Enrollment Trends at Western Texas

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,782 where 1,385 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.08 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Western Texas.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,124	1,109	1,015
2016-17	2,177 53	1,161 52	1,016 1
2017-18	2,250 73	1,146 -15	1,104 88
2018-19	2,179 -71	1,075 -71	1,104
2019-20	2,009 -170	1,027 -48	982 -122
2020-21	1,442 -567	658 -369	784 -198
2021-22	1,430 -12	686 28	744 -40
2022-23	1,392 -38	705 19	687 -57
2023-24	1,434 42	701 -4	733 46
2024-25	1,385 -49	665 -36	720 -13
Average	1,782	893	889

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.63% and the percentage of black students is 4.55% at Western Texas College. 2.89% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 36.17% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 55.37% to 45.63%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.27% to 2.89%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.53% to 4.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 31.12% to 36.17%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6574 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5904 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Texas 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	7	27	160	661	5	1,176	38
2016-17	8	40	134	672	2	1,245	32
2017-18	14	76	116	708	1	1,223	54
2018-19	10	81	103	681	3	1,198	44
2019-20	3	67	114	673	1	1,053	46
2020-21	3	24	61	561	0	722	31
2021-22	2	15	54	599	1	664	41
2022-23	3	45	55	537	0	650	32
2023-24	5	44	61	579	0	650	31
2024-25	5	40	63	501	0	632	35
Average	6	46	92	617	1	921	38