Enrollment Trends at SRC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,373 where 1,247 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.94 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SRC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,665	683	982
2016-17	1,560 -105	622 -61	938 -44
2017-18	1,489 -71	570 -52	919 -19
2018-19	1,436 -53	539 -31	897 -22
2019-20	1,386 -50	519 -20	867 -30
2020-21	1,239 -147	503 -16	736 -131
2021-22	1,273 34	526 23	747 11
2022-23	1,212 -61	502 -24	710 -37
2023-24	1,225 13	392 -110	833 123
2024-25	1,247 22	424 32	823 -10
Average	1,373	528	845

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 86.53%. The percentage was 86.37% 10 years ago and SRC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.20% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.74% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 86.37% to 86.53%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.72% to 1.20%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.53% to 6.74%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.94% to 4.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2449 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.2458 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Spoon River 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	12	142	49	0	1,438	9
2016-17	15	12	163	42	0	1,311	7
2017-18	10	17	157	57	0	1,228	9
2018-19	8	8	148	50	0	1,198	15
2019-20	6	12	99	46	1	1,197	14
2020-21	10	5	92	46	0	1,068	16
2021-22	5	8	65	65	1	1,067	14
2022-23	4	11	85	48	1	1,046	17
2023-24	5	7	89	58	1	1,040	25
2024-25	8	15	84	50	1	1,079	9
Average	8	11	112	51	1	1,167	14