There were 216,295 English learners who experienced homelessness during the 2016–17 school year in U.S. public schools. While ELs make up 16% of the homeless student population, they make up only 10% of the total student population.
In the 2016–17 school year, six states identified American Indian/Alaska Native languages among the top five languages spoken by Els.
In the 2017–18 school year, nearly 75% of all career and technical education (CTE) students were enrolled in secondary CTE programs (8,835,158 of 11,844,736 students). Of the 532,489 English learners enrolled in CTE programs, 80% (427,302 ELs) were enrolled in secondary programs.
This fact sheet reports data from the 2015–16 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), a survey of nearly all public schools and school districts in the United States, which includes data on chronic student absenteeism, student retention, and in school and out-of-school student suspension.
The Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) is a required annual data collection instrument administered by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. This required survey is submitted by each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Title III is a part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA). The purpose of Title III, Part A is to help ensure that English learners (ELs) attain English proficiency and meet state academic standards.
Spanish, Castilian was the most common home language group spoken by English learners in the 2017–18 school year. ELs who speak Spanish made up nearly 75% of all English learners.
Across the United States, the high school graduation rates for English learners (ELs) during the 2017–18 school year (SY) ranged from a low of 31% in New York and 36% in Louisiana to a high of 93% in West Virginia and 83% in Arkansas.
Vietnamese was the fifth most common home language group (after Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese) spoken by English learners (ELs) in the 2017–18 school year.
During school year (SY) 2017–18, over 5 million English learners (ELs) were enrolled in U.S. schools in grades K–12. Four states had an EL population that was above 12% of total student enrollment; California had the highest percentage, with over 20% of K–12 students classified as ELs.