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 Los Angeles Community College District
Office of Institutional Research

FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS (FTES)*
1970/71 - 2007/08
City East Harbor Mission Pierce South-
west		 Trade-Tech Valley West ITV District
FTES
1970/71
14,898
9,496
7,167
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12,096
2,459
13,013
12,806
3,087
28
75,051
1975/76
18,579
13,895
9,389
1,354
16,572
4,500
16,970
16,761
4,734
424
103,178
1980/81
13,140
10,388
7,465
1,325
13,507
4,414
13,060
12,188
6,275
442
82,204
1985/86
9,093
7,404
5,105
1,598
10,391
1,996
9,731
8,717
3,550
415
57,999
1990/91
9,778
8,787
5,569
3,365
11,142
4,141
9,388
10,338
5,003
335
67,846
1995/96
9,509
10,467
5,238
3,454
9,232
3,577
9,609
9,705
4,784
476
66,050
1999/00
13,099
16,435
5,623
5,874
9,595
4,777
10,506
11,267
5,661
460
83,296
2000/01
14,436
16,691
6,533
5,933
12,072
4,984
12,162
13,469
7,103
429
93,812
2003/04
15,722
17,863
6,773
5,945
12,658
5,617
11,677
12,994
7,155
514
96,918
2004/05
17,037
18,752
6,739
5,499
12,938
6,130
12,381
12,854
6,646
609
99,584
2005/06
15,292
19,985
6,674
5,248
13,467
5,007
11,569
12,582
6,377
498
96,697
2006/07
15,241
21,706
6,790
5,192
14,227
5,115
11,518
12,727
6,358
465
99,338
2007/08
16,180
22,983
7,053
6,398
15,323
5,024
12,560
13,398
7,537
463
106,919

*Numbers include non-resident FTES. For Resident Credit, Non-Credit and Non-Resident Credit detail see the Excel spreadsheet below.

Note: Before 1990/91, FTES are derived by multiplying ADA figures by the average percentage FTES was of ADA during four years of overlap reporting (1987/88 through 1990/91).

See the Excel spreadsheet version of this table Excel Icon

These tables and chart cover the measure that is currently used to determine apportionment of funding by the State for student hours of enrollment. Up to 1990-91, the measure used was Average Daily Attendance (ADA), which has been replaced by FTES (Full -Time Equivalent Student) with the introduction of program-based funding. Both are computed by a formula that divides the total hours of class attendance over an academic year by 525, a number representing 15 hours per week of class attendance by one student over two standard semesters. In the table, ADA has been converted to FTES to better show trends in the apportionment measure.

The currently used FTES measure is obtained by three slight variations of the same calculation. For full semester classes, enrollment at census date is multiplied by 17.5, which is the number of weeks of instruction over a full semester; the product is divided by 525. For short term classes with regularly scheduled meeting times, which are labeled Daily Student Contact Hour (DSCH) classes, the length of the class in weeks is substituted for the 17.5 factor. Classes designated as Positive Attendance have one or more of the following characteristics: not meeting at regular hours; operating on an open entry-exit basis; apprenticeship; or non-credit. For these classes, the total hours of attendance for the term are tallied and divided by 525.

The previously used ADA measure was calculated in the same way, except that the average of first and second census was used for full semester enrollment, and was then multiplied by .911, an "attrition factor", which is an estimate of the percentage actual attendance is of active enrollment. After these calculations the product was divided by 525. Of course, the resulting ADA figures were lower than the corresponding FTES, as shown in the overlapping years in the chart.


Graph depicting Los Angeles Community College District FTES from 1969/1970 to 2004/2005.