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Table 204.20.English learners (ELs) enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Fall 2011 through fall 2021
State or jurisdiction Number of ELs Number of ELs as a percent of total enrollment
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
   United States  4,635,185 4,850,293 4,929,989 4,813,693 4,854,285 4,949,423 5,010,505 5,024,177 5,115,887 4,963,388 5,263,596 9.4 9.7 9.9 9.6 9.6 9.8 9.9 9.9 10.1 10.1 10.6
Alabama 19,468 19,749 20,165 21,918 20,215 21,099 25,069 27,684 31,903 32,630 34,965 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.4 3.7 4.3 4.4 4.7
Alaska 16,530 16,397 16,496 16,174 15,193 14,655 15,616 15,470 15,346 13,894 14,017 12.6 12.5 12.6 12.3 11.5 11.0 11.8 11.8 11.6 10.7 10.8
Arizona 96,494 91,382 90,869 77,348 67,050 70,464 79,631 81,549 74,834 81,594 93,379 8.9 8.4 8.2 7.0 6.0 6.3 7.2 7.1 6.5 7.3 8.2
Arkansas 32,814 34,482 35,476 37,774 38,345 41,456 39,800 38,501 39,318 39,265 39,763 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.7 7.8 8.4 8.0 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.1
California 1,387,665 1,521,772 1,508,323 1,397,841 1,373,724 1,332,405 1,271,150 1,195,977 1,148,024 1,062,264 1,127,627 22.1 24.2 23.9 22.1 21.8 21.1 20.2 19.1 18.4 17.5 18.9

Colorado
112,529
114,415
118,316
104,964
104,258
105,785
104,276
99,709
96,490
90,155
91,907
13.2
13.2
13.5
11.8
11.6
11.7
11.5
10.9
10.6
10.2
10.4
Connecticut 31,107 31,698 32,556 35,987 34,884 36,551 38,067 40,178 41,973 39,333 47,740 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.6 6.5 6.8 7.2 7.6 8.0 7.7 9.4
Delaware 7,007 7,503 8,356 8,468 9,690 10,734 12,673 14,716 15,294 14,581 16,147 5.4 5.8 6.3 6.3 7.2 7.9 9.3 10.6 10.9 10.6 11.5
District of Columbia 5,337 6,724 5,934 5,855 6,119 6,567 8,131 8,518 9,440 9,347 10,035 7.2 8.8 7.6 7.2 7.3 7.6 9.3 9.6 10.5 10.4 11.3
Florida 269,173 277,802 284,802 254,956 268,109 288,809 280,509 282,002 278,498 264,546 269,534 10.1 10.3 10.5 9.2 9.6 10.3 9.9 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.5

Georgia
90,595
94,034
98,603
104,784
110,035
111,812
123,339
119,599
128,502
125,963
133,754
5.4
5.5
5.7
6.0
6.3
6.3
7.0
6.8
7.3
7.3
7.7
Hawaii 19,909 19,262 16,553 15,340 13,619 12,658 14,773 16,579 17,737 16,769 17,353 10.9 10.4 8.9 8.4 7.5 7.0 8.2 9.1 9.8 9.5 10.0
Idaho 16,269 14,218 13,680 12,758 13,469 16,177 17,819 19,216 21,215 18,426 18,167 5.8 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.6 5.4 5.9 6.2 6.8 6.0 5.8
Illinois 187,602 190,172 186,646 201,292 193,879 205,729 204,923 226,412 229,180 218,480 239,519 9.0 9.2 9.0 9.8 9.5 10.2 10.2 11.4 11.8 11.6 12.8
Indiana 51,240 52,183 55,986 57,770 50,650 47,596 55,548 61,460 67,504 67,938 72,250 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.5 4.8 4.5 5.3 5.8 6.4 6.6 7.0

Iowa
22,425
23,923
25,978
26,988
27,240
28,604
29,410
31,242
31,509
30,410
31,681
4.5
4.8
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.6
5.7
6.1
6.1
6.0
6.2
Kansas 47,040 49,394 51,670 54,200 52,751 54,619 49,197 44,105 42,833 42,694 38,757 9.7 10.1 10.4 10.9 10.6 11.0 9.9 8.9 8.6 8.9 8.0
Kentucky 18,579 20,224 22,517 20,835 22,042 21,877 25,629 27,036 28,351 31,842 35,434 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.8 5.4
Louisiana 13,952 15,493 17,483 18,679 23,898 22,814 24,877 25,365 29,081 27,339 33,284 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.6 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.6 4.1 3.9 4.9
Maine 2,253 5,464 5,471 5,155 5,051 5,256 5,741 5,920 5,453 5,210 5,420 1.2 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.1

Maryland
55,618
59,972
61,827
60,705
63,348
69,079
79,656
84,120
93,249
88,834
98,566
6.5
7.0
7.1
6.9
7.2
7.8
8.9
9.4
10.3
10.1
11.2
Massachusetts 71,626 71,066 73,662 78,571 82,746 86,624 93,358 95,052 98,055 92,076 97,154 7.5 7.4 7.7 8.2 8.6 9.0 9.7 9.9 10.2 10.0 10.5
Michigan 76,953 80,958 88,359 84,331 89,376 94,648 97,560 96,455 93,889 90,374 91,932 4.9 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.4
Minnesota 70,225 70,436 73,858 70,527 71,121 72,061 73,129 73,220 75,018 72,754 76,664 8.4 8.3 8.7 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.8
Mississippi 7,044 7,739 8,529 9,165 9,572 13,019 12,852 14,728 11,614 13,127 13,597 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.5 3.0 3.1

Missouri
24,891
27,071
27,793
29,058
29,607
30,880
33,893
34,269
34,219
32,512
34,159
2.7
2.9
3.0
3.2
3.2
3.4
3.7
3.8
3.8
3.7
3.8
Montana 3,319 3,750 3,443 3,210 3,140 2,915 3,111 3,390 3,555 3,627 3,569 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.4
Nebraska 20,304 18,500 19,235 20,183 20,623 22,154 23,279 23,373 23,035 22,223 23,928 6.7 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.5 6.9 7.2 7.2 7.0 6.8 7.3
Nevada 79,347 77,559 69,969 77,189 78,416 75,430 81,635 73,016 70,217 64,601 67,003 18.0 17.4 15.5 16.8 16.8 15.9 16.8 14.8 14.1 13.4 13.8
New Hampshire 4,495 4,372 4,217 4,141 4,130 4,263 4,937 4,937 4,911 4,759 4,822 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8

New Jersey
57,034
61,631
68,396
71,333
68,656
70,867
79,513
83,475
98,748
95,042
112,939
4.2
4.5
5.0
5.1
4.9
5.0
5.6
6.0
7.0
6.9
8.2
New Mexico 59,188 59,071 57,342 49,848 52,376 49,538 52,590 51,107 52,898 49,497 59,564 17.6 17.5 16.9 14.6 15.6 14.7 15.7 15.3 16.0 15.6 18.8
New York 236,514 237,499 241,138 217,715 216,259 236,674 243,186 238,762 233,627 239,954 246,985 8.7 8.8 8.8 7.9 8.0 8.7 8.9 8.8 8.7 9.2 9.7
North Carolina 105,056 102,311 102,406 96,986 102,019 92,333 105,694 114,010 122,599 114,901 121,496 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.0 6.8 7.3 7.9 7.6 8.0
North Dakota 3,562 3,275 3,336 3,082 3,162 3,164 3,632 3,997 4,212 4,018 3,887 3.6 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.3

Ohio
42,824
45,269
50,414
47,965
51,301
56,624
52,957
56,108
60,049
59,519
63,879
2.5
2.6
2.9
2.8
3.0
3.3
3.1
3.3
3.6
3.6
3.8
Oklahoma 41,405 43,657 44,720 45,654 46,761 46,327 52,130 54,977 59,952 60,282 64,940 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.7 7.5 7.9 8.5 8.7 9.3
Oregon 58,580 56,770 57,376 49,484 52,764 56,568 51,015 50,027 53,127 52,230 54,954 10.3 9.7 9.7 8.2 8.7 9.3 8.4 8.2 8.7 9.0 9.5
Pennsylvania 49,465 52,054 48,446 51,511 52,515 56,142 62,056 68,379 72,200 71,571 77,617 2.8 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.6
Rhode Island 7,906 8,832 9,252 10,036 10,545 11,087 12,616 14,126 17,116 16,684 17,289 5.5 6.2 6.5 7.1 7.4 7.8 8.8 9.8 11.9 12.0 12.5

South Carolina
38,553
41,014
43,080
42,745
42,572
44,299
45,574
45,410
45,871
42,731
45,620
5.3
5.6
5.8
5.7
5.6
5.7
5.9
5.8
5.8
5.6
5.8
South Dakota 5,307 5,248 5,115 5,015 4,563 4,638 5,417 5,946 6,579 6,529 6,539 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.9 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.6
Tennessee 32,570 32,250 35,145 35,596 40,627 43,261 44,775 45,254 50,037 51,568 57,799 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.6 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.9 5.2 5.8
Texas 747,422 773,732 809,582 860,513 892,000 921,937 926,236 966,522 1,021,540 1,034,543 1,093,968 14.9 15.2 15.7 16.4 16.8 17.2 17.1 17.8 18.6 19.3 20.2
Utah 38,401 39,238 38,710 41,340 42,800 41,314 46,192 50,631 54,357 54,067 57,334 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.3 6.9 7.5 7.9 7.9 8.3

Vermont
1,573
1,605
1,614
1,444
1,393
1,429
1,687
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1,683
1,734
1,711
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.9
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1.9
2.1
2.0
Virginia 97,837 99,897 102,815 104,823 107,547 112,127 113,351 107,166 115,803 117,553 117,417 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.2 8.4 8.7 8.8 8.3 8.9 9.4 9.4
Washington 97,397 107,307 112,302 110,774 112,808 122,600 127,759 128,774 129,564 125,822 123,785 9.3 10.2 10.6 10.3 10.4 11.1 11.5 11.5 11.3 11.6 11.4
West Virginia 1,865 2,416 2,911 2,862 2,791 2,656 2,019 1,992 2,040 1,686 1,906 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8
Wisconsin 48,164 46,707 45,771 45,479 45,592 46,266 49,830 51,022 50,902 43,359 49,303 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.2 5.9
Wyoming 2,752 2,796 3,346 3,322 2,934 2,832 2,688 2,694 2,736 2,531 2,537 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7

Bureau of Indian 
   Education
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7,223
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4,190
4,177
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15.6
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12.1
12.9

Other jurisdictions





















  Puerto Rico1 3,349 2,943 2,007 2,096 1,552 977 957 753 582 519 708 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
---Not available.
‡Reporting standards not met.
1Data for Puerto Rico are for students with "limited Spanish proficiency" or Spanish learners, instead of "English Learners," as Spanish is the language of instruction in Puerto Rico.
NOTE: Data include all English learners enrolled at the beginning of the school year, regardless of program participation. Caution should be used when comparing 2020 and 2021 estimates to those of other years due to the impact that the coronavirus pandemic had on reporting Title III data.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2011-12 through 2021-22; and EDFacts file 141, Data Group 678, 2011-12 through 2021-22. (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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