English Learners: Demographic Trends (August 2022)

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OELA
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Fact Sheet
Published Date
08-01-2022 9:54 AM
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Abstract

During the 2000–01 school year (SY), a total of 3,793,764 English learners (ELs) were enrolled in public schools in kindergarten through grade 12 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, representing 8.1% of total student enrollment. By SY 2019–20, the EL population had grown by almost 1 million and a half students to a total of 5,115,887 ELs, representing 10.4% of total student enrollment. Nationally, the percentage of ELs enrolled in U.S. schools rose by 2.3 percentage points between SY 2000–01 and SY 2019–20.

Topics
English Learners
Data and Demographics
Keywords
Demographics & State Data