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English Learners (ELs) Who Are American Indian and/or Alaska Native (AI/AN) States With the Highest Percentage of ELs Who Were AI/AN: SY 2011 – 12 Percentage of AI/AN Number of AI/AN Total Number State ELs in State ELs in State of ELs in State Fact Montana 75.3% 3,304 2,488 In SY 2011 – 12, the total Alaska 50.0% 7,722 15,432 EL population in the U.S. North Dakota 30.3% 1,156 3,817 included 1.1 percent AI/AN New Mexico 16.9% 9,220 54,631 students. South Dakota 15.8% 672 4,263 Montana had the highest Wyoming 9.8% 258 2,645 percentage of ELs who Oklahoma 4.8% 2,171 44,792 were AI/AN (71.8 percent), followed by Alaska, with Arizona 3.1% 2,542 83,275 49 percent. Nebraska 2.7% 527 19,415 Utah 2.4% 1,077 45,777 Total in U.S. 1.0% 46,322 4,745,918 Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, SY 2011 – 12 Local Education Agencies With High Percentages of ELs Who Were AI/AN: SY 2011 – 12 Fact In SY 2011 – 12, ELs who were AI/AN made up 100 percent of the EL population in 68 local education agencies. Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, SY 2011 – 12 JANUARY 2016

AI/AN Languages Spoken by ELs as Reported by Seven States: SY 2013 – 14 Fact Navajo 8,914 Yupik 6,629 In SY 2013 – 14, the seven AI/AN languages spoken Inupiaq 1,376 by ELs, as reported by Cherokee 911 seven states, were Navajo, Yupik, Inupiaq, Zuni 497 Cherokee, Zuni, Siouan Siouian Languages 368 languages, and North American Indian. North American Indian 91 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 Number of EL Speakers Note: Alaska, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah reported AI/AN languages among the top five most commonly spoken languages for ELs, other than English. Montana reported “North American Indian” as one of the languages. Source: EDFacts/Consolidated State Performance Report, SY 2013 – 14 National Assessment of Educational Progress* Proficiency Level Distributions for ELs Who Are AI/AN: 2011, 2013, and 2015 Fourth-Grade Reading Below Basic At Basic At Proficient At Advanced 2011 87 10 2 1 2013 82 14 3 2015 75 21 3 1 0% 10% 20% 30% Fourth-Grade Mathematics 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2011 67 29 4 2013 67 29 4 2015 54 38 8 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% * Also known as the Nation’s Report Card, NAEP is the largest nationally representative assessment of what students know about mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, U.S. history, and technology and engineering literacy. Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2011, 2013, and 2015 Reading and Mathematics Assessments. For more information, visit http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/. Fact ELs who were AI/AN scored higher in fourth-grade reading and mathematics in 2015 than in 2011 on the NAEP assessments. JANUARY 2016

English Learners (ELs) Who Are Asian or Pacific Islander Top 10 Asian and Pacific Islander Languages Spoken Among ELs: SY 2013 – 14 120,000 Fact 99,943 Number of EL Speakers 100,000 80,283 In SY 2013 – 14, states 80,000 reported that 99,943 ELs spoke Chinese, the most 60,000 common Asian or Pacific 40,000 Islander language. 26,136 23,473 Vietnamese was the 20,000 9,371 8,438 5,195 5,011 4,327 3,633 second most common 0 language spoken by ELs who are Asian or Pacific Islander. Note: “ Chinese ” includes Cantonese and Mandarin dialects. Source: Consolidated State Performance Report, SY 2013 – 14. Numbers of Reported EL Speakers of Top Asian or Pacific Islander Languages: SY 2006 – 07 through 2013 – 14 120,000 99,943 95,486 100,000 88,798 85,645 85,683 85,252 Fact 82,233 Number of EL Speakers 76,857 80,000 Since SY 2006 – 07, 82,682 80,283 79,021 the number of ELs 68,743 68,563 60,000 65,337 51,536 speaking Chinese 54,416 increased by over 49,451 46,311 39,566 65,000 speakers. 40,000 41,480 33,788 40,445 28,633 26,136 30,890 30,937 29,805 29,040 20,000 24,295 24,463 23,473 21,089 0 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 School year Chinese Vietnamese Hmong Tagalog/Filipino Note: Figures reflect the combined number of speakers of a language in states where that language was one of the state’s five most common EL languages. “ Chinese ” includes Cantonese and Mandarin dialects. Source: Consolidated State Performance Reports, SYs 2006-07 through 2013-14. JANUARY 2016

Ten States With the Highest Number of ELs Who Are Asian and Pacific Islander Number of ELs Who Are Asian or Number of ELs Who Percentage of ELs Pacific Islander Number of ELs Are Native Hawaiian or Total ELs in Who Are Asian or State (Combined) Who Are Asian Other Pacific Islander State Pacific Islander California 11.9% 175,861 167,989 7,872 1,473,244 Texas 5.4% 45,819 45,058 761 841,285 New York 20.6% 43,934 43,155 779 213,279 Minnesota 33.6% 21,775 21,682 93 64,840 Virginia 19.1% 20,133 19,994 139 105,153 Hawaii 84.4% 16,510 10,221 6,289 19,551 Illinois 8.2% 15,316 15,072 244 187,056 Washington 16.2% 15,172 13,266 1,906 93,734 Wisconsin 26.1% 13,022 12,915 107 49,976 Massachusetts 17.0% 12,351 12,259 92 72,547 Total in the U.S. 551,905 523,268 28,637 4,745,918 11.6% Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2011 – 12. Fifteen Local Education Agencies (LEAs) With the Highest Number of ELs Who Are Asian and Pacific Islander Number of ELs Percentage Number of ELs Who Are Native of ELs Who Who Are Asian or Number of Hawaiian or Are Asian or Pacific Islander ELs Who Other Pacific Total ELs in Pacific LEA State (Combined) Are Asian Islander LEA Islander New York City Public Schools NY 33,851 32,937 914 147,198 23.0% Hawaii Department Of Education HI 16,613 10,263 6,350 19,978 83.2% St. Paul Public School District MN 9,097 9,079 18 14,402 63.2% Fairfax County Public Schools VA 9,009 8,953 56 37,519 24.0% San Francisco Unified CA 7,482 7,359 123 14,693 50.9% Fremont Unified CA 7,027 6,963 64 10,576 66.4% Los Angeles Unified CA 6,853 6,551 302 168,850 4.1% San Diego Unified CA 6,115 5,943 172 36,929 16.6% Elk Grove Unified CA 5,729 5,350 379 11,475 49.9% Sacramento City Unified CA 5,589 5,196 393 14,399 38.8% Clark County School District NV 3,934 3,631 303 55,348 7.1% Montgomery County Public MD 3,868 3,834 34 22,519 17.2% Schools Garden Grove Unified CA 3,854 3,766 88 20,959 18.4% Alhambra Unified CA 3,774 3,766 8 5,679 66.5% City Of Chicago SD 299 IL 3,706 3,568 138 64,551 5.7% Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2011 – 12. JANUARY 2016

Languages Spoken by English Learners (ELs) Fact States annually report the five most common languages spoken by ELs and the number of ELs who speak each of those languages. Approximately 50 languages appear in one or more states’ top five lists. In SY 2013 -14, the most common languages included Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Haitian/Haitian Creole. Twenty Most Common EL Languages, as Reported in State s’ Top Five Lists: SY 2013-14 Reported Number of EL Speakers Languages 1. Spanish 3,770,816 2. Arabic 100,461 3. Chinese 99,943 4. Vietnamese 80,283 5. Haitian/Haitian Creole 35,467 6. Somali 25,278 7. Tagalog 24,370 8. Hmong 23,473 9. Portuguese 10,102 10. Bengali 9,371 11. Russian 9,111 12. Navajo 8,914 13. Urdu 8,438 14. Yupik languages 6,629 15. Polish 5,347 16. Karen languages 5,195 17. Korean 5,011 18. Marshallese 4,327 19. Creoles and pidgins, Portuguese-based (Other) 3,893 20. Nepali 3,633 Note: Figures reflect the combined number of reported speakers of a language in states where that language was one of the state’s five most common EL languages. This list includes only those languages for which specified data were listed. “Undetermined” and “not applicable” languages w ere not included in the list above. Source: U.S. Department of Education, Consolidated State Performance Reports, SY 2013-14. OCTOBER 2015

States, Including D.C., With 80 Percent or More Spanish-Speaking ELs: SY 2013-14 Fact Nine states and the District of Columbia reported that 80 percent or more of ELs in the state spoke Spanish in SY 2013-14. Source: U.S. Department of Education, Consolidated State Performance Reports, SY 2013-14. Number of Spanish-Speaking ELs, by State, Including D.C.: SY 2013-14 Fact In SY 2013-14, Spanish-speaking ELs were concentrated in 11 states. Five of these states — California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Illinois — also reported the highest numbers of ELs overall. Source: U.S. Department of Education, Consolidated State Performance Reports, SY 2013-14. OCTOBER 2015