The gender parity index, ratio of female enrollment to male enrollment, since 2006 was 0.955.

Roanoke became coeducational in 1930 when women were admitted to counter a decline in male enrollment caused by the Great Depression.

During and after the US Civil War, female enrollment rose while male enrollment fell.

Total college enrollment grew to 12.5 million in 1986 from 11 million in 1976, but black male enrollment fell to 436,000 from 470,000.

He said he believed that black institutions were more successful in gaining black male enrollment because of special programs to attract them.

The Secondary education the school offers (First to Fourth Year), once exclusive for females, has been opened to male enrollment in 2011.

Since 2001, overall enrollment has tripled, but male enrollment has declined since the initial surge.

The female enrollment was 228 (50.5%) students, while the male enrollment was 223 (49.5%) students.

The gender parity index, which is the ratio of female enrollment to male enrollment, was 0.98.

The male enrollment decreased by 10 percent whereas the female enrollment increased by 42 percent.