Table 204.20.

English language learner (ELL) students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2015

State	Number of ELL students														Number of ELL students as a percent of total enrollment
	2000		2005		2010		2012		2013		2014		2015		2000		2005		2010		2012		2013		2014		2015
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15
United States	3,793,764	1	4,471,300	1	4,455,860	1	4,494,418	1	4,568,197	1	4,670,356		4,794,994		8.1	1	9.2	1	9.0	1	9.0	1	9.2	1	9.3		9.5
Alabama	7,226		16,550		17,559		17,893	2	17,457		18,651		20,228		1.0		2.3		2.4		2.4	2	2.3		2.5		2.7
Alaska	19,337		20,743		14,963		14,862		14,945		15,089		15,203		14.5		15.4		11.3		11.3		11.4		11.5		11.5
Arizona	131,933		174,856		76,320		64,561		69,636		67,389		67,195		15.0		18.2		7.3		5.9		6.3		6.1		6.1
Arkansas	11,850		20,709		31,537		33,889		35,961		37,799		38,376		2.6		4.6		6.8		7.0		7.3		7.7		7.8
California	1,479,819		1,571,463		1,474,250	3	1,412,437		1,413,167		1,392,295		1,307,804		24.5		25.2		23.3	3	22.7		22.7		22.3		21.0
Colorado	60,852		99,797		99,804		103,942		107,742		104,979		104,289		8.4		13.3		13.0		12.0		12.3		11.8		11.6
Connecticut	20,499		29,789		30,428		30,958		31,301		34,855		35,064		3.6		5.2		5.3		5.6		5.7		6.4		6.5
Delaware	2,081		5,919		6,858		7,486		8,212		8,482		9,704		1.8		5.1		5.8		5.8		6.2		6.3		7.2
District of Columbia	8,594		5,001		5,261		6,646		7,331		7,330		6,215		12.5		6.6		6.9		8.7		9.4		9.1		7.4
Florida	187,566		221,705		229,758		242,253		250,430		252,318		268,189		7.7		8.7		8.7		9.0		9.2		9.2		9.6
Georgia	54,444		86,615		81,409		87,159		90,563		97,768		112,006		3.8		5.8		5.2		5.1		5.3		5.6		6.4
Hawaii	12,718		18,106		19,092		16,474		15,949		14,425		13,619		6.9		9.8		10.4		8.9		8.5		7.9		7.5
Idaho	18,097		18,184		15,393		16,726		13,251		12,755		13,492		7.4		7.3		6.0		5.9		4.5		4.4		4.6
Illinois	126,475		172,049	2	174,340		191,742		191,209		210,221		194,040		6.2		8.3	2	8.3		9.3		9.3		10.3		9.5
Indiana	30,953		56,510		49,573		52,184		55,955		57,839		50,717		3.1		5.6		4.9		5.0		5.3		5.5		4.8
Iowa	11,253		15,156		21,733		21,839		23,137		25,875		27,300		2.3		3.1		4.5		4.4		4.6		5.1		5.4
Kansas	14,878		24,671		39,323		42,590		45,530		47,209		52,789		3.2		5.2		8.4		8.7		9.4		9.5		10.6
Kentucky	4,030		10,138		16,351		18,769		19,602		20,716		22,067		0.6		1.5		2.4		2.7		2.9		3.0		3.2
Louisiana	10,293		12,006		11,698		13,636		15,037		18,665		23,924		1.4		1.6		1.6		1.9		2.1		2.6		3.3
Maine	2,410	2	3,353		4,792		4,980		5,201		5,177		5,091		1.1	2	1.6		2.4		2.7		2.8		2.8		2.8
Maryland	24,213		31,416		45,500		55,343		56,047		60,705		63,349		2.8		3.6		5.3		6.4		6.5		6.9		7.2
Massachusetts	49,077		51,618		54,988		67,438		70,883		75,531		82,779		5.0		5.3		5.6		7.1		7.4		7.9		8.6
Michigan	49,279	2	65,419		56,474		64,147		72,811		81,678		89,597		2.9	2	3.7		3.2		4.1		4.7		5.3		5.8
Minnesota	44,360		57,831		48,428		58,698		64,377		66,934		71,162		5.2		6.8		5.8		6.9		7.6		7.8		8.2
Mississippi	2,176		2,859		5,620		8,485		6,574		7,773		9,588		0.4		0.6		1.1		1.7		1.3		1.6		2.0
Missouri	10,238		18,745		21,918		26,029		27,355		29,144		29,690		1.1		2.0		2.4		2.8		3.0		3.2		3.2
Montana	7,713	2	6,711		3,300		3,750		3,311		3,299		3,202		5.0	2	4.5		2.2		2.6		2.3		2.3		2.2
Nebraska	11,276		17,449		20,077		16,898		15,418		17,528		20,900		3.9		6.1		7.0		5.6		5.0		5.6		6.6
Nevada	38,301	2	63,856		83,352		68,343		68,053		75,282		78,416		11.2	2	17.3		20.8		15.3		15.1		16.4		16.8
New Hampshire	2,728		2,876	2	3,965		3,714		3,513		3,605		4,116		1.3		1.4	2	1.9		2.0		1.9		2.0		2.3
New Jersey	55,463	2	50,515		52,771		58,349		61,151		66,748		68,725		4.2	2	3.7		3.8		4.3		4.5		4.8		4.9
New Mexico	68,679		62,682		52,557		52,593		51,095		48,906		52,821		21.4		19.6		16.1		15.5		15.1		14.4		15.7
New York	230,625		194,123		208,125		197,479	3	184,562	3	187,445		216,378		8.0		6.7		7.3		7.3	3	6.8	3	6.8		8.0
North Carolina	44,165		73,634		103,249		98,345		94,810		94,093		102,090		3.4		5.5		7.5		6.5		6.3		6.1		6.6
North Dakota	925	2	2,213	2	2,788		2,667		2,749		3,111		3,171		0.8	2	2.1	2	2.8		2.7		2.7		3.0		3.0
Ohio	25,658	2	29,804		37,116		39,870		43,502		46,766		51,441		1.4	2	1.6		2.0		2.3		2.5		2.7		3.0
Oklahoma	38,042		47,381		41,812		46,733		48,318		49,102		46,831		6.1		7.6		6.6		6.9		7.1		7.1		6.8
Oregon	43,416		64,676		58,946		50,371		49,722		49,485		52,786		7.9		11.7		10.7		8.6		8.6		8.5		9.2
Pennsylvania	42,412	2	42,795	2	47,014		47,355		48,404		51,623		52,624		2.3	2	2.4	2	2.6		2.7		2.8		3.0		3.1
Rhode Island	10,245		7,468		7,655		8,565		9,319		10,066		10,550		6.5		4.7		4.9		6.0		6.6		7.1		7.4
South Carolina	5,121		14,388		36,379		41,072		40,340		42,480		42,574		0.8		2.1		5.2		5.6		5.4		5.6		5.6
South Dakota	4,270		5,110		4,383		5,004		4,254		4,679		4,598		3.3		4.0		3.5		3.8		3.3		3.5		3.4
Tennessee	26,452	2	28,251	2	29,681		32,331		34,397		36,398		40,637		3.0	2	3.1	2	3.2		3.3		3.5		3.7		4.1
Texas	570,453		711,737		738,663		769,898		798,071		814,945		892,082		14.1		16.7		16.8		15.2		15.5		15.6		16.8
Utah	38,998		49,973		42,804		33,161		34,409		38,543		42,815		8.2		10.3		8.7		5.4		5.5		6.1		6.6
Vermont	942		1,775		1,510		1,427		1,348		1,439		1,448		0.9		1.8		1.5		1.6		1.5		1.6		1.6
Virginia	36,802		72,420		88,033		93,286		94,496		97,871		109,104		3.2		6.2		7.3		7.4		7.4		7.6		8.5
Washington	70,431	2	75,103		90,282		93,940		99,650		107,197		112,763		7.0	2	7.4		8.9		8.9		9.4		10.0		10.4
West Virginia	920		1,944		1,788		2,084		1,879		2,707		2,812		0.3		0.7		0.6		0.7		0.7		1.0		1.0
Wisconsin	22,542		30,130		43,638		43,284		43,007		42,729		45,669		2.6		3.4		5.0		5.0		4.9		4.9		5.3
Wyoming	2,534		3,077		2,602		2,733		2,756		2,707		2,964		2.8		3.6		3.1		3.0		3.0		2.9		3.1

1 U.S. total includes imputation for nonreporting states.

2 Imputation for survey nonresponse. State-level imputations were based on the percentages reported by the state for other years applied to the enrollment for the given year.

3 Data are from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 046, Data Group 123, extracted October 25, 2017, from the EDFacts Data Warehouse (internal U.S. Department of Education source).

NOTE: Data for 2014 and earlier years include only those ELL students who participated in ELL programs. Starting with 2015, data include all ELL students, regardless of program participation. Counts and percentages in this table are aggregated from data collected at the school district level and may differ from those in tables based on data collected at other levels. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000-01 through 2015-16. (This table was prepared October 2017.)