Language Census Summary Statistics 1997-98

Summary of statistics from the 1997-98 language census data collection.

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Part I - Limited- (LEP) and Fluent- (FEP) English-proficient students enrolled as of March 1, 1998

Language	Type	Kindergarten	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11	Grade 12	Ungraded	Total
Arabic	LEP	622	642	663	566	582	484	408	375	335	377	319	266	216	45	5,900
Arabic	FEP	506	553	537	504	538	515	530	554	525	499	481	509	446	24	6,721
Armenian	LEP	1,228	1,271	1,349	1,313	1,108	1,146	1,069	934	944	986	823	713	542	158	13,584
Armenian	FEP	207	231	240	280	538	703	837	958	1,028	1,042	1,084	975	882	13	9,018
Assyrian	LEP	55	70	82	92	62	71	71	61	55	44	39	33	23	3	761
Assyrian	FEP	60	59	58	61	87	62	92	67	89	91	94	79	79	1	979
Burmese	LEP	33	33	31	21	47	42	35	24	52	52	44	59	25	0	498
Burmese	FEP	21	14	20	17	26	19	32	40	30	33	45	48	35	0	380
Cantonese	LEP	3,117	3,114	3,083	2,786	2,295	1,710	1,255	1,249	1,170	1,548	1,453	1,335	1,096	149	25,360
Cantonese	FEP	909	970	1,063	1,440	1,970	2,053	2,290	2,497	2,641	2,507	2,713	2,668	2,691	31	26,443
Cebuano (Visayan)	LEP	20	33	41	37	40	22	29	33	32	30	26	23	16	1	383
Cebuano (Visayan)	FEP	20	17	26	11	22	44	45	35	39	43	31	44	33	0	410
Chaldean	LEP	43	48	43	45	56	50	40	45	61	30	20	21	16	0	518
Chaldean	FEP	15	24	23	25	27	25	20	17	16	11	14	16	18	0	251
Chamorro (Guamanian)	LEP	7	7	8	6	3	2	4	2	2	2	3	2	5	0	53
Chamorro (Guamanian)	FEP	1	5	2	5	8	9	6	11	7	13	15	12	6	0	100
Chaozhou (Chaochow)	LEP	99	134	131	107	74	61	27	35	32	21	10	13	5	6	755
Chaozhou (Chaochow)	FEP	26	30	27	42	80	67	79	68	95	65	74	61	66	1	781
Croatian	LEP	22	30	27	16	26	14	22	26	13	23	22	17	25	1	284
Croatian	FEP	25	16	28	33	24	33	27	22	33	26	20	32	36	0	355
Dutch	LEP	15	14	15	8	15	11	5	10	5	7	6	5	5	0	121
Dutch	FEP	35	30	35	23	24	42	25	32	33	32	29	33	40	0	413
Farsi (Persian)	LEP	447	539	497	491	418	347	316	354	305	362	329	304	262	57	5,028
Farsi (Persian)	FEP	664	695	795	818	860	890	830	937	1,003	1,101	1,091	1,138	1,003	19	11,844
French	LEP	54	69	77	57	77	<>50	46	42	25	56	40	41	51	2	687
French	FEP	105	127	114	143	111	135	112	136	120	103	136	123	179	5	1,649
German	LEP	60	69	70	71	62	56	46	45	45	54	36	74	66	1	755
German	FEP	133	129	129	137	115	108	118	117	121	117	136	192	206	2	1,760
Greek	LEP	20	27	31	15	10	13	14	18	8	10	17	19	12	0	214
Greek	FEP	45	53	55	59	52	57	65	58	73	61	69	71	86	4	808
Gujarati	LEP	113	108	103	106	79	100	60	57	75	90	87	88	76	6	1,148
Gujarati	FEP	118	137	167	198	191	189	202	220	225	218	219	198	221	3	2,506
Hebrew	LEP	43	67	70	70	66	68	40	46	41	44	32	21	8	19	635
Hebrew	FEP	115	146	141	142	119	170	156	162	161	210	184	180	164	17	2,067
Hindi	LEP	371	382	348	325	308	285	305	281	277	365	289	216	192	20	3,964
Hindi	FEP	279	252	304	320	322	341	365	394	416	414	420	457	424	5	4,713
Hmong	LEP	3,088	3,287	3,355	3,033	2,858	2,742	2,677	2,219	2,161	1,897	1,467	970	727	70	30,551
Hmong	FEP	126	116	121	165	267	353	509	649	700	927	1,003	970	696	12	6,614
Hungarian	LEP	19	18	23	16	13	20	15	13	11	12	18	17	8	5	208
Hungarian	FEP	17	20	27	35	42	42	47	35	42	32	47	34	41	1	462
Ilocano	LEP	100	165	161	174	182	157	154	130	137	119	106	94	66	8	1,753
Ilocano	FEP	95	134	135	135	172	198	183	240	235	207	187	203	196	1	2,321
Indonesian	LEP	52	75	63	78	73	62	57	50	50	77	64	81	77	4	863
Indonesian	FEP	47	49	53	56	76	56	74	79	73	67	74	84	100	0	888
Italian	LEP	19	30	24	32	26	30	22	16	16	16	15	19	15	1	281
Italian	FEP	74	61	85	63	68	74	72	80	69	97	76	85	65	2	971
Japanese	LEP	577	688	594	502	440	380	330	285	257	238	236	225	181	34	4,967
Japanese	FEP	250	299	324	410	420	444	456	425	470	465	456	539	478	3	5,439
Khmer (Cambodian)	LEP	1,600	1,814	1,882	1,809	1,810	1,655	1,540	1,431	1,325	1,241	1,081	843	583	80	18,694
Khmer (Cambodian)	FEP	205	209	232	326	525	704	875	1,057	1,246	1,228	1,401	1,559	1,244	12	10,823
Khmu	LEP	25	21	22	22	14	17	24	18	23	18	18	20	11	0	253
Khmu	FEP	13	9	15	9	9	7	7	13	11	7	11	13	12	0	136
Korean	LEP	1,652	1,921	1,841	1,559	1,184	1,035	728	782	833	1,077	1,102	925	762	120	15,521
Korean	FEP	834	991	1,234	1,561	2,023	2,169	2,146	2,157	2,302	2,438	2,631	2,621	2,545	23	25,675
Kurdish	LEP	22	23	39	31	25	23	30	23	12	27	20	6	3	1	285
Kurdish	FEP	4	4	5	4	3	7	2	5	1	1	3	3	2	0	44
Lahu	LEP	36	38	43	46	34	41	46	51	41	31	39	26	20	0	492
Lahu	FEP	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	7	6	2	0	24
Lao	LEP	698	742	760	803	792	709	643	631	675	619	578	390	284	19	8,343
Lao	FEP	167	184	161	185	214	265	351	451	499	543	665	600	519	11	4,815
Mandarin (Putonghua)	LEP	871	1025	992	857	691	648	580	627	714	917	945	820	613	80	10,380
Mandarin (Putonghua)	FEP	974	1,259	1,464	1,545	1,857	1,698	1,790	1,784	1,849	1,658	1,801	1,676	1,679	30	21,064
Marshallese	LEP	5	2	14	14	3	13	6	17	4	12	8	13	7	5	123
Marshallese	FEP	2	2	3	2	5	2	0	1	5	2	2	2	4	0	32
Mien	LEP	418	492	497	539	486	444	469	461	376	319	327	174	187	3	5,192
Mien	FEP	36	31	17	28	56	63	109	108	122	162	173	121	124	0	1,150
Mixteco	LEP	44	54	35	31	39	28	34	18	16	16	14	10	7	3	349
Mixteco	FEP	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3
Native American	LEP	6	7	10	5	2	4	8	5	3	5	4	2	4	6	71
Native American	FEP	16	9	10	14	16	18	18	13	24	23	21	26	19	2	229
Other Chinese	LEP	635	630	636	542	449	290	204	219	177	278	278	271	200	18	4,827
Other Chinese	FEP	363	362	389	514	681	585	630	657	678	721	750	814	780	4	7,928
Other Filipino	LEP	76	95	104	106	110	102	93	95	67	107	81	93	55	7	1,191
Other Filipino	FEP	88	102	93	105	144	166	152	181	202	204	200	248	245	1	2,131
Other non-English	LEP	750	758	790	746	631	646	571	585	546	807	699	536	487	98	8,650
Other non-English	FEP	724	675	774	750	754	762	758	822	911	1,276	1,018	996	1,018	33	11,271
Pashto	LEP	76	69	68	51	50	44	39	28	45	33	22	23	15	3	566
Pashto	FEP	29	25	21	31	23	27	30	34	34	30	27	27	19	0	357
Pilipino (Tagalog)	LEP	1,533	1,831	2,003	2,014	1,770	1,630	1,380	1,311	1,272	1,540	1,344	1,301	956	177	20,062
Pilipino (Tagalog)	FEP	1,748	1,969	2,139	2,314	2,687	3,045	3,209	3,422	3,476	3,574	3,667	3,870	3,585	62	38,767
Polish	LEP	42	35	58	33	33	23	30	31	25	25	21	25	27	3	411
Polish	FEP	48	61	54	63	83	91	75	89	101	101	99	102	107	0	1074
Portuguese	LEP	147	218	178	187	176	174	147	162	143	178	195	145	148	9	2,207
Portuguese	FEP	180	195	226	235	252	275	302	306	307	326	362	397	409	2	3,774
Punjabi	LEP	848	809	707	637	547	522	511	527	528	480	478	401	316	12	7,323
Punjabi	FEP	331	343	322	344	403	328	402	355	375	373	385	366	377	3	4,707
Rumanian	LEP	133	116	124	131	141	117	127	98	69	112	84	83	53	6	1,394
Rumanian	FEP	63	77	74	91	109	120	110	133	115	110	133	134	148	1	1,418
Russian	LEP	601	711	694	714	678	615	578	567	516	550	536	497	297	44	7,598
Russian	FEP	196	233	281	355	474	469	529	565	568	565	530	491	470	5	5,731
Samoan	LEP	141	161	186	166	162	158	144	155	131	116	83	88	65	24	1,780
Samoan	FEP	97	107	119	128	140	165	146	191	153	165	156	139	102	5	1,813
Serbian	LEP	7	9	10	10	9	4	9	10	10	7	5	5	8	0	103
Serbian	FEP	10	14	9	14	13	11	17	11	16	10	13	18	22	0	178
Serbo-Croatian	LEP	9	17	17	21	18	14	14	13	20	20	10	14	8	1	196
Serbo-Croatian	FEP	4	5	6	8	4	6	13	12	20	12	15	16	13	2	136
Spanish	LEP	140,940	141,364	132,432	115,760	106,363	93,622	79,797	70,590	63,286	65,946	50,796	37,154	25,462	16,685	1,140,197
Spanish	FEP	21,763	22,260	22,616	22,788	26,588	31,393	37,990	42,091	42,612	49,887	47,053	42,378	37,127	2,014	448,560
Taiwanese	LEP	21	21	43	33	29	34	21	25	37	47	52	42	44	6	455
Taiwanese	FEP	27	30	40	58	63	63	84	103	77	107	155	159	152	2	1,120
Thai	LEP	143	138	187	136	137	118	85	105	101	111	144	115	133	17	1,670
Thai	FEP	91	84	96	133	145	140	172	203	181	228	252	241	249	5	2,220
Toishanese	LEP	14	5	5	6	6	6	3	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	58
Toishanese	FEP	0	0	4	0	1	9	10	6	5	4	4	4	14	0	61
Tongan	LEP	158	208	208	204	195	184	175	140	101	115	73	61	41	14	1,877
Tongan	FEP	86	84	80	72	99	86	91	92	104	70	87	67	59	2	1,079
Turkish	LEP	20	13	23	17	13	13	13	13	13	9	21	16	14	0	198
Turkish	FEP	24	17	22	20	31	26	15	30	30	34	19	22	31	1	322
Ukrainian	LEP	144	182	158	152	137	131	118	97	96	98	100	85	72	0	1,570
Ukrainian	FEP	23	24	23	31	49	33	42	38	39	34	21	26	11	0	394
Urdu	LEP	224	211	180	169	167	152	122	133	93	115	100	97	75	13	1,851
Urdu	FEP	165	196	194	199	203	234	201	213	189	200	169	180	147	9	2,499
Vietnamese	LEP	4,419	4,486	4,217	4,087	3,684	3,063	2,626	2,952	3,023	3,209	3,004	2,232	1,836	170	43,008
Vietnamese	FEP	1,034	1,103	1,288	1,668	2,338	2,615	2,673	3,332	3,598	3,304	3,622	3,346	3,077	53	33,051
Total	LEP	166,682	169,146	160,052	141,605	129,505	114,202	97,962	88,275	80,432	84,647	67,764	51,170	36,509	18,215	1,406,166
Total	FEP	33,238	34,832	36,523	38,719	46,151	52,212