Enrollment Trends at West Shore CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,095 where 1,120 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.87 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in West Shore CC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,235	500	735
2016-17	1,274 39	509 9	765 30
2017-18	1,120 -154	419 -90	701 -64
2018-19	1,042 -78	377 -42	665 -36
2019-20	1,080 38	368 -9	712 47
2020-21	1,058 -22	350 -18	708 -4
2021-22	1,004 -54	353 3	651 -57
2022-23	992 -12	363 10	629 -22
2023-24	1,028 36	406 43	622 -7
2024-25	1,120 92	390 -16	730 108
Average	1,095	404	692

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.46%. The percentage was 83.64% 10 years ago and West Shore CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.34% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.68% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.64% to 79.46%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.73% to 1.34%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.30% to 2.68%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.37% to 11.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3537 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2936 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Shore Community 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	29	9	16	91	0	1,033	30
2016-17	21	7	18	98	0	1,055	37
2017-18	14	7	14	83	1	927	39
2018-19	16	9	9	93	1	836	42
2019-20	15	6	15	107	1	862	43
2020-21	11	5	6	109	0	873	34
2021-22	6	9	10	102	1	829	30
2022-23	4	7	19	101	0	820	31
2023-24	8	6	21	112	1	835	28
2024-25	8	15	30	128	2	890	33
Average	13	8	16	102	1	896	35