Enrollment Trends at Ranken Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,766 where 1,784 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,923 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,644 in 2018. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,923 to 1,784 students, a net loss of 139 (7.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,923	1,837	86
2016-17	1,791 -132	1,697 -140	94 8
2017-18	1,644 -147	1,554 -143	90 -4
2018-19	1,698 54	1,568 14	130 40
2019-20	1,799 101	1,667 99	132 2
2020-21	1,823 24	1,687 20	136 4
2021-22	1,826 3	1,679 -8	147 11
2022-23	1,671 -155	1,524 -155	147
2023-24	1,696 25	1,537 13	159 12
2024-25	1,784 88	1,630 93	154 -5
Average	1,766	1,638	128

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.93%. The percentage was 71.92% 10 years ago and Ranken Technical still has a high percentage of white students. 1.63% of enrolled students is Asian and 23.37% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.87% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.92% to 60.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.94% to 1.63%. Black student enrollment increased from 21.84% to 23.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.51% to 3.87%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5704 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4345 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ranken Technical College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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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	11	18	420	29	0	1,383	25
2016-17	7	20	310	53	1	1,352	19
2017-18	7	16	254	31	1	1,044	21
2018-19	7	20	272	39	2	1,158	25
2019-20	4	19	308	46	4	1,270	30
2020-21	11	25	322	65	5	1,181	40
2021-22	9	30	326	68	4	1,223	38
2022-23	13	28	288	65	1	1,141	35
2023-24	13	31	352	69	3	1,079	40
2024-25	17	29	417	69	2	1,087	76
Average	10	24	327	53	2	1,192	35