Enrollment Trends at Rend Lake

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,161 where 2,015 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 2,489 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,802 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,303 to 2,015 students, a net loss of 288 (12.5%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,303	960	1,343
2016-17	2,489 186	1,092 132	1,397 54
2017-18	2,333 -156	1,076 -16	1,257 -140
2018-19	2,486 153	1,162 86	1,324 67
2019-20	2,287 -199	998 -164	1,289 -35
2020-21	1,802 -485	768 -230	1,034 -255
2021-22	2,002 200	900 132	1,102 68
2022-23	2,017 15	863 -37	1,154 52
2023-24	1,871 -146	744 -119	1,127 -27
2024-25	2,015 144	909 165	1,106 -21
Average	2,161	947	1,213

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 82.48%. The percentage was 91.36% 10 years ago and Rend Lake still has a high percentage of white students. 0.60% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.01% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.13% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 91.36% to 82.48%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.83% to 0.60%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.38% to 5.01%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.00% to 2.13%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3159 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1611 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• 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	19	147	23	1	2,104	0
2016-17	7	16	108	19	2	2,333	0
2017-18	3	16	86	21	2	2,203	0
2018-19	8	22	112	27	2	2,297	0
2019-20	7	17	115	31	2	2,100	0
2020-21	5	13	76	21	3	1,668	0
2021-22	5	18	90	41	2	1,831	0
2022-23	8	21	106	42	5	1,822	0
2023-24	9	14	124	43	2	1,670	0
2024-25	6	12	101	43	2	1,662	55
Average	6	17	107	31	2	1,969	6