Enrollment Trends at Taft

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,947 where 4,464 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 6,260 students in 2018 and was lowest at 3,566 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,449 to 4,464 students, a net gain of 15 (0.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,449	2,444	2,005
2016-17	6,025 1,576	3,706 1,262	2,319 314
2017-18	6,260 235	3,740 34	2,520 201
2018-19	6,155 -105	3,489 -251	2,666 146
2019-20	5,968 -187	3,384 -105	2,584 -82
2020-21	3,566 -2,402	1,529 -1,855	2,037 -547
2021-22	3,943 377	1,939 410	2,004 -33
2022-23	4,508 565	2,381 442	2,127 123
2023-24	4,135 -373	2,044 -337	2,091 -36
2024-25	4,464 329	2,251 207	2,213 122
Average	4,947	2,691	2,257

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 17.16% and the percentage of black students is 3.47% at Taft College. 1.55% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 66.76% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.48% to 17.16%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.61% to 1.55%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.05% to 3.47%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 55.16% to 66.76%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5230 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5977 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Taft 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	28	116	269	2,454	21	1,356	125
2016-17	59	124	341	3,300	27	1,944	163
2017-18	49	136	348	3,616	23	1,879	179
2018-19	38	160	322	3,621	24	1,818	147
2019-20	44	151	317	3,603	17	1,637	143
2020-21	23	101	147	2,161	8	973	127
2021-22	18	104	161	2,529	11	1,005	95
2022-23	14	61	147	2,936	8	834	102
2023-24	18	67	153	2,747	5	722	95
2024-25	11	69	155	2,980	7	766	96
Average	30	109	236	2,995	15	1,293	127