Table 204.20.

English language learner (ELL) students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: Selected years, fall 2000 through fall 2017

State	Number of ELL students										Number of ELL students as a percent of total enrollment
	2000		2005		2010		2014	2015	2016	2017	2000		2005		2010		2014	2015	2016	2017
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	4,670,356	4,794,994	4,858,377	4,952,708	8.1	1	9.2	1	9.2	1	9.5	9.8	9.9	10.1
Alabama	7,226		16,550		17,559		18,651	20,228	20,725	25,212	1.0		2.3		2.4		2.5	2.8	2.8	3.5
Alaska	19,337		20,743		14,963		15,089	15,203	14,662	15,623	14.5		15.4		11.3		11.8	11.8	11.3	12.1
Arizona	131,933		174,856		76,320		67,389	67,195	70,546	88,629	15.0		18.2		7.3		6.1	6.1	6.3	8.1
Arkansas	11,850		20,709		31,537		37,799	38,376	41,482	39,836	2.6		4.6		6.8		7.9	8.1	8.7	8.3
California	1,479,819		1,571,463		1,474,250	2	1,392,295	1,307,804	1,260,672	1,197,296	24.5		25.2		23.3	2	22.3	21.0	20.2	19.2
Colorado	60,852		99,797		99,804		104,979	104,289	105,810	104,299	8.4		13.3		13.0		12.2	12.0	12.1	11.9
Connecticut	20,499		29,789		30,428		34,855	35,064	36,573	38,089	3.6		5.2		5.3		6.6	6.7	7.1	7.4
Delaware	2,081		5,919		6,858		8,482	9,704	10,831	12,296	1.8		5.1		5.8		6.4	7.3	8.1	9.1
District of Columbia	8,594		5,001		5,261		7,330	6,215	6,574	8,145	12.5		6.6		6.9		10.6	8.7	9.0	10.9
Florida	187,566		221,705		229,758		252,318	268,189	288,921	280,540	7.7		8.7		8.7		9.4	9.8	10.5	10.1
Georgia	54,444		86,615		81,409		97,768	112,006	114,427	113,605	3.8		5.8		5.2		5.8	6.5	6.7	6.6
Hawaii	12,718		18,106		19,092		14,425	13,619	12,658	14,773	6.9		9.8		10.4		8.0	7.5	7.0	8.2
Idaho	18,097		18,184		15,393		12,755	13,492	16,187	17,849	7.4		7.3		6.0		4.4	4.7	5.5	6.0
Illinois	126,475		172,049	3	174,340		210,221	194,040	197,496	217,790	6.2		8.3	3	8.3		10.7	9.9	10.2	11.3
Indiana	30,953		56,510		49,573		57,839	50,717	47,676	55,607	3.1		5.6		4.9		5.6	4.9	4.6	5.4
Iowa	11,253		15,156		21,733		25,875	27,300	28,659	29,473	2.3		3.1		4.5		5.4	5.7	6.0	6.1
Kansas	14,878		24,671		39,323		47,209	52,789	54,667	49,238	3.2		5.2		8.4		9.9	11.1	11.5	10.3
Kentucky	4,030		10,138		16,351		20,716	22,067	21,897	25,653	0.6		1.5		2.4		3.1	3.3	3.3	3.9
Louisiana	10,293		12,006		11,698		18,665	23,924	22,843	25,060	1.4		1.6		1.6		2.7	3.5	3.3	3.6
Maine	2,410	3	3,353		4,792		5,177	5,091	5,295	5,775	1.1	3	1.6		2.4		2.9	2.9	3.0	3.3
Maryland	24,213		31,416		45,500		60,705	63,349	69,079	79,656	2.8		3.6		5.3		7.2	7.5	8.1	9.2
Massachusetts	49,077		51,618		54,988		75,531	82,779	86,658	93,217	5.0		5.3		5.6		8.1	8.9	9.3	10.0
Michigan	49,279	3	65,419		56,474		81,678	89,597	94,921	97,837	2.9	3	3.7		3.2		5.5	6.0	6.4	6.6
Minnesota	44,360		57,831		48,428		66,934	71,162	72,128	73,203	5.2		6.8		5.8		7.9	8.4	8.4	8.5
Mississippi	2,176		2,859		5,620		7,773	9,588	13,042	12,865	0.4		0.6		1.1		1.6	2.0	2.7	2.7
Missouri	10,238		18,745		21,918		29,144	29,690	30,950	33,925	1.1		2.0		2.4		3.3	3.4	3.5	3.8
Montana	7,713	3	6,711		3,300		3,299	3,202	3,000	3,191	5.0	3	4.5		2.2		2.3	2.2	2.1	2.2
Nebraska	11,276		17,449		20,077		17,528	20,900	22,507	23,332	3.9		6.1		7.0		5.9	7.0	7.4	7.6
Nevada	38,301	3	63,856		83,352		75,282	78,416	75,430	81,635	11.2	3	17.3		20.8		16.6	17.0	16.1	17.1
New Hampshire	2,728		2,876	3	3,965		3,605	4,116	4,321	4,988	1.3		1.4	3	1.9		2.0	2.3	2.4	2.8
New Jersey	55,463	3	50,515		52,771		66,748	68,725	70,941	79,574	4.2	3	3.7		3.8		5.0	5.1	5.3	5.9
New Mexico	68,679		62,682		52,557		48,906	52,821	44,899	52,892	21.4		19.6		16.1		14.7	16.1	13.7	16.3
New York	230,625		194,123		208,125		187,445	216,378	236,792	243,737	8.0		6.7		7.3		7.0	8.1	8.9	9.2
North Carolina	44,165		73,634		103,249		94,093	102,090	92,388	105,801	3.4		5.5		7.5		6.2	6.7	6.0	6.9
North Dakota	925	3	2,213	3	2,788		3,111	3,171	3,198	3,669	0.8	3	2.1	3	2.8		3.0	3.0	3.0	3.4
Ohio	25,658	3	29,804		37,116		46,766	51,441	56,945	53,392	1.4	3	1.6		2.0		2.8	3.1	3.4	3.2
Oklahoma	38,042		47,381		41,812		49,102	46,831	46,396	52,200	6.1		7.6		6.6		7.6	7.2	7.1	8.0
Oregon	43,416		64,676		58,946		49,485	52,786	56,598	51,036	7.9		11.7		10.7		8.7	9.2	9.8	8.8
Pennsylvania	42,412	3	42,795	3	47,014		51,623	52,624	56,454	61,724	2.3	3	2.4	3	2.6		3.0	3.1	3.3	3.6
Rhode Island	10,245		7,468		7,655		10,066	10,550	11,057	12,620	6.5		4.7		4.9		7.2	7.6	7.9	9.0
South Carolina	5,121		14,388		36,379		42,480	42,574	44,301	45,574	0.8		2.1		5.2		5.8	5.8	5.9	6.1
South Dakota	4,270		5,110		4,383		4,679	4,598	4,678	5,452	3.3		4.0		3.5		3.6	3.5	3.5	4.1
Tennessee	26,452	3	28,251	3	29,681		36,398	40,637	43,277	44,790	3.0	3	3.1	3	3.2		3.8	4.2	4.4	4.6
Texas	570,453		711,737		738,663		814,945	892,082	922,012	926,325	14.1		16.7		16.8		16.3	17.6	18.0	18.0
Utah	38,998		49,973		42,804		38,543	42,815	41,339	46,220	8.2		10.3		8.7		6.2	6.8	6.4	7.1
Vermont	942		1,775		1,510		1,439	1,448	1,506	1,770	0.9		1.8		1.5		1.8	1.8	1.9	2.2
Virginia	36,802		72,420		88,033		97,871	109,104	100,814	114,739	3.2		6.2		7.3		7.8	8.7	8.0	9.1
Washington	70,431	3	75,103		90,282		107,197	112,763	122,408	127,777	7.0	3	7.4		8.9		10.1	10.5	11.3	11.7
West Virginia	920		1,944		1,788		2,707	2,812	2,546	2,035	0.3		0.7		0.6		1.0	1.1	1.0	0.8
Wisconsin	22,542		30,130		43,638		42,729	45,669	46,342	49,905	2.6		3.4		5.0		5.2	5.6	5.7	6.2
Wyoming	2,534		3,077		2,602		2,707	2,964	2,849	2,839	2.8		3.6		3.1		2.9	3.1	3.0	3.0

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

2 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).

3 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.

NOTE: Data for 2009 and earlier years may include prekindergarten ELL students. Starting with 2010, states were instructed to exclude prekindergarten ELL students from EDFacts reporting. 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000-01 through 2017-18. (This table was prepared September 2019.)