Enrollment Trends at Platt College-Ontario

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 499 where 500 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 572 students in 2020 and was lowest at 442 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 456 to 500 students, a net gain of 44 (9.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	456	115	341
2016-17	488 32	125 10	363 22
2017-18	527 39	140 15	387 24
2018-19	510 -17	130 -10	380 -7
2019-20	572 62	139 9	433 53
2020-21	522 -50	118 -21	404 -29
2021-22	502 -20	109 -9	393 -11
2022-23	442 -60	90 -19	352 -41
2023-24	467 25	83 -7	384 32
2024-25	500 33	72 -11	428 44
Average	499	112	387

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.20% and the percentage of black students is 7.00% at Platt College-Ontario. 3.80% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 74.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 20.61% to 10.20%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.85% to 3.80%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.80% to 7.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 61.62% to 74.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4338 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5679 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Platt College-Ontario 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	4	13	31	281	3	94	30
2016-17	6	17	35	303	4	102	21
2017-18	0	20	42	326	9	92	36
2018-19	5	27	37	318	9	88	23
2019-20	4	26	53	350	4	111	22
2020-21	4	18	53	319	5	92	28
2021-22	2	17	46	325	5	77	26
2022-23	1	21	36	317	1	45	21
2023-24	2	22	35	346	2	41	18
2024-25	0	19	35	370	4	51	21
Average	3	20	40	326	5	79	25

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Platt College-Ontario does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.