Enrollment Trends at Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Lubbock

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 64 where 96 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 101 students in 2024 and was lowest at 21 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 39 to 96 students, a net gain of 57 (146.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Lubbock since 2015.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	39	4	35
2016-17	51 12	6 2	45 10
2017-18	52 1	5 -1	47 2
2018-19	58 6	5	53 6
2019-20	21 -37	2 -3	19 -34
2020-21	74 53	4 2	70 51
2021-22	77 3	6 2	71 1
2022-23	70 -7	1 -5	69 -2
2023-24	101 31	33 32	68 -1
2024-25	96 -5	30 -3	66 -2
Average	64	10	54

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 29.17% and the percentage of black students is 11.46% at Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Lubbock. Hispanic students comprise 54.17% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 53.85% to 29.17%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.13% to 11.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 33.33% to 54.17%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6073 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5930 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Lubbock over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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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	1	0	2	13	0	21	2
2016-17	0	0	4	21	0	24	2
2017-18	1	0	4	17	0	30	0
2018-19	0	0	1	23	0	31	1
2019-20	0	0	0	7	0	12	1
2020-21	0	0	1	36	0	34	1
2021-22	0	0	1	44	0	28	2
2022-23	0	1	2	26	0	34	4
2023-24	1	1	11	51	0	33	1
2024-25	1	0	11	52	0	28	3
Average	0	0	4	29	0	28	2

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Wade Gordon Hairdressing Academy-Lubbock does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.