Enrollment Trends at West Kentucky Community and Tech

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,608 where 5,274 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 6,327 students in 2020 and was lowest at 4,869 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,980 to 5,274 students, a net loss of 706 (11.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at West Kentucky Community and Technical College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,980	2,489	3,491
2016-17	6,065 85	2,757 268	3,308 -183
2017-18	6,038 -27	2,860 103	3,178 -130
2018-19	6,193 155	2,808 -52	3,385 207
2019-20	6,327 134	2,885 77	3,442 57
2020-21	4,893 -1,434	1,949 -936	2,944 -498
2021-22	4,869 -24	1,905 -44	2,964 20
2022-23	5,309 440	2,313 408	2,996 32
2023-24	5,132 -177	2,203 -110	2,929 -67
2024-25	5,274 142	2,281 78	2,993 64
Average	5,608	2,445	3,163

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.45%. The percentage was 80.75% 10 years ago and West Kentucky Community and Tech still has a high percentage of white students. 0.99% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.87% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.97% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.75% to 73.45%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.74% to 0.99%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.37% to 7.87%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.19% to 5.97%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4488 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3406 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Kentucky Community and Technical 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	14	44	441	191	3	4,829	171
2016-17	16	46	377	215	7	4,797	198
2017-18	10	42	400	226	6	4,677	211
2018-19	15	38	469	235	3	4,831	228
2019-20	19	42	451	260	4	4,940	257
2020-21	11	44	340	223	2	3,915	192
2021-22	12	52	377	261	5	3,905	195
2022-23	13	54	415	285	6	4,163	192
2023-24	14	55	380	307	4	3,962	227
2024-25	14	52	415	315	4	3,874	222
Average	14	47	407	252	4	4,389	209