English learners (ELs) enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by home language, grade, and selected student characteristics: Selected school years, 2011-12 through fall 2021

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Table 204.27.English learners (ELs) enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by home language, grade, and selected student characteristics: Selected school years, 2011-12 through fall 2021
Home language, grade, and selected student characteristic	Number of ELs	Percentage distribution of ELs	Number of ELs as a percent of enrollment¹
Total	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	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	9.6	10.0	10.1	9.8	9.9	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.4	10.1	11.0
15 most commonly reported home languages of EL students³
Spanish, Castilian	3,562,860	3,718,047	3,770,816	3,709,828	3,741,066	3,790,949	3,749,314	3,777,926	3,872,153	3,745,460	4,023,289	77.1	77.1	76.6	74.8	75.2	75.7	75.5	76.4	7.4	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.6	7.7	7.9	7.8	8.4
Arabic	86,162	97,971	109,170	109,165	114,371	129,386	136,531	135,870	131,554	128,641	130,917	2.3	2.4	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
English⁴	85,246	90,703	91,669	83,230	80,333	70,014	94,910	99,521	105,296	124,917	116,771	1.7	1.7	1.4	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.5	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2
Chinese	96,509	104,799	107,825	104,279	101,347	104,147	106,516	102,834	100,085	93,339	95,584	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Vietnamese	89,536	92,560	89,705	85,289	81,157	78,732	77,765	76,517	75,558	73,075	75,070	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Portuguese	15,725	17,085	19,142	19,839	23,673	28,214	33,252	37,535	44,771	43,426	50,205	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0	#	#	#	#	#	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Russian	32,225	33,678	33,821	32,493	33,057	34,843	36,809	38,227	39,721	37,159	39,403	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Haitian, Haitian Creole	39,883	38,768	37,371	31,428	30,231	31,608	32,655	32,833	31,504	30,063	31,122	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Hmong	43,845	41,368	39,860	37,412	34,813	33,059	32,174	31,335	30,786	28,719	30,181	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Urdu	22,219	22,590	22,499	22,294	22,879	24,668	25,282	25,513	25,346	25,192	26,567	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	#	#	#	#	#	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Korean	33,704	34,874	32,445	28,530	27,268	26,136	26,531	26,002	25,810	22,816	24,270	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	0.1
French	18,849	20,018	20,799	20,275	20,664	22,449	24,052	24,339	24,476	22,383	23,648	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
Swahili	6,011	6,391	7,093	7,065	8,480	11,994	16,099	18,362	21,591	21,054	21,833	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#	#
Somali	27,861	30,959	34,472	33,712	36,028	38,440	41,264	40,115	21,635	20,547	19,367	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	#	#
Tagalog	32,766	35,395	32,141	28,547	27,277	26,074	25,093	24,149	22,978	20,231	19,319	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	#	#	#	#
Grade
Kindergarten	657,391	667,835	667,665	629,013	606,398	600,184	587,543	555,660	555,599	435,304	522,464	13.1	12.5	12.1	11.7	11.1	10.9	8.8	9.9	17.5	17.4	17.4	16.7	16.3	16.2	15.9	15.1	15.0	12.9	14.7
Grade 1	646,362	665,327	665,612	640,017	621,106	603,824	588,515	571,915	554,566	526,616	519,625	13.3	12.8	12.2	11.7	11.4	10.8	10.6	9.9	17.1	17.4	17.1	16.6	16.5	16.3	16.0	15.7	15.2	15.0	15.0
Grade 2	585,702	609,804	630,475	614,681	614,809	599,147	574,690	557,799	549,027	520,055	524,566	12.8	12.7	12.1	11.5	11.1	10.7	10.5	10.0	15.8	16.4	16.6	15.9	16.0	15.9	15.6	15.3	15.1	14.7	14.9
Grade 3	500,032	540,396	558,925	567,131	564,811	576,051	551,257	527,408	521,480	511,607	510,557	11.8	11.6	11.6	11.0	10.5	10.2	10.3	9.7	13.5	14.5	15.0	14.9	14.6	14.9	14.6	14.2	14.1	14.4	14.4
Grade 4	417,616	428,119	439,529	436,554	461,022	457,476	504,999	494,195	475,765	479,376	492,897	9.1	9.5	9.2	10.1	9.8	9.3	9.7	9.4	11.4	11.6	11.9	11.7	12.2	11.9	13.1	13.1	12.8	13.3	13.9
Grade 5	338,174	367,088	361,651	364,178	372,817	389,304	400,053	426,310	430,399	409,338	445,927	7.6	7.7	7.9	8.0	8.5	8.4	8.2	8.5	9.1	10.0	9.8	9.8	10.0	10.2	10.3	11.0	11.3	11.2	12.3
Grade 6	273,457	288,085	293,778	287,798	305,530	318,740	329,313	346,319	372,575	370,788	383,171	6.0	6.3	6.4	6.6	6.9	7.3	7.5	7.3	7.3	7.7	8.0	7.8	8.2	8.5	8.6	8.9	9.6	9.9	10.5
Grade 7	239,156	255,395	267,416	260,507	267,094	286,261	291,873	308,242	332,877	348,806	364,893	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.8	6.1	6.5	7.0	6.9	6.5	6.8	7.1	7.0	7.2	7.6	7.7	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.7
Grade 8	214,896	227,844	239,817	242,540	245,574	258,192	265,210	278,688	299,022	315,476	346,266	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.5	5.8	6.4	6.6	5.8	6.2	6.4	6.5	6.6	6.9	7.0	7.4	7.7	8.1	9.0
Grade 9	244,266	255,008	261,564	263,081	269,704	286,168	280,408	291,056	326,386	307,513	369,516	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.8	6.4	6.2	7.0	6.2	6.4	6.6	6.5	6.7	7.2	7.0	7.3	8.1	7.7	8.9
Grade 10	201,724	202,774	202,377	197,494	214,015	232,687	255,043	251,394	269,559	288,004	292,498	4.1	4.4	4.7	5.1	5.0	5.3	5.8	5.6	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.6	6.0	6.7	6.5	7.0	7.4	7.6
Grade 11	162,804	170,847	168,437	157,395	162,269	183,982	202,429	218,952	219,090	235,415	255,598	3.3	3.3	3.7	4.0	4.4	4.3	4.7	4.9	4.6	4.8	4.8	4.4	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.0	6.4	6.9
Grade 12	145,444	159,410	161,227	143,189	138,814	146,373	167,145	185,699	199,082	204,569	224,715	3.0	2.9	3.0	3.3	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.6	4.6	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.6	5.1	5.5	5.6	6.1
Ungraded⁵	8,118	11,783	11,422	10,114	10,218	11,019	11,803	10,014	10,460	10,481	10,903	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	6.8	10.0	8.3	7.3	7.5	7.9	8.4	7.5	7.8	8.0	8.5
Race/ethnicity
American Indian/ Alaska Native	---	---	---	38,081	38,792	39,397	30,423	38,120	38,221	36,403	37,438	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	---	---	---	7.6	7.9	8.0	6.3	8.1	8.2	20.5	8.5
Asian	---	---	---	516,586	511,703	521,257	530,949	528,727	523,388	503,824	500,761	10.7	10.5	10.5	10.7	10.5	10.2	10.2	9.7	---	---	---	21.4	20.7	20.7	20.6	20.2	19.9	19.2	19.2
Black	---	---	---	172,250	178,141	193,454	210,978	217,959	220,955	213,656	213,832	3.6	3.7	3.9	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	---	---	---	2.3	2.4	2.6	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0
Hispanic	---	---	---	3,745,646	3,772,633	3,818,918	3,790,626	3,837,314	3,929,142	3,825,384	4,006,355	77.8	77.7	77.2	76.5	76.4	76.8	77.1	77.9	---	---	---	30.2	29.8	29.5	28.9	28.8	28.9	28.4	29.4
Pacific Islander	---	---	---	26,614	26,992	27,922	29,865	31,192	32,453	31,705	33,419	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	---	---	---	15.4	15.6	15.4	16.4	17.1	17.9	17.8	18.7
White	---	---	---	283,253	294,763	313,996	327,309	331,902	332,436	314,757	313,279	5.9	6.1	6.3	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.3	6.1	---	---	---	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.4
Two or more races	---	---	---	29,527	31,136	34,382	37,760	38,894	39,260	37,578	41,093	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	---	---	---	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	1.8	8.4	1.8
Students with disabilities⁶	---	---	---	665,427	713,383	700,927	718,355	766,633	792,039	800,592	832,248	13.8	14.7	14.2	14.3	15.3	15.5	16.1	15.8	---	---	---	11.4	12.0	11.6	11.6	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.3
---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
¹For the 15 most commonly reported home languages of ELs, the number of ELs as a percent of total enrollment is calculated. For students by grade or race/ethnicity, the number of ELs as a percent of the enrollment of students in that grade or of that race/ethnicity is calculated. For students with disabilities, the number of ELs with disabilities as a percent of the total number of students with disabilities is calculated.
²The number of ELs in fall 2018 excludes Vermont data because Vermont did not report by the date this source was extracted. There were a total of 1,687 ELs in Vermont in fall 2017.
³Ranking of the 15 most commonly reported home languages is based on fall 2021 data. In each year shown, home language data were unavailable for approximately 25,000 to 133,000 students identified as English learners. Enrollments of children speaking less common languages are not separately listed.
⁴Examples 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.
⁵Also includes students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.
⁶Includes only students with disabilities who were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Percentage based on all ELs.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Includes all students identified as English learners--both those participating in EL programs and those not participating in EL programs. Except where otherwise noted, data for 2013-14 and earlier years include all ELs enrolled at any time during the school year. Excludes ELs who are enrolled in prekindergarten. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because grade levels and race/ethnicity were not reported for some students and because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 141, Data Group 678, extracted December 12, 2023, from the EDFacts Data Warehouse (internal U.S. Department of Education source); and Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 2011-12 through 2021-22. Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database, retrieved October 13, 2023, from https://www2.ed.gov/programs/osepidea/618-data/state-level-data-files/index.html#bcc. (This table was prepared January 2024.)

Table 204.27.English learners (ELs) enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, by home language, grade, and selected student characteristics: Selected school years, 2011-12 through fall 2021

Home language, grade, and selected student characteristic

Number of ELs

Percentage distribution of ELs

Number of ELs as a percent of enrollment¹

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Fall 2014

Fall 2015

Fall 2016

Fall 2017

Fall 2018²

Fall 2019

Fall 2020

Fall 2021

Fall 2014

Fall 2015³

Fall 2016

Fall 2017

Fall 2018²

Fall 2019

Fall 2020

Fall 2021

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Fall 2014

Fall 2015

Fall 2016

Fall 2017

Fall 2018²

Fall 2019

Fall 2020

Fall 2021

Total

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

100.0

9.6

10.0

10.1

9.8

9.9

10.1

10.2

10.4

10.1

11.0

15 most commonly reported
home languages of EL
students³

Spanish, Castilian

3,562,860

3,718,047

3,770,816

3,709,828

3,741,066

3,790,949

3,749,314

3,777,926

3,872,153

3,745,460

4,023,289

77.1

76.6

74.8

75.2

75.7

75.5

76.4

7.4

7.7

7.6

7.7

7.6

7.7

7.9

7.8

8.4

Arabic

86,162

97,971

109,170

109,165

114,371

129,386

136,531

135,870

131,554

128,641

130,917

2.3

2.4

2.6

2.7

2.6

2.5

0.2

0.3

English⁴

85,246

90,703

91,669

83,230

80,333

70,014

94,910

99,521

105,296

124,917

116,771

1.7

1.4

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.5

2.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.2

Chinese

96,509

104,799

107,825

104,279

101,347

104,147

106,516

102,834

100,085

93,339

95,584

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

0.2

Vietnamese

89,536

92,560

89,705

85,289

81,157

78,732

77,765

76,517

75,558

73,075

75,070

1.8

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.4

0.2

Portuguese

15,725

17,085

19,142

19,839

23,673

28,214

33,252

37,535

44,771

43,426

50,205

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.9

1.0

0.1

Russian

32,225

33,678

33,821

32,493

33,057

34,843

36,809

38,227

39,721

37,159

39,403

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.1

Haitian, Haitian Creole

39,883

38,768

37,371

31,428

30,231

31,608

32,655

32,833

31,504

30,063

31,122

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.1

Hmong

43,845

41,368

39,860

37,412

34,813

33,059

32,174

31,335

30,786

28,719

30,181

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.1

Urdu

22,219

22,590

22,499

22,294

22,879

24,668

25,282

25,513

25,346

25,192

26,567

0.5

0.1

Korean

33,704

34,874

32,445

28,530

27,268

26,136

26,531

26,002

25,810

22,816

24,270

0.6

0.5

0.1

French

18,849

20,018

20,799

20,275

20,664

22,449

24,052

24,339

24,476

22,383

23,648

0.4

0.5

0.4

Swahili

6,011

6,391

7,093

7,065

8,480

11,994

16,099

18,362

21,591

21,054

21,833

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

Somali

27,861

30,959

34,472

33,712

36,028

38,440

41,264

40,115

21,635

20,547

19,367

0.7

0.8

0.4

0.1

Tagalog

32,766

35,395

32,141

28,547

27,277

26,074

25,093

24,149

22,978

20,231

19,319

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.1

Grade

Kindergarten

657,391

667,835

667,665

629,013

606,398

600,184

587,543

555,660

555,599

435,304

522,464

13.1

12.5

12.1

11.7

11.1

10.9

8.8

9.9

17.5

17.4

16.7

16.3

16.2

15.9

15.1

15.0

12.9

14.7

Grade 1

646,362

665,327

665,612

640,017

621,106

603,824

588,515

571,915

554,566

526,616

519,625

13.3

12.8

12.2

11.7

11.4

10.8

10.6

9.9

17.1

17.4

17.1

16.6

16.5

16.3

16.0

15.7

15.2

15.0

Grade 2

585,702

609,804

630,475

614,681

614,809

599,147

574,690

557,799

549,027

520,055

524,566

12.8

12.7

12.1

11.5

11.1

10.7

10.5

10.0

15.8

16.4

16.6

15.9

16.0

15.9

15.6

15.3

15.1

14.7

14.9

Grade 3

500,032

540,396

558,925

567,131

564,811

576,051

551,257

527,408

521,480

511,607

510,557

11.8

11.6

11.0

10.5

10.2

10.3

9.7

13.5

14.5

15.0

14.9

14.6

14.9

14.6

14.2

14.1

14.4

Grade 4

417,616

428,119

439,529

436,554

461,022

457,476

504,999

494,195

475,765

479,376

492,897

9.1

9.5

9.2

10.1

9.8

9.3

9.7

9.4

11.4

11.6

11.9

11.7

12.2

11.9

13.1

12.8

13.3

13.9

Grade 5

338,174

367,088

361,651

364,178

372,817

389,304

400,053

426,310

430,399

409,338

445,927

7.6

7.7

7.9

8.0

8.5

8.4

8.2

8.5

9.1

10.0

9.8

10.0

10.2

10.3

11.0

11.3

11.2

12.3

Grade 6

273,457

288,085

293,778

287,798

305,530

318,740

329,313

346,319

372,575

370,788

383,171

6.0

6.3

6.4

6.6

6.9

7.3

7.5

7.3

7.7

8.0

7.8

8.2

8.5

8.6

8.9

9.6

9.9

10.5

Grade 7

239,156

255,395

267,416

260,507

267,094

286,261

291,873

308,242

332,877

348,806

364,893

5.4

5.5

5.8

6.1

6.5

7.0

6.9

6.5

6.8

7.1

7.0

7.2

7.6

7.7

8.0

8.5

9.0

9.7

Grade 8

214,896

227,844

239,817

242,540

245,574

258,192

265,210

278,688

299,022

315,476

346,266

5.0

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.5

5.8

6.4

6.6

5.8

6.2

6.4

6.5

6.6

6.9

7.0

7.4

7.7

8.1

9.0

Grade 9

244,266

255,008

261,564

263,081

269,704

286,168

280,408

291,056

326,386

307,513

369,516

5.5

5.6

5.8

5.6

5.8

6.4

6.2

7.0

6.2

6.4

6.6

6.5

6.7

7.2

7.0

7.3

8.1

7.7

8.9

Grade 10

201,724

202,774

202,377

197,494

214,015

232,687

255,043

251,394

269,559

288,004

292,498

4.1

4.4

4.7

5.1

5.0

5.3

5.8

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.6

6.0

6.7

6.5

7.0

7.4

7.6

Grade 11

162,804

170,847

168,437

157,395

162,269

183,982

202,429

218,952

219,090

235,415

255,598

3.3

3.7

4.0

4.4

4.3

4.7

4.9

4.6

4.8

4.4

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.4

6.9

Grade 12

145,444

159,410

161,227

143,189

138,814

146,373

167,145

185,699

199,082

204,569

224,715

3.0

2.9

3.0

3.3

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.3

4.2

4.6

4.1

3.9

4.1

4.6

5.1

5.5

5.6

6.1

Ungraded⁵

8,118

11,783

11,422

10,114

10,218

11,019

11,803

10,014

10,460

10,481

10,903

0.2

6.8

10.0

8.3

7.3

7.5

7.9

8.4

7.5

7.8

8.0

8.5

Race/ethnicity

American Indian/
Alaska Native

---

38,081

38,792

39,397

30,423

38,120

38,221

36,403

37,438

0.8

0.6

0.8

0.7

---

7.6

7.9

8.0

6.3

8.1

8.2

20.5

8.5

Asian

---

516,586

511,703

521,257

530,949

528,727

523,388

503,824

500,761

10.7

10.5

10.7

10.5

10.2

9.7

---

21.4

20.7

20.6

20.2

19.9

19.2

Black

---

172,250

178,141

193,454

210,978

217,959

220,955

213,656

213,832

3.6

3.7

3.9

4.3

4.2

---

2.3

2.4

2.6

2.8

2.9

3.0

Hispanic

---

3,745,646

3,772,633

3,818,918

3,790,626

3,837,314

3,929,142

3,825,384

4,006,355

77.8

77.7

77.2

76.5

76.4

76.8

77.1

77.9

---

30.2

29.8

29.5

28.9

28.8

28.9

28.4

29.4

Pacific Islander

---

26,614

26,992

27,922

29,865

31,192

32,453

31,705

33,419

0.6

---

15.4

15.6

15.4

16.4

17.1

17.9

17.8

18.7

White

---

283,253

294,763

313,996

327,309

331,902

332,436

314,757

313,279

5.9

6.1

6.3

6.6

6.5

6.3

6.1

---

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.4

Two or more races

---

29,527

31,136

34,382

37,760

38,894

39,260

37,578

41,093

0.6

0.7

0.8

---

1.9

2.0

1.8

8.4

1.8

Students with
disabilities⁶

---

665,427

713,383

700,927

718,355

766,633

792,039

800,592

832,248

13.8

14.7

14.2

14.3

15.3

15.5

16.1

15.8

---

11.4

12.0

11.6

12.1

12.0

12.3

---Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

¹For the 15 most commonly reported home languages of ELs, the number of ELs as a percent of total enrollment is calculated. For students by grade or race/ethnicity, the number of ELs as a percent of the enrollment of students in that grade or of that race/ethnicity is calculated. For students with disabilities, the number of ELs with disabilities as a percent of the total number of students with disabilities is calculated.

²The number of ELs in fall 2018 excludes Vermont data because Vermont did not report by the date this source was extracted. There were a total of 1,687 ELs in Vermont in fall 2017.

³Ranking of the 15 most commonly reported home languages is based on fall 2021 data. In each year shown, home language data were unavailable for approximately 25,000 to 133,000 students identified as English learners. Enrollments of children speaking less common languages are not separately listed.

⁴Examples 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.

⁵Also includes students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.

⁶Includes only students with disabilities who were served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Percentage based on all ELs.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Includes all students identified as English learners--both those participating in EL programs and those not participating in EL programs. Except where otherwise noted, data for 2013-14 and earlier years include all ELs enrolled at any time during the school year. Excludes ELs who are enrolled in prekindergarten. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because grade levels and race/ethnicity were not reported for some students and because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 141, Data Group 678, extracted December 12, 2023, from the EDFacts Data Warehouse (internal U.S. Department of Education source); and Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 2011-12 through 2021-22. Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) database, retrieved October 13, 2023, from https://www2.ed.gov/programs/osepidea/618-data/state-level-data-files/index.html#bcc. (This table was prepared January 2024.)