 128
2024-25	2,153 316	769 99	1,384 217
Average	1,956	800	1,156

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.23%. The percentage was 59.00% 10 years ago and Peninsula still has a high percentage of white students. 2.23% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.18% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.00% to 51.23%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.07% to 2.23%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.21% to 2.18%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.09% to 13.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7094 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6401 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Peninsula 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	95	47	73	161	10	1,340	135
2016-17	104	53	72	182	8	1,231	159
2017-18	87	41	69	169	7	1,254	139
2018-19	78	54	61	167	4	1,175	170
2019-20	77	45	56	159	5	1,120	163
2020-21	67	37	51	165	5	1,042	114
2021-22	67	55	52	189	4	1,012	134
2022-23	81	43	43	171	7	952	130
2023-24	69	36	53	219	5	1,005	161
2024-25	69	48	47	292	7	1,103	189
Average	79	46	58	187	6	1,123	149