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English Learners by Grade and Language 1996-97

Report of English learners (ELs) by grade and language for the year 1996-97.
Grade/Totals
Spanish
Vietnamese
Hmong
Cantonese
Pilipino
Khmer
Korean
Armenian
Mandarin
Lao
Russian
Punjabi
Arabic
Mien
Farsi
All Other
Total
Kindergarten

140,268

4,403

3,555

3,037

1,628

1,808

1,721

1,178

875

751

547

743

621

498

524

4,930

167,087

Grade 1

137,285

4,441

3,625

3,187

2,001

2,008

1,962

1,320

1,063

821

649

661

699

503

528

5,283

166,036

Grade 2

119,800

4,541

3,411

3,086

2,122

2,007

1,836

1,334

970

906

722

633

586

577

532

5,157

148,220

Grade 3

112,475

4,343

3,222

2,810

2,007

2,103

1,602

1,330

896

898

709

533

584

529

498

4,747

139,286

Grade 4

102,160

3,657

3,071

2,158

1,793

1,987

1,283

1,317

690

807

614

497

485

504

423

4,297

125,743

Grade 5

90,913

3,135

3,051

1,534

1,593

1,862

915

1,285

621

792

614

516

454

524

364

3,816

111,989

Grade 6

77,572

3,429

2,592

1,452

1,444

1,703

774

1,029

588

774

564

463

378

503

358

3,421

97,044

Grade 7

69,615

3,414

2,464

1,300

1,392

1,545

865

1,002

666

769

532

478

328

431

337

3,153

88,291

Grade 8

61,204

3,315

2,122

1,356

1,322

1,298

870

965

726

674

469

399

301

373

336

3,099

78,829

Grade 9

66,038

3,481

1,805

1,553

1,512

1,327

1,114

949

925

736

588

477

342

333

380

3,474

85,034

Grade 10

51,807

2,714

1,342

1,476

1,512

1,123

1,110

904

907

543

537

415

321

234

334

3,237

68,516

Grade 11

37,025

2,235

1,021

1,530

1,387

751

998

689

805

409

453

368

274

216

316

2,949

51,426

Grade 12

24,664

2,246

657

1,085

962

378

711

642

608

301

298

286

225

158

260

2,553

36,034

Ungraded

16,360

176

76

150

169

81

123

144

57

31

32

22

44

2

56

335

17,858

State Total

1,107,186

45,530

32,014

25,714

20,844

19,981

15,884

14,088

10,397

9,212

7,328

6,491

5,642

5,385

5,246

50,451

1,381,393

Percent of Total

80.2%

3.3%

2.3%

1.9%

1.5%

1.4%

1.2%

1.0%

0.8%

0.7%

0.5%

0.5%

0.4%

0.4%

0.4%

3.7%

100%

Source:
Language Census (form R30-LC)
Educational Demographics Office
California Department of Education

Questions:  Educational Demographics Office | Write Ed Demo | 916-327-0219
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