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Table 204.27. | English language learner (ELL) students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade, home language, and selected student characteristics: Selected years, 2008-09 through fall 2014 |
Grade, home language, and selected student characteristic | Number of ELL students | Percentage distribution of ELL students | Number of ELL students as a percentage of total enrollment |
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2008-091 | 2009-101 | 2011-121 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | Fall 20142 | 2008-091 | 2009-101 | 2011-121 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | Fall 20142 | 2008-091 | 2009-101 | 2011-121 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | Fall 20142 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
Total | 4,685,746 | 4,647,016 | 4,635,185 | 4,850,293 | 4,929,989 | 4,813,693 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.8 |
Grade | ||||||||||||||||||
Kindergarten | 629,195 | 615,615 | 657,391 | 667,835 | 667,665 | 629,013 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.1 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 16.7 |
Grade 1 | 621,541 | 617,599 | 646,362 | 665,327 | 665,612 | 640,017 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 16.6 |
Grade 2 | 583,025 | 576,336 | 585,702 | 609,804 | 630,475 | 614,681 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 15.9 |
Grade 3 | 495,814 | 511,545 | 500,032 | 540,396 | 558,925 | 567,131 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 14.9 |
Grade 4 | 406,966 | 420,145 | 417,616 | 428,119 | 439,529 | 436,554 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 11.7 |
Grade 5 | 333,975 | 336,194 | 338,174 | 367,088 | 361,651 | 364,178 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
Grade 6 | 288,784 | 277,971 | 273,457 | 288,085 | 293,778 | 287,798 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 |
Grade 7 | 263,483 | 254,830 | 239,156 | 255,395 | 267,416 | 260,507 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.0 |
Grade 8 | 237,269 | 233,332 | 214,896 | 227,844 | 239,817 | 242,540 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
Grade 9 | 268,927 | 258,728 | 244,266 | 255,008 | 261,564 | 263,081 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
Grade 10 | 218,235 | 211,691 | 201,724 | 202,774 | 202,377 | 197,494 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
Grade 11 | 172,084 | 175,544 | 162,804 | 170,847 | 168,437 | 157,395 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
Grade 12 | 142,406 | 148,173 | 145,444 | 159,410 | 161,227 | 143,189 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
Ungraded | 23,489 | 8,672 | 8,118 | 11,783 | 11,422 | 10,114 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 7.3 |
30 most commonly reported home languages of ELL students3 |
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Spanish, Castilian | 3,617,597 | 3,577,649 | 3,562,860 | 3,718,047 | 3,770,816 | 3,709,828 | 77.2 | 77.0 | 76.9 | 76.7 | 76.5 | 77.1 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
Arabic | 65,278 | 71,228 | 86,162 | 97,971 | 109,170 | 109,165 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Chinese | 77,240 | 80,124 | 96,509 | 104,799 | 107,825 | 104,279 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Vietnamese | 91,607 | 93,204 | 89,536 | 92,560 | 89,705 | 85,289 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
English4 | 86,390 | 77,872 | 85,246 | 90,703 | 91,669 | 83,230 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Hmong | 52,990 | 49,697 | 43,845 | 41,368 | 39,860 | 37,412 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Somali | 26,264 | 27,771 | 27,861 | 30,959 | 34,472 | 33,712 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Russian | 34,085 | 33,349 | 32,225 | 33,678 | 33,821 | 32,493 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Haitian, Haitian Creole | 37,074 | 39,736 | 39,883 | 38,768 | 37,371 | 31,428 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Tagalog | 38,849 | 37,038 | 32,766 | 35,395 | 32,141 | 28,547 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Korean | 43,169 | 39,739 | 33,704 | 34,874 | 32,445 | 28,530 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Urdu | 20,705 | 21,213 | 22,219 | 22,590 | 22,499 | 22,294 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
French | 16,525 | 18,504 | 18,849 | 20,018 | 20,799 | 20,275 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Portuguese | 18,055 | 15,229 | 15,725 | 17,085 | 19,142 | 19,839 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Japanese | 16,212 | 14,582 | 15,011 | 16,727 | 16,591 | 16,403 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Panjabi, Punjabi | 14,262 | 14,331 | 14,055 | 15,622 | 15,842 | 15,207 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Bengali | 10,700 | 11,913 | 14,151 | 15,294 | 15,681 | 14,704 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Nepali | 3,205 | 6,283 | 12,200 | 14,254 | 15,331 | 14,446 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Burmese | 7,258 | 9,888 | 12,321 | 12,640 | 13,756 | 14,382 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Hindi | 11,112 | 11,176 | 11,625 | 13,042 | 13,667 | 13,586 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Karen languages | 3,021 | 4,478 | 9,576 | 11,370 | 12,607 | 12,585 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Central Khmer | 14,443 | 13,465 | 11,613 | 11,530 | 12,584 | 11,027 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Gujarati | 9,153 | 9,491 | 10,152 | 10,328 | 10,463 | 10,385 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Polish | 11,126 | 9,061 | 8,981 | 9,001 | 9,203 | 9,968 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Persian | 8,784 | 8,593 | 8,396 | 9,666 | 9,978 | 9,642 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Amharic | 5,838 | 6,950 | 7,902 | 9,147 | 9,400 | 9,337 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
German | 9,605 | 9,898 | 9,274 | 9,190 | 9,642 | 9,241 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Filipino; Pilipino | 5,511 | 5,801 | 4,463 | 6,158 | 6,701 | 8,684 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Ukrainian | 8,941 | 8,736 | 7,577 | 7,786 | 7,756 | 7,857 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Navajo, Navaho | 11,333 | 10,813 | 9,684 | 9,614 | 9,205 | 7,749 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | # | # | # | # | # | # |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||
White | — | — | — | — | — | 283,253 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 |
Black | — | — | — | — | — | 172,250 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4 |
Hispanic | — | — | — | — | — | 3,745,646 | — | — | — | — | — | 77.8 | — | — | — | — | — | 7.7 |
Asian | — | — | — | — | — | 516,586 | — | — | — | — | — | 10.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1 |
Pacific Islander | — | — | — | — | — | 26,614 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
— | — | — | — | — | 38,081 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.8 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
Two or more races | — | — | — | — | — | 29,527 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
Students with disabilities5 |
— | — | — | — | — | 665,427 | — | — | — | — | — | 13.8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4 |
—Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||
#Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||
1 Includes data for California that reflect ELL students enrolled on a single date, rather than a cumulative count of all ELL students enrolled at any time during the school year. | ||||||||||||||||||
2 Data include only ELL students enrolled on October 1. | ||||||||||||||||||
3 Ranking of the 30 most commonly reported home languages is based on fall 2014 data. In each year shown, home language data were unavailable for approximately 92,000-133,000 students identified as English language learners. Enrollments of children speaking less common languages are not separately listed. | ||||||||||||||||||
4 Examples of situations in which English might be reported as an English learner's home language include students who live in multilingual households and students adopted from other countries who speak English at home but also have been raised speaking another language. | ||||||||||||||||||
5 Includes only students with disabilities who were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). | ||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Includes all students identified as English language learners--both those participating in ELL programs and those not participating in ELL programs. Except where otherwise noted, data include all ELL students enrolled at any time during the school year. Data exclude Puerto Rico and the Bureau of Indian Education. Detail may not sum to totals because grade levels were not reported for some students and because of rounding. 2010-11 not shown due to missing data. | ||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 141, Data Group 678, extracted August 24, 2016, from the EDFacts Data Warehouse (internal U.S. Department of Education source); Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 2008-09 through 2014-15. (This table was prepared August 2016.) |