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.

The female to male ratio is 0.98 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Taft.

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