Enrollment Trends at South Central

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,722 where 2,731 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,960 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,511 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,960 to 2,731 students, a net loss of 229 (7.7%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,960	1,310	1,650
2016-17	2,807 -153	1,289 -21	1,518 -132
2017-18	2,787 -20	1,328 39	1,459 -59
2018-19	2,746 -41	1,280 -48	1,466 7
2019-20	2,775 29	1,265 -15	1,510 44
2020-21	2,653 -122	1,133 -132	1,520 10
2021-22	2,511 -142	1,083 -50	1,428 -92
2022-23	2,602 91	1,096 13	1,506 78
2023-24	2,652 50	1,136 40	1,516 10
2024-25	2,731 79	1,058 -78	1,673 157
Average	2,722	1,198	1,525

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.72%. The percentage was 74.49% 10 years ago and South Central still has a high percentage of white students. 1.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.97% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.77% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.49% to 66.72%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.69% to 1.50%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.32% to 8.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.26% to 13.77%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5270 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4271 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at South Central 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	9	50	276	274	4	2,205	57
2016-17	7	44	284	257	4	2,057	78
2017-18	14	39	327	274	2	1,992	79
2018-19	8	37	291	277	1	1,965	92
2019-20	6	47	299	310	1	1,962	73
2020-21	7	41	268	319	0	1,862	64
2021-22	5	36	243	307	0	1,759	62
2022-23	8	35	276	301	1	1,775	76
2023-24	6	34	284	338	0	1,776	77
2024-25	9	41	245	376	1	1,822	73
Average	8	40	279	303	1	1,918	73