English Learners in Career and Technical Education (June 2020)

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. Comparatively, 74% of non-ELs were enrolled in secondary CTE programs (8,407,856 of 11,312,247 non-ELs).