Enrollment Trends at Trinidad State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,580 where 1,613 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 1,663 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,404 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,660 to 1,613 students, a net loss of 47 (2.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,660	729	931
2016-17	1,654 -6	733 4	921 -10
2017-18	1,663 9	710 -23	953 32
2018-19	1,542 -121	625 -85	917 -36
2019-20	1,621 79	704 79	917
2020-21	1,404 -217	554 -150	850 -67
2021-22	1,500 96	662 108	838 -12
2022-23	1,505 5	702 40	803 -35
2023-24	1,636 131	757 55	879 76
2024-25	1,613 -23	740 -17	873 -6
Average	1,580	692	888

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.09% and the percentage of black students is 7.19% at Trinidad State College. 0.99% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 45.07% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 45.36% to 35.09%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.08% to 0.99%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.59% to 7.19%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 39.94% to 45.07%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6672 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6332 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Trinidad State College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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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
	2015-16	25	18	43	663	4	753	37
2016-17	19	9	36	686	3	677	31
2017-18	12	9	36	742	3	655	36
2018-19	15	9	30	664	4	583	36
2019-20	23	10	41	694	12	608	42
2020-21	19	7	39	612	4	557	26
2021-22	19	22	86	650	4	555	26
2022-23	32	15	80	659	7	539	37
2023-24	29	10	101	748	0	588	45
2024-25	32	16	116	727	2	566	48
Average	23	13	61	685	4	608	36