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 the SY 2016–17, the EL population had grown by more than one million students to a total of 4,858,377 ELs, representing 9.6% of total student enrollment. Nationally, the percentage of ELs enrolled in U.S. schools rose by 1.5 percentage points between SY 2000–01 and SY 2016–17.
Topics
Data and Demographics