Enrollment Trends at Western Technology Center

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 533 where 532 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 595 students in 2017 and was lowest at 474 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 545 to 532 students, a net loss of 13 (2.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Western Technology Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	545	252	293
2016-17	595 50	271 19	324 31
2017-18	584 -11	286 15	298 -26
2018-19	506 -78	229 -57	277 -21
2019-20	522 16	250 21	272 -5
2020-21	474 -48	241 -9	233 -39
2021-22	498 24	260 19	238 5
2022-23	530 32	255 -5	275 37
2023-24	545 15	263 8	282 7
2024-25	532 -13	271 8	261 -21
Average	533	258	275

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.89%. The percentage was 63.30% 10 years ago and Western Technology Center still has a high percentage of white students. 0.19% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.32% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 30.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.30% to 57.89%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.37% to 0.19%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.12% to 1.32%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 20.37% to 30.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5669 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5457 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Technology 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	56	2	17	111	0	345	13
2016-17	50	1	17	114	1	372	39
2017-18	43	0	10	116	1	376	38
2018-19	22	0	13	119	0	322	30
2019-20	17	1	9	133	0	322	32
2020-21	14	4	7	111	0	291	45
2021-22	19	6	8	120	0	295	46
2022-23	14	5	10	155	0	299	47
2023-24	22	2	12	156	0	305	48
2024-25	17	1	7	161	0	308	38
Average	27	2	11	130	0	324	38

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Western Technology Center does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.