In school year (SY) 2012–13, a total of 4,854,4701 English learners (ELs) were enrolled in public schools in kindergarten through grade 12 in the United States, representing just over 9% of total student enrollment. By SY 2023–24, the EL population had grown by nearly 1 million EL students to a total of 5,831,1361, representing 12% of total student enrollment. Nationally, the percentage of ELs enrolled in U.S. schools rose 
by almost 3 percentage points between SY 2012–13 and SY 2023–24.