Enrollment Trends at Wayne County Schools Career Center

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 162 where 146 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 229 students in 2016 and was lowest at 90 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 229 to 146 students, a net loss of 83 (36.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wayne County Schools Career Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	229	106	123
2016-17	180 -49	69 -37	111 -12
2017-18	192 12	40 -29	152 41
2018-19	177 -15	38 -2	139 -13
2019-20	215 38	40 2	175 36
2020-21	137 -78	20 -20	117 -58
2021-22	130 -7	30 10	100 -17
2022-23	126 -4	17 -13	109 9
2023-24	90 -36	24 7	66 -43
2024-25	146 56	26 2	120 54
Average	162	41	121

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 82.88%. The percentage was 94.32% 10 years ago and Wayne County Schools Career Center still has a high percentage of white students. 0.68% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.16% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.79% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 94.32% to 82.88%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.18% to 0.68%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.62% to 6.16%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.44% to 4.79%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3047 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1091 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wayne County Schools Career Center 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	0	5	6	1	0	216	1
2016-17	0	1	4	1	0	172	2
2017-18	0	0	6	1	0	177	8
2018-19	0	0	4	6	0	161	6
2019-20	0	0	11	3	0	195	6
2020-21	0	1	4	1	0	128	1
2021-22	1	2	7	2	0	114	4
2022-23	2	1	2	2	0	117	2
2023-24	2	0	3	1	0	81	3
2024-25	1	1	9	7	0	121	7
Average	1	1	6	3	0	148	4

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Wayne County Schools Career Center does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.