Enrollment Trends at Sonoran Desert Institute

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 2,986 where 5,437 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2017 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 5,437 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,427 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,427 to 5,437 students, a net gain of 4,010 (281%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Sonoran Desert Institute since 2016.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	1,427	1,409	18
2017-18	1,980 553	1,941 532	39 21
2018-19	1,755 -225	1,729 -212	26 -13
2019-20	1,782 27	1,765 36	17 -9
2020-21	2,709 927	2,673 908	36 19
2021-22	3,009 300	2,939 266	70 34
2022-23	4,011 1,002	3,916 977	95 25
2023-24	4,763 752	4,658 742	105 10
2024-25	5,437 674	5,301 643	136 31
Average	2,986	2,926	60

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.29%. The percentage was 68.54% 10 years ago and Sonoran Desert Institute still has a high percentage of white students. 0.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.74% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.81% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 68.54% to 71.29%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.70% to 0.88%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.52% to 5.74%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.17% to 13.81%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4664 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5282 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sonoran Desert Institute over the past 10 years (2016-2025).

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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
	2016-17	15	10	36	31	10	978	40
2017-18	9	35	57	9	14	1,576	99
2018-19	0	14	45	132	13	1,387	72
2019-20	17	10	62	168	6	1,399	62
2020-21	17	21	106	303	14	2,049	119
2021-22	24	25	171	367	14	2,186	133
2022-23	26	46	230	507	15	2,923	171
2023-24	49	51	251	648	21	3,446	221
2024-25	60	48	312	751	26	3,876	288
Average	24	29	141	324	15	2,202	134